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*Hey Hay!*
 Hayley Call |
Tear JerkerMon, June 30, 2008 @ 10:07AM I had the brilliant idea this weekend to go hiking. I am not the outdoor type and looked more like workout barbie ready to hit the trail. I do workout almost everyday, but I like to be indoors... on a tredmill... where no one can see me smacking bugs off of my legs. It was pretty nice at Raccoon Creek. I had never been there before and it surprised me. After the three-hour adventure, my friend Rachael and I headed back covered in dirt. I decided to stay in this weekend... which I rarely do. I went to the video store and picked up the ultimate chick-flick marathon. Definately, Maybe was boring, The Bridges of Madison County was interesting, Bella sadly put me to sleep even though the man was gorgeous and very Catholic, and last but not least.. the movie that ruined my whole day- P.S. I Love You. My roommate and I watched it and literally cried the whole time. I am not big on tears... or affection.. I am a tough love type. Walk the line or w
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Backfire
 Paul Giannamore |
GTX I'm agingThu, June 19, 2008 @ 11:58AM It's another sign that apparently more than half of life is gone for me. I typed the letters "GTX" into Google the other day, hoping to find a bunch of cool pictures of the seminal Plymouth muscle car that ran from about 1967 to 1972, I think. What I saw among the first hits were a bunch of wiring bundles and motherboards. Seems GTX means something entirely different to the geeks of today. Where once was the smell of melted tires and high-octane motor fuel is the soft hum of little cooling fans and the quiet hum of electrons. Ugh.
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Something for Nothing
 Jeremy Johns |
IIIMM BAAAAAAACCKMon, June 30, 2008 @ 10:42AM Back from vacation.... Boo to that! I am not yet YouTube famous, but that is because Alex, our Publisher has the video camera I planned on using for my venture into Internet Video Stardom. I had all types of great ideas and when it came time to lay down a few video shoots, I realized that "THE BOSS" had the camera. He needed to take video of grass growing in his front yard or something. Something about his grows more blades of grass per square inch than everyone else in the neighborhood. I guess that is a way of bragging rights in the land of the rich and famous. Anyway, If I get the camera back, and that is most likely a BIG "if" when he has seen how sweet the camera is I will get back to my efforts of becoming YouTube Famous. Until then, Don't forget to spay or neuter your pets.
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Enjoying the Journey
 Janice Kiaski |
Out of candyMon, June 2, 2008 @ 2:20PM If you're reading this, maybe you can help me out. As a 50-year-old who recalls going to parades in my younger days, I don't ever remember the tradition of candy being thrown at observers along the parade route. Now I remember going Halloweening for about a week to bring home a loot of sweets, but stand at a parade and wait for candy pellets to come shooting my way? Nope. Don't recall that at all. I never, ever would go to a parade with a container or a bag in hopes of scrambling to amass a small candy fortune of bubblegum, suckers and Tootsie Rolls. Now, however, it's standard procedure at parades for people walking in the parade or riding on floats or whatever to be sure to have candy to pass out. Tons of it. Because there are lots of kids at parade. And if you run out of candy way before the parade route ends, well, that's not so good. I'm curious when this custom suddenly became standard procedure at parades. Anyone out there know?
