Earlier in the summer, the property management announced that roofing crews would be on site in August. The announced schedule never matched up with when they were actually here, though. They were here in August, then some September dates were given, and the September dates didn’t happen, then they were back week before last, andContinue reading “Danger, Construction Zone”
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The Wild Frontier of Job Hunting
In early July I applied for a job with a memory care facility in Lancaster. It was a marketing position, and I felt the mission of the facility personally — my grandmother suffered from dementia, and her mind gave out years before her body did. I was intrigued, and I applied. The application process wasContinue reading “The Wild Frontier of Job Hunting”
Fifty Years of the Cube
I was at Ollie’s Bargain Outlet earlier this week, where they were setting up the Christmas toys section. I poked my head into the section, not wanting to get in the way, and they had Spin Master’s 50th-anniversary edition of the Rubik’s Cube for five dollars. The anniversary cube featured the original Rubik’s Cube logoContinue reading “Fifty Years of the Cube”
Conversations in the Dark
I didn’t mean to disturb the sleeping homeless person. Last night was my last Harrisburg Senators game of the year — the season ended today, and I was in Lancaster instead, where they clinched the second half division title — and Harrisburg pulled off a suicide squeeze in the bottom of the tenth to takeContinue reading “Conversations in the Dark”
Being a Good Uncle
On Saturday, when I was walking on New York City’s High Line with my sister, niece, and brother-in-law, we reached a cool vantage point where the Empire State Building could be seen off in the distance. I snapped a few photos with my phone… …and then I asked my sister and her family to stepContinue reading “Being a Good Uncle”
The Shock of the Lightning
I am in New Jersey as I tap this out on my phone. (In part; I’ve added to and edited this over the subsequent days.) I met up with my sister and her family, and we spent the day in Manhattan walking around and going to the Oasis Pop-up Store in SoHo, because tomorrow theContinue reading “The Shock of the Lightning”
An Autumnal August
Work made me a little grumpy today. I began the day working on support articles for our autumn sale, then I had a tricky project land in my lap, and the next thing I know it’s Noon, I haven’t taken my morning meds, and I’m staring at several more hours with this tricky project. Meanwhile,Continue reading “An Autumnal August”
The Car Crash Ending
This game of Othello ended with white making four, might’ve been five, straight turns, as I, black, had no legal moves at all. I had white on the run for most of the game, and white was often kept to 3 or 4 pieces total. The game developed to the right hand side of theContinue reading “The Car Crash Ending”
Carnival Time
It’s the middle of August, school starts next week, and that means the annual Dallastown Carnival! It’s been running all week, I could have gone any day, and I didn’t. It’s been hot and stupidly humid, and who wants to walk into Dallastown when it’s hot and humid? It has been pretty, though. I’ll sayContinue reading “Carnival Time”
Recent Facebook Ads
Oh, Facebook ads. Did Facebook serve me something interesting? Oh, yes, indeed. Who doesn’t want to wear some fine Bob Larkin artwork on a shirt. Like, this shirt. What is this, my friends? That’s Bob Larkin’s cover artwork to J.A. Lawrence’s Mudd’s Angels. Harry Mudd and three scantily clad women, the starship Enterprise overhead. It’sContinue reading “Recent Facebook Ads”