Month: July 2011

Jul - 15
2011

Old Movie Stars

I had a small realization the other day that blew my mind.  The Sassy Librarian and I were watching one of our favorite movies, “On The Town“, a 1949 Gene Kelly-Stanley Donen musical about three naive sailors given 24 hours shore leave in postwar New York City.  They don’t have much time to…

Jul - 10
2011

Courtney’s First Phillies Game–History Was Made

On Friday, July 8, 2011, the Sassy Librarian and I went to Citizen’s Bank Park for her first ever Phillies game.  Courtney has become a devoted and passionate Phillies fan (after 18 years with me, it was only a matter of time!) and we were thrilled to be able to go to the…

Jul - 06
2011

My Ethan Lewis problem

I have a guilty secret.  I am an ego-surfer.  “Ego-surfers” periodically type their names into major search engines to see what comes up.  According to Wikipedia, this term has been around since 1995, which is approximately how long I’ve been doing this for, back when I would get different results on Lycos (now…

Jul - 03
2011

“No Really, I Need It For Work”

You have no idea how many times I’ve uttered those words in regards to my latest computer acquisition.  It comes up a lot, because I’ve been a user (more likely) or owner (less likely) of a LOT of different computers over the past 30 years.  Inspired by a retrospective on all the guitar…