Monthly Archives: November 2010

This Week is the “taint” of the calendar

Now before you go turning me into the FCC I found a definition of that word that will serve my purpose here as well as any other. The time between the start of a project and the end of the … Continue reading

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Image is everything

You can make all sort of changes in a country, stop genocide, improve the quality of life for the citizens and make yourself a power in the world but if you have a gun on your flag who is going … Continue reading

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It’s a guilty pleasure of modern society

What would our forefathers make of our modern tendency to eat on the run? There is not a person alive in America who hasn’t wolfed down a meal of some sort while blowing down the highway at 55 mph plus. … Continue reading

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Brunei out

Even with the price of gas slowly drifting back to a level where it’s just an arm and a leg to fill your tank its cold comfort to know that Brunei might be running out of oil. The next time … Continue reading

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I have never really had a run in with the police

I have had my share of what the troopers call moving violations. On one memorable occasion I was stopped for speeding on the interstate in town whose name ends in Kill in another state. Even though I was being passed … Continue reading

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I still haven’t figured out what happened

Not far from the place where I work there was a horrifying accident. From what I gather a tour bus traveling north on Interstate 81 in Pittston Township swerved across the grass median into southbound lanes and collided with an … Continue reading

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I am becoming buried in newspaper

Not many people read newspapers anymore. The big dailies are dropping like flies and the day of the local newspaper may be drawing to a close. It’s tough times in the dead tree publishing business. Even the New York Times … Continue reading

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I think every place in Northeastern Pennsylvania needs a mascot

I read an article the other day about how Hollywood boulevard is being overrun with superheroes and characters from movies. Well, not the real ones, you understand but guys dressed up in costumes that roam the streets of Hollywood looking … Continue reading

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The Christmas season just gets longer

When I was a kid it seemed like the days leading up to Christmas were the longest of my life. We began to think seriously about presents the last week of November. Thanksgiving was over, hunting season was done and … Continue reading

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To sleep, perchance to dream

Usually the dead air dream would wake me up, like the falling dream does. The psych boys say that dreams of falling mean you feel like your life is out of control. I have heard that if you hit bottom … Continue reading

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