To bring a smile to your face today…
The Windy City
Did you know that Rochester is actually “windier” than Chicago which claims to be the “Windy City”? Chicago got the nickname “Windy City” back in the early 19th Century… it is in reference to the false promises brought forth by Chicago area politicians during the early 19th Century. Chicago….”You can’t handle the Wind”! Check out a … Read More
Who’s Your Idol?
I’m a little late jumping in to the American Idol season this year. Tonight was the first time tuning in this season, and I only caught the last 20 minutes or so. Got me thinking about last year . . . Remember Jason? I know a lot of people didn’t like him, but for me, there … Read More
Heroes, revisited.
As I was looking through my file photos yesterday for the “cousins” blog I ran across some photos I forgot I had. You might remember a while back I blogged about meeting Blake Shields who is “Flint” on Heroes. In that blog (August 26, 2008) I posted pictures of my first born dancing with “Flint”. … Read More
Pink.
Floodlights turned the north side of the White House pink on the evening of October 7th to raise awareness about breast cancer. The World Health Organization says that 1.2 million people worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer and it is one of the leading causes of death for women. Ladies…those of us over 40….have you … Read More
Let’s show ’em
My friend, Mark recently posted on his blog about the Popular Mechanics 100 Things Every Man Should Know List. I read the list and decided I knew how to do SOME of the things on the list. Then my curiosity kicked-in . . . was there a list out there on the web of things … Read More
Home
This was word cloud was fun to make. It did take some effort to get it on my blog, including downloading a trial version of SnagIt. I used SnagIt at my last job and absolutley loved the program. Of course when my trial version is over, I know I’ll want to buy it! You can make your own word cloud here http://wordle.net/create … Read More
Last Week’s Randomography
FACT: Pastor Ryan made up the word “Randomography”.FACT: Randomography means the last group of photos extracted from his camera.FACT: It means telling a story with little or no words. TRUTH: I like his idea. I take lots of random photographs.TRUTH: Imitation is the highest form of flattery.TRUTH: I’m going to imitate Ryan’s idea.TRUTH: My photos … Read More
I’m sorry……really, I am. But when Danae showed me this picture she took at school — I just knew it would end up on my blog. For those PETA advocates out there…the squirrel is dead..as in roadkill. Leave it to a college student to decorate the campus with it. According to Danae, the rodent has … Read More
Pirohi’s in Binghamton …Although not a Binghamton, NY native, we did live there for 12 years before moving to MN. There are many things we miss about living in the “Southern Tier” and one of them is the pirohi’s made each year during lent. It was a tradition for us to go “downtown” to St. … Read More