Posts Tagged ‘diversion’

Must Reads 12/16/09

The Wedding? I’m Here for the Cookies Youngstown cookie tables (article) are legend, and the New York Times this week has an article and video on Pittsburgh and Youngstown cookie tables (video). For as long as anyone here can remember, wedding receptions in Pittsburgh have featured cookie tables, laden...
December 16th, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More

How to use Twitter for procrastination

With so many articles out there about “How to Use Twitter for Business,” or “How to Use Twitter for Customer Service” or “How to Use Twitter to Spy on Your Spouse,” you might be wondering: can I just use Twitter to waste time? Why, yes you can! Twitter has added a...
May 14th, 2009 | Technology | Read More

Cuyahoga Valley National Park featured in ‘12 parks worth a visit’

MSNBC celebrates National Park Week today by featuring twelve parks from across the country that you should visit. The list includes sites from the Cape Cod seashore to the Arizona high desert to the Florida Keys. But you don’t have to travel very far from home here in the Valley to experience...
April 21st, 2009 | Events | Read More

Coliseum Culture

I’m not much for tear-jerker stories, especially those brought to us by reality shows. But a friend of mine Twittered about Susan Boyle and how we should look deeper, so I clicked over and read it. Then I watched the video. First, I’ll just say that Susan was pretty amazing. Everyone sent...
April 15th, 2009 | Personal | Read More

Passive-aggressive spelling correction

I stopped for gas at the BP on the corner of Midlothian and 170, after dropping my kids off at the Montessori School on Lynn Avenue. I noticed someone had written on the sign posted:   PRE-PAY PUMP OR CREDIT CARD ONLY!! SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIANCE  The A was written over with an E, and beside it:...
March 25th, 2009 | Personal | Read More

Review: U2’s No Line on the Horizon

(Please note that mp3 versions of all U2 albums are currently $5.99 each at Amazon, so if you’re missing any, now’s the time to pick them up. Just follow any of the album links below. The new album can be downloaded for just $3.99.) In March of 1997, U2 released the dance-driven, techno-tinged...
March 3rd, 2009 | Music | Read More