Miscellaneous

Win Red!

snow-geraniums-sm

The minutes are ticking away on Beyond Snapshots and Epiphanie Bag’s Red contest to win one of Epiphanie’s cool new camera bags! Epiphanie has mastered the art of creating camera bags that are stylish but don’t look like the traditional ugly camera bags you see everywhere. Their red Lola bag is one of their hottest. [...]

Apr 02, 2010 | Categories: Miscellaneous | Leave A Comment »

Snowed In

Blizzard Tree Sculpture

Mother nature walloped us again with another snow storm. This is our third storm for the month of February and we’ve had over four feet of snow this month–shattering all records for the Philadelphia area (for those of you keeping track, we’re up to over 78 inches for the winter–30 inches ahead of Chicago and [...]

Feb 26, 2010 | Categories: Miscellaneous | Leave A Comment »

Snowverkill

snow pile #2

Two monster storms. Five days. Thirty-nine inches of snow. We may be the envy of Vancouver right now; but, really, only a polar bear or penguin could love this much snow. It’s pretty while it’s coming down, but we’ve had way more than our share this year. Officially we’ve had 72.1 inches of snow this [...]

Feb 14, 2010 | Categories: Miscellaneous | Tags: , , , , , | Leave A Comment »

Snowmageddon

After we got smacked in December with a large snow storm a week before Christmas, mother nature went quiet.  Apparently, she was saving up her wrath for this past weekend.  Dubbed “snowmageddon” by bloggers and the President, storm dumped massive amounts of snow in very short amount of time, at a rate of 2-3 inches [...]

Feb 08, 2010 | Categories: Miscellaneous | Tags: , , , , | Leave A Comment »

Graduation Day

My baby sister, Sara, graduated from KU last weekend. Now, she’s off to the Uganda with the Peace Corps in early August. And I couldn’t be prouder of her. http://the35thillusion.blogspot.com

May 22, 2009 | Categories: Miscellaneous | Tags: , | Leave A Comment »

Malaria No More

Every 30 seconds in Africa a child dies from Malaria. By simply donating a $10 mosquito net, you can save an entire family. Make a donation today: http://www.malarianomore.org/ http://the35thillusion.blogspot.com

Apr 17, 2009 | Categories: Miscellaneous | Tags: , , | Leave A Comment »

Wrinkle No More

One of my favorite childhood writers died yesterday at the age of 88. Madeleine L’Engle was the author of the 1962 book, Wrinkle In Time, the book that introduced generations of children to science fiction and fantasy. I spent my grade school years reading about Meg Murray, Charles Wallace and Calvin through Wrinkle and its [...]

Sep 08, 2007 | Categories: Miscellaneous | Tags: , , , , , | Leave A Comment »

Zoom, Zoom!

Please pause for a moment of silence to honor the passing of my 1997 Ford Escort. After 103,000, I retired the Escort last night. In its place is a nice shiny new 2007 Honda Civic with Navigation system. It’s zippy, quiet, and pretty. And with the Atomic Blue color, I finally have seen the last [...]

May 19, 2007 | Categories: Miscellaneous | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave A Comment »

What in the Hell Is Wrong With New Jersey?

Yes, a rather broad question for which the answer probably is “a lot”. But, after a rather hellish morning commute due to only a couple inches of snow, I’m left with a burning question: Does the State of New Jersey own either a snow plow or salt truck? And if the answer is yes, do [...]

Mar 07, 2007 | Categories: Miscellaneous | Tags: , , , , | Leave A Comment »