My sister, Sara, sent me this amazing photo the other day. It’s an abstract sculpture that my dad carved a few years ago and I have always loved it. Last I saw it, it was resting in a shed in upstate NY, and now here it is, gracing the courthouse marble in Schenectady, NY. I…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! My yearly photo from the Annual Wearing of the Green Celebration Tour will come in the morning. Forgot my camera’s card at the office! **Edited** Well this year, because of the economic downturn and the outrageous happenings in the airline industry, what with passengers being held captive on the tarmac for…

The following conversation took place at Starbucks on Saturday evening: Joshua: Gosh, I need to re-charge my Starbucks card. Robert: Don’t you have your iPod charger in the truck to charge it up? Joshua: Haha! oh gosh, if I could re-charge my Starbucks card with my iPod charger, that would be the most amazing thing…

What’s so amazing about the Great Lakes is that they are… great. As in big. Lake Michigan is just about an hour drive from my house and it is an amazing place in both summer and winter. During the winter months, the waves hit the shore and freeze and form these fantastic iceberg-esque structures along…