Sunday, March 7th, 2010
Dogs Love Snow
This is a photo from Frick Park in Pittsburgh a few weeks ago when we got more than 20 inches of snow. Check out the bent and broken trees in the background.
Lola, Onyx, and Vader
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Saturday, December 6th, 2008
Lenore and I led a tour with the Model A Club
Hayward/Thomas Model A Covered Bridge Tour, October 12 2008
We couldn’t have asked for a better day for a drive. The morning started off a little cool, but the sun warmed us up nicely by midday. The fall colors had just come out, and we had plenty of opportunities to see them on the many tiny, [...]
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Tasmanian Tiger Spotted in Pittsburgh!
Long thought to be extinct, and to live only in its natural habitat of Southern Australia and the island of Tasmania, a fine specimen of Tasmanian Tiger (aka Thylacine) was spotted and photographed in Pittsburgh! Amazingly it was also in my front yard… during our pumpkin carving party… and it’s wearing a collar… and looks [...]
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Manifold Woes with my Model A Ford
Every maintenance saga starts off the same way: someone says something like, “Oh yeah, that should be an easy fix.” This time at least it wasn’t me who said it.
When I first got the engine running on my 1930 Model A Ford Sport Coupe I noticed that there was an imperfect seal between the [...]
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Fun Gig For Sheetz Inc.
I got a call as we were driving home to Pittsburgh from the Midwest for a last-minute gig for the Sheetz Company. They have a big meeting coming up and the CEO wanted to have a fun video as an introduction to his big speech. Since the theme is “road trips”, he is [...]
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Super-Special Parking for my Prius on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
There is a new Service Plaza (and maybe several) on the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Hwy 76), and on my recent trip from Pittsburgh to New York I noticed the sign pictured above. Not only is there extra-special parking reserved for “Low-Emitting Fuel-Efficient Vehicles” but it is also right up front, next to the Handicap spaces. [...]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
I Had A Great Birthday At Kennywood
My birthday was a few days ago, and it was a great one. I met the 3 Rivers Model A Ford Restorers Club at Kennywood (the local amusement park) early in the morning, and we all drove our antique cars onto the park grounds so that the patrons could see them. We were [...]
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Big Day With Nature at the Dog Park
Today Vader and I flushed out a turkey and a snake at the dog park. Vader saw the turkey, but not the snake. I’m still curious how he’s going to react to seeing a snake. Then, a little later, when Vader came out of the brush I was looking him over for ticks, and I [...]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Lunch at Primanti’s
I had lunch at a Pittsburgh tradition today: Primanti’s. I met my new magician friend Doc Dixon at the Carson St location. Thankfully he warned me in advance that the sandwiches come with the fries and coleslaw in the sandwich!
Without his warning I think I might have been traumatized. We had [...]
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
I performed for a bunch of magicians… in a castle!
The proof is in the picture. Last Friday I got to perform at the annual banquet of the Greater Pittsburgh Magic Network (GPMN), and it was in a real, live castle. Ok, it was a modern castle, and it wasn’t alive, but still.
First there was a close-up show, then dinner followed by a [...]