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Mark's Law
 Mark Law |
Buford Williams ... Walking tallWed, May 21, 2008 @ 9:28AM There's a new sheriff in town and his name is Bruce “Buford” Williams. Steubenville City Manager Bruce Williams was standing outside the city building with several department heads and Herald-Star reported Dave Gossett when a vehicle drove by with a trailer full of tires. Well, Buford has been trying to catch the perps responsible for dumping tires at the old salt pile on University Boulevard. Buford kept a close eye on the vehicle, while beating a hunk of some tree in the palm of his hand. He commented that he was going to follow the vehicle if it didn't turn onto the Market Street Bridge. It didn't and Buford jumped on his horse, aka his personal vehicle. With tires squealing, he began to tail the tire dumping perps. He followed them to the Convenient Food Mart parking lot on University Boulevard, where the tire rustlers pretended to be checking the ropes on the trailer. Williams returned back to the city building and sent Joe “Festus
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Preparing for rain
 Mike Mathison |
Random road thoughtsTue, June 24, 2008 @ 11:39PM I know it can't be just me, but who else is tired of the road work on 22? Didn't we just go through this a year ago? And, since we did, why is it taking so long this time around? And, do we have to go through it again next year? Is it really that hard to merge onto oncoming traffic? Some places look like there's a red light there. When you are going up Lovers Lane from 22 and you are the first car at the light, planning to go straight on Lovers Lane, please pull forward and stay left so the car right behind you who wants to turn right on the red light, can do so! That is appreciated. Why is it that people who smoke continually throw their cigarette butts out t
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Country Girl
 Esther McCoy |
Going greenMon, June 2, 2008 @ 1:40PM I have been trying very hard to "go green" and save some of the earth's resources. With this in mind, I bought a green mesh-weave tote from Riesbecks that is supposed to be as close as my best friend when I go into any store. This is a very good thought but nine chances out of 10, I forget to take it with me. When checking out, it's not feasible for the clerk to hold up the line while I dash to the car for the bag that is supposed to alleviate the wanton waste of using up a tree or clogging trash piles with plastic bags. So, it is either carry out five or six items in my arms or tell them whether my desire is paper or plastic. We have now installed light bulbs that resemble a twisty ice cream cone in most of our light fixtures. I am noticing that a 100 watt energy-saving bulb is not as bright as a 100-watt light bulb though. I turn off lights as I leave the room, turn off tap water when brushing my teeth and make sure I have a full load for washing clothes. I'm trying very hard to
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RATED Rossi
 Gio Rossi |
Getting SmartTue, June 24, 2008 @ 10:11AM Whether you are a fan of the original series or not, Get Smart is a good choice for a weekend movie. As far as relaunching an old series into a new era, the movie took a very interesting approach. We are told that Control and Chaos have both disbanded; however, they remain as government secrets. There is a museum dedicated to "What is left of control" which shows us some of our favorite props from the televised series. (Just for reference, I only talk about the original series, not that rip off with Andy Dick.) While it is made out like the "Original Control" is a thing of the past, the characters we meet in the film are the originals, just with a few more liberties. The Con
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Some "What?!" Moments
 Julie Stenger-Ghrist |
Things I've learned...the hard wayMon, June 23, 2008 @ 12:02PM Once in a while you accidentally learn something. So I thought I would pass along a few words of wisdom that might be of assistance to you at some point in your life. In all reality though, you will never experience any of these things I mention because stuff like this usually just happens to me. Go me. I have learned that smoke alone doesn't just cause a smoke detector to go off. I know this because the other day my children squirted water on the ceiling, hitting the device - which then resulted in that irritating beeping that just won't quit. Now, you would think those things would know better. I was always led to believe that water is what puts out a fire. But apparently, it can also make you think that you started one. Whatever. I have learned that you have to look both ways on a one-way street. How do I know this? Because even though a car probably won't be coming from the opposite direction, chances are somebody in a
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Balancing Act
 Summer Wallace |
Fireworks and Flying HotdogsWed, June 25, 2008 @ 3:42PM So, now we've got a bunch of icons to do things to the text which I likely will never use. Cool. There's one that says "source," and I don't know what it does, but if I ever have to "source" something, I'll be able to do it. Now, if we could only get rid of the ugly, ugly ragged left on the cutlines. Anyway, this blog is about going to the ball park, so .... We went to the ball park. Not Consol Park, where we could have watched a winning team, but PNC Park to watch the Pirates. The last I heard (and between Lynnellen, Fred on The Copy Desk and my husband, how could I not?) they were under 500. Apparently this is bad. However, if they should ever start winning, the entire area would lose an easy, cheap source of humor, my husband's long wait and seething at "fair weather fans" would be vindicated and it would make it that much harder to aggravate Fred on The Copy Desk. So, I guess I don't mind if they continue t
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"Piraette"
 Lynnellen Winkler |
I'M BAAAAAK!Mon, June 30, 2008 @ 8:18AM I'M BACK AND HERE TO STAY! And I hope that the few fans that were reading my blog before my "break" will remain as faithful to me as I am to the Pittsburgh Pirates! I began my brief, silent protest from blogging after reading an "Inside the NL" brief from the sports pages of the Monday, June 9, 2008 issue of the USA Today newspaper released shortly after the MLB draft. According to the brief (Affirmation - I'm getting so much better at this!) titled 'Pirates' quandry,' "The Pittsburgh Pirates might wait until close to the Aug. 15 deadline for signing drafted players before deciding whether to sign and how much to offer injured second-round choice Tanner Scheppers." Both the FAN and the JOURNALIST in me immediately lock in on the word "INJURED." Scheppers, a ri
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