So you see how well this blogging in Pittsburgh thing is going, right? Yeah, not so much. Time to take this show on the road! I’m off to BlogHer ‘10 in New York later this week. Nothing has come up to thwart my efforts to attend, like last year. I have a plane ticket. (Two [...]
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It may not be spring in Pittsburgh but baseball players all over Florida and Arizona are getting ready for the Major League Baseball season. Oliver was positively giddy to discover the new version of MLB At Bat on my iPhone this morning.
When I picked him up at school this afternoon he immediately started trying to [...]
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Mr C will be taking one less trip next year. He’s pretty active in two organizations that meet three times a year, all over the world. Add to that the obligatory trips to the mothership and yeah, you know where all the sleep deprivation comes from. So one less trip sounds nice. Really really nice.
CalConnect [...]
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With apologies to all the therapists out there, shortly after hitting the almighty publish button on that last post, I felt better. It was so utterly unexpected I almost dismissed it, attributing it to chocolate or some other source of comfort, but no, it was the blogging. For reals.
I decided this wasn’t some grand conspiracy [...]
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My blog is about as close as you want to get to me right now. When it rains, it pours. Let’s just say there are flood warnings in my vicinity. If I were the Mon Wharf, there would be no parking for months.
It all started last Thursday when CD informed me he’d have to work [...]
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This post is coming to you from Eureka!, Missouri, site of the 2008 Clumber Spaniel national specialty show. I arrived a few hours ago, missing the kids, spouse, and dogs back at home. CD always behaves as though flying solo is effortless so I am refusing to worry about them. Miss them? Yes. Worry? Not [...]
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Oliver and I spent a great weekend in Milwaukee. It rained for two days, but we were not there for the weather. Now that he’s a little older, we are seeing him becoming afraid of things that once did not phase him. For instance, flying. He has never been bothered or fearful of flying before, [...]
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Dear USAirways,A 50 minute delay in my flight does not entitle you to change the departure time on the monitors and still list it as “on time”. 50 minutes is LATE, DELAYED, TARDY, and generally crappy of you.
Please also put some employees at your customer service desks in Philadelphia. Even one of the dudes who [...]
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Dexter, Michigan is kind of cute. There are some old Victorian homes, with sedate color schemes. and an adorable little three-block downtown. As I got lost Saturday afternoon while trying to find some cold medicine for a friend, I noticed a distinct lack of Obama signs. Driving further out of town I started seeing a [...]
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Before getting to the food, I must offer a brief public service announcement. If you are heading to Ann Arbor do not, I repeat DO NOT, consider staying at the Courtyard by Marriott even for half a second. There are lots of other choices and I strongly suggest you explore them. I arrived late Friday [...]
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