Beautiful Bolide
As I mentioned in a previous post, I visited my family in Ohio this past weekend. The Perseid meteor shower peaked Sunday night/Monday morning, but the shower was going fairly strong Saturday...
View ArticleStardust
Over Christmas while visiting family in Greenville, SC, I bought a stack of books at my favorite old haunt: Barnes & Noble. Among those books was Stardust by Neil Gaiman (more about this in a sec)....
View ArticleWeekend in Dover Montage
As I mentioned before, I spent last weekend with my wife’s family in Dover, Pennsylvania (which is right outside of York). We had a cookout and went to the fair. Rather than posting a horde of...
View ArticleMore fun in York
So still in York on the Thanksgiving holiday, doing stuff with Donna’s family. Today we ate dinner with her cousin Connie and son Dillon. They are cousins, but were really close growing up, so are more...
View ArticleWillow and the Frisbee 2
While at my mom’s house in Greenville, South Carolina, I played a little frisbee with Willow (my australian shepherd) in the back yard. I took some video where I was throwing the frisbee, then...
View ArticleA Few Random Thoughts
Science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke died yesterday. He touched many lives through his writing and his ideas had an impact on me at an early age with short stories like “The Nine Billion Names of...
View ArticlePirates Game
We went to a Pittsburgh Pirates game tonight. They got their asses handed to them by the Phillies. It was so sad. Donna’s brother and his wife were visiting and their husky has separation anxiety. In...
View ArticleGWAP Promo
Figured I’d post this promo video the GWAP group did. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to participate in the filming of it since I was visiting my dad and family in Ohio for the first time after many...
View ArticleMemories of the Sun
I think that Memories of the Sun would be a fitting name for a Pittsburgh blog. When I was younger, I loved dark, cloudy weather. I’ve never been a fan of the steel gray overcast that doesn’t change,...
View ArticleOak Island
This past weekend at Oak Island, NC was extremely fun. My sister got married, I got to catch up with family and friends, and I got to bask in the beauty of the ocean and great weather. It was very...
View ArticleThanksgiving 2008
Bit late, but I wanted to post a couple thoughts on the just-passed Thanksgiving. My immediate family (mom and sisters) converged on my eldest younger sister’s house in Durham, NC. We had an...
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