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 [...]
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Pittsburgh Has Finally Started Fixing Some Potholes! Hallelujah!
I have only lived in Pittsburgh since August, and I absolutely love it here. Like anywhere though, there are some problems, and for the most part they are very minor. When we moved here people were complaining about the potholes, but it really didn’t seem bad to me at all. Well, that’s [...]
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
It’s January 8th, and it’s 66 degrees in Pittsburgh.
I can’t believe it. 66 degrees! From now on I’m changing the phrase to, “I think I’ve died and gone to Pittsburgh.”
I mean seriously… this is incredible. This is supposed to be the time of year when we suffer in the cold, all bundled up in layers, and I was out walking [...]
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
Awesome Deep Sea and Giant Squid T-Shirts
Over the weekend my wife and I went to a great craft fair in Pittsburgh called Handmade Arcade. One of the vendors that really caught my eye was a t-shirt printing joint called SquidFire out of Baltimore Maryland. They have a great, unusual take on deep-sea creatures, and they have all kinds of [...]
