Category: holiday
12/28/09 01:06 - ID#50672
Appliances & traffic

Until I read the wikipedia entry about James Rouse


I stopped in Columbia because it has Daedalus Books, my fav bookstore ever



My phone is broken - I also stopped at a Verizon kiosk at a BJs, another half-mile, 20-minute drive up Snowden River Parkway in Columbia to try to get it fixed. The kiosk guy made me call a service line, CSR1 transferred me to CSR2 who decided it was the battery. Although my magic-pixie-dust electronics sense says it's the phone, I allowed him to send me a new battery, "We'll FedEx overnight it! You'll have it tomorrow!" Ha ha. I gave them M*'s mom's address and of course it didn't show up Wednesday, nor Thursday, nor Saturday. So here I am in Pennsylvania with a phone that only works when plugged in, and not even continuously when plugged in, but the battery is probably going to show up at M*'s mom's tomorrow and I'll need to get my hands on it before I'm able to continue the troubleshooting process. *sigh* travel is difficult.
M* loved the gourd (see last post for pix) and book; her mom loved the three gourd ornaments (who knew you could find brown Santas in Tioga County?!?); we played lots of Wii (I'm getting *good* at the table tennis and archery of the new Resort Sports); we drank a lot of Ketel One Citroen, mango rum, lemonade & grenadine; I had wonderful conversations with M's family & fun bunch friends. I'm so glad I went, although I'm sad about missing xmas with A's family. I spent some very pleasant/bittersweet time there tonight, though.
M*'s mom gave me a quesadilla making machine! How neat. I make quesadillas all the time - hopefully this will make it even easier. Jill & Kelly got me one of those nifty Keurig single-serve coffee machines with a whole box of hot chocolate cups.



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Category: holiday
12/21/09 11:56 - 27ºF - ID#50624
Gifts
To follow up on (e:tinypliny,50598) here are some of the gifts I'm giving this year...
An amazing gourd by Valorie West, Gourds Galore, Mansfield, Pa.

A pine tree in a chimney

More of Valorie's gourds

Some handmade soap by Splat Cat Crafts, Blossburg, Pa. (lard! yum!)

A balsam 'n cedar candle by Frosty Hollow Candles, Blossburg, Pa. (no photo)
Some Carhartt gear, a fishing license gift certificate, a couple pizza shop gift certificates, and doggie treats.
(Luckily no one who will be receiving these gifts reads this!)


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Category: holiday
12/21/09 11:34 - 27ºF - ID#50622
Bloss Light Up the Holidays contest
Here are the winners of the 2009 Light Up the Holidays contest in the five rather random categories. Sorry, only properties within the borough are eligible :-)
Most Christmas Spirit

Modern

(detail)

Whimsical

Best Business Display

Best overall/Victorian

And my favorite that didn't win - I just couldn't persuade Jill & Kelly on this, but I love it.



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12/19/09 08:14 - 23ºF - ID#50603
Molasses crinkle cookies
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: school
12/18/09 02:57 - 27ºF - ID#50593
Done!!


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Category: holiday
12/18/09 12:11 - 24ºF - ID#50590
More xmas lights, birthday


Happy birthday, (e:hodown)!


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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: school
12/16/09 09:55 - 21ºF - ID#50579
4 p.m. tomorrow
My fat lazy China Cat Sunflower isn't very helpful although she doesn't interfere, either.



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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: weather
12/10/09 04:52 - 21ºF - ID#50532
more white stuff
Allen & Elmwood around 2:15 p.m. today


My Santa Claus Tims



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Category: school
12/09/09 11:53 - 43ºF - ID#50510
Studying studying studying
First final is tomorrow morning- Corporations (e:heidi,49944). I hate the Wall Street Journal. Here's a study limerick:
Walkovszky v. Carlton
Walkovszky was hit by a cab
Would Carlton pick up the tab?
No, limited liability
Has social utility;
Undercapitalization is fab!
- Jeremy Telman

Second final is Friday afternoon - taxation of nonprofit organizations - where I'll get to discuss the fine points of 501(c)(3) qualification and the Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT).
Sunday is the estrip potluck!! (see how bad I need it?)
Last final is next Thursday - federal individual income taxation. I'm looking forward to it because it's multiple choice, the test will be considerably easier than it could be, and the prof (whose name happens to be Heidi!) doesn't like gray areas so the exam is very clearly black & white.
And then I'm done! Halfway through my JD. Yea!
In other news, the Save Our School coalition packed the Mansfield High School auditorium (at least 450 people) Monday night to express its hope that the Southern Tioga School Board will renovate North Penn instead of closing it (e:heidi,50116) Newspaper article



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Category: geek
12/07/09 03:26 - 32ºF - ID#50492
Chrome vs. Firefox
Have you tried Chrome?


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Urban planning fascinates me although overall I know very little about it. Back when I was at UB, a billion years ago, a bunch of us from various disciplines would meet up at a coffee house and just.. talk.. really talk. It was easy to see how much *everything* relates. We had majors from history, psychology, architecture, sociology, poli sci and I remember distinctly (hence this comment) a passionate guy taking urban (etc) development classes. I was enthralled with the systems thinking involved with creating something on such a large intertwined scale. Just the thought of the placement of sidewalks withing a community can impact the relations between people, and so on. Cool stuff.
Never did take a class myself..
I'm a big fan of the Robert Moses State Parkway. It makes my area so accessible to everyone (there are several highway access points in my region)and for me to get going to where I want without a lot of down time having to navigate through residential streets. Even the secondary and tertiary routes within the region make sense.
Anyway.. sounds like your are having a good trip (minus phone issues-- boo!).
Nice find with the book store (yay for Butler!)
Love love love the gourds from the previous entry.
Have you tried your Keurig yet? It does make a good cup of coffee.