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Hurricane Irene, 1 year later
A year ago, I didn’t have electricity for an entire week. Well technically 5 days, but it may as well have been an entire week. Maybe that doesn’t seem like a big deal to you, but it was a big...
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I wasn’t planning on writing a blog post on the Irene/Lee flooding, but I came across a TED Talk that sounded so familiar, I couldn’t help but to comment on it (embedded below for your viewing...
View ArticleNEPA BlogCon: The Technology Wrap-up
I’m juuuuuussstttt getting around to writing my wrap-up about NEPA BlogCon. It’s been a crazy 2 weeks, and I haven’t been home much. As part of my role with the Fearsome Foursome, I was tasked with...
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Cabbage Patch Riot: The Original Black Friday
**EDIT** Due to what has happened since I have published this post, I reneg my original stance. Looking back, a cabbage patch kid made me happy as a child, and if anything Elf on the Shelf has taught...
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Do I want to go to Bloggy Conference 2013? Um, yes.
This post is an entry into the Building Blog Bridges giveaway I have entered for a chance to win one Bloggy Conference 2013 ticket. I don’t usually use my personal blog for a specific purpose other...
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We Want to Win!
NEPA Blogs Mirrored Post The Weekender is holding their annual “Weekender Readers’ Choice” nomination/awards. The NEPA Blogs team (Harold, Gort and I) would really love it if you’d take a moment to...
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Fly to Jaboobia – A #NEPA Social Experiment
A few weeks ago, I received an email message from a complete stranger asking for help finding the source of a “NEPA” saying. I figured that I would be able to easily find the saying in the CoalSpeak...
View ArticleEvidently Chickentown
In the news this week, Northeast PA was rated as the most unhappy place to be in the United States. I can’t help but to think it’s due to the restrictive rules of raising chickens in these here parts....
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3 for 3
And no, I’m not talking about my 3 day streak of blog posts…. It was a violent week to live in Wilkes-Barre. There’s been three shootings in as many days. According to the Citizens’ Voice, it’s...
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Rock this Town (a photo blog)
On a particularly rough morning recently, I was walking out to my car for work and saw something out of place. It caught the corner of my eye because it was a bright orange blob. My immediate thought...
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North East vs. Northeast Pennsylvania
I got into a conversation with a cashier last night and it took me a good 20 or so minutes to realize we were on two completely different plains of existence. The gentlemen in question saw that I was...
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240 Involuntary Hours in the Psych Ward – a journal (part 1)
6/9/18 (My 14th Wedding Anniversary) Morse code is not the same as pulse code and 5 million other things I learned at the phone company by Michelle Ann Hryvniak. <research facts go here> (I’ll...
View Article240 Involuntary Hours in the Psych Ward – a journal (part 2)
This is a continuation of the journal that I kept while I was involuntarily held in a mental hospital on a 302 and later a 303. If you’d like to read the first part of the journey to get the hell out...
View Article240 Involuntary Hours in the Psych Ward – a journal (part 3)
This is a continuation of the journal that I kept while I was involuntarily held in a mental hospital on a 302 and later a 303. If you’d like to read the first part of the journey to get the hell out...
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Pennsylvania City/Town Names That Sound Like Other Pennsylvania City/Town Names
I started thinking about this about a year and a half ago after I seriously contemplated relocating to Pittsburgh for better opportunities. This is what working in TV news for 5 years does to your...
View ArticleThe Curmudgeon of Andy’s Road
I don’t really live where I say I live (duh consider that the understatement of the year). My road actually has 2 names – It was renamed at some point due to 911 naming purposes. Some GPSs pick it up...
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An Elected Official….wait what?
Back in May, my friend Joe and his wife Katrina asked if I would volunteer some time at the Jackson Township polling place on May Primary day. It is a paid spot and I needed the cash at the time. It...
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“I’m not quitting, but I’m trying to start,” was what I said to the cashier when I bought my first ever pack of cigarettes from the Pump and Pantry in Sweet Valley. It was at that point, at 37 years...
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Fill the Phil
Did you ever know that the movie “Groundhog Day” was written by someone who worked at the phone company? Now you do. In America people are vaguely aware of a holiday called “Groundhog Day”, and that...
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