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trying out mobile posting
Attended the Porsche Club annual dinner tonight. My second social event with this group. Fun group, variety of folks. A lot of folks were quite down to earth.
I already knew Michael planned to do more car events this year. We'll see if J gets into kart this year. going to be tough to beat horses.
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First and Last Post for 2013
I see the last time I posted was in September 2012. The other day, I received a notification to renew this account, which I just renewed ( Read more... ) -
Productive and Good Weekend
Saturday was supposed to be simple, Michael goes to Cars and Coffee and Jana and I hit the library and stop by the bank. While I was getting myself and task list together, I asked Jana to get dressed to go to the library. She dressed up. I figure, okay, we're due for her annual birthday photo shoot. This year, we did our shoot at Phipps ( Read more... ) -
Hunger Games, Movie vs Book
Our, "Hunger Games" DVD arrived yesterday, and we've already watched it twice. J has pointed out, "I like her boots." "And those boots." "I like that dress." "I like her arrows." "Oh, the horses!" -
How Cool Was That?
Met Michael for lunch in Sq Hill then took the bus back to campus. Got a chance to meet a 102 yo woman who was very elegantly dressed get off the bus at my stop. 102! It took her about 5 min to get the off the bus, but everyone else was in awe. Several stepped forward to assist her with her walker and her things. Even the bus driver was impressed ( Read more... ) -
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Okay, so I only have this old photo of Jana for this post. I'll have to fix that soon ( Read more... ) -
Our Recent House Guests... Silk Worms
Towards the end of the term, Jana's science teacher brought in larvae of silkworms, assigned to each student in class. J called her's, "Chomper." Actually, when I got to know him, it was an appropriate name. The silk worms were still young caterpillars on the last day of science class. Students were invited to ask their parents if they could take ( Read more... ) -
The Earring Operation
Had an interesting afternoon. While we were at my in-laws, grandma wanted a closer look at Jana's earrings. What they found disturbed Michael a little who decided to wake me from my post double-serving-of-wine-with-lunch-nap on the couch with a cryptic message. He then leaves. I sat up and saw my kid happily come into the dining room with grandma ( Read more... ) -
Unions - There's Something I Want to Understand Better...
Hypothetically, do we still need unions today? And if we do, is there transperancy and accountability? I do not really understand much about the economics behind unions.
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The Pittsburgh Promise - Yeah, it's a good thing!
Earlier this week, there was an announcement that the Pittsburgh Promise would get a bump to $40K. What is the Pittsburgh Promise? Basically, it's a way to get families to stay in the city who would otherwise move to suburbs for "better schools ( Read more... )