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ByDerek
Five years ago, Amanda and I were married. It’s been wonderful, and we’re looking forward to this next chapter in our lives together.
Scott Adams, who write Dilbert, also has a blog. Some days, it’s just too damn funny, like today’s entry about the death of al-Zarqawi. This is a classic yet rare win-win-win-win scenario. The new Iraqi government is happy because he’s dead. The Americans are happy because he’s dead. Even his friends and coworkers are happy….
Mike asked what everyone’s five favorite concert experiences were. It was hard to narrow it down, but here are mine: 5. Jethro Tull/Emerson, Lake, and Palmer – Darien Lake, 8/18/96 – I got tickets at the last minute after convincing my Dad to go with me and we got fifth row seats. Truthfully, I could…
I didn’t think we could have an event bigger than last year’s Oktoberfest, but the train show blew the doors off of that. I’m not sure on the specifics yet as to attendance or money, but I’m guessing based on the number of door prize tickets we handed out there was at least 2000 people….
Amanda and I are back from our camping trip down to Buttermilk Falls State Park. Luckily for us, while we did get a bit of rain, there was no sign of hail or tornados down Ithaca way. We hit up five wineries, four state parks, three gorge trails, two trips to Taste of Thai, and…
Steven Horwitz, a professor of economics at St. Lawrence University, published a study that shows why local businesses are more effective in assisting in an emergency than the federal government. The study says Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Lowe’s made use of their local knowledge about supply chains, infrastructure, decision makers and other resources to provide…