My yearly indulgence began tonight in Philadelphia. American Idol season 7 has begun, and with it, so many people who really just want to be on TV (including one very large hairy man who, for some reason, decided to wear the Princess Leia outfit from Jabba’s palace in Return of the Jedi). It was beyond…
Author: Joshua
Deluge
Well, once again it is time for the spring thaw. This one was crazier than years past. 1. We had 18″ of snow. 2. The temperature went from 30 degrees on Friday to 65 degrees today. 3. It rained all day yesterday and most of the morning today. 4. It is supposed to rain again…
Newbie Alert
It’s funny to imagine that I grew up living in the foothills of the Adirondack mountains of New York State and never went skiing. The little hill behind our house when we were kids didn’t count for much. But I remember when snowboarding started becoming a big sport and my brother got one and talked…
New Start
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it ws the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring of hope, it…