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DecemberDec 19 Friday 08
Finding a bug, vacation and feeling stressed
Sigh. I have been checking some weirdness (and feeling stupid and lazy for not finding it, but anxious when asking for help) with one of our software packages at work, and managed to finally found a rarely activated bug, but...
DecemberDec 17 Wednesday 08
Birds!
How surreal! I was driving back to work after lunch, and I went by 6th and Cranberry. There was a huge flock of birds that were scrounging for food. I am guessing that they were migrating. There were rather plain...
DecemberDec 16 Tuesday 08
Bush: "So what?" about al Qaeda being in Iraq
Someone hand me a shoe to throw! What a completely arrogant and heartless statement. We have spent huge sums of money and lives going to war in Iraq and apparently brought about the thing that we were supposedly trying...
DecemberDec 15 Monday 08
Gay Musicians From Bay Area To Play Inauguration Parade - News Story - KTVU San Francisco
Nifty! Okay, this isn't a policy or legislative change, but pretty cool that GLBT Americans finally get to be included with everyone else. The fact that there was a record number of bands applying shows that people are excited...
DecemberDec 11 Thursday 08
You know you're WAY out when...
I took yesterday off for the Day Without A Gay. I had a fair amount of vacation time to burn up before the end of the year anyway, so I worked on some projects, including the local efforts for the...
GoErie.com: Crossroads Dinor closes suddenly
Hmm, another article in the paper indicated that the Crossroads Dinor might just be closing for over the holidays, as opposed to permanently. Actually, when I was going to Edinboro University, I worked as a dishwasher at the Crossroads Dinor,...
National Food Drive for Equality
Just hoping that we can get folks to help out here. Separate from this, we also collected food at the Erie Bloggers meetup on Tuesday night. National Food Drive for Equality Your help is needed! As a continuation of...
DecemberDec 8 Monday 08
Rove vows to ‘name names’ « - Blogs from CNN.com
Heavens! it sounds like Rove is preparing to turn into an Ice Queen Demon Bitch Goddess from Hell Royale. And the histrionics are worthy of of a drag queen. If Karl Rove had good information about people that involved illegal...
DecemberDec 5 Friday 08
Erie Bloggers meet this Tuesday
2008 Bread Box Award Originally uploaded by Michael Mahler Just a reminder that the Erie Bloggers will be getting together this coming Tuesday, December 9 at 7 PM at Panera's Yorktown, 2501 W 12th St, Erie PA. In addition...
DecemberDec 4 Thursday 08
Rainbow meme from Jeremy
Jeremy had this. (His was shaded blue.) Yeah. I know. 2 gay guys using a meme about rainbows. Quel surprise! Your rainbow is shaded red.
Song lyric meme from Eden
I saw this on Eden's blog, who in turn saw it elsewhere. Put your music player on shuffle, and write down the first line of the first twenty songs. Post the poem that results. The first line of the twenty-first...
DecemberDec 3 Wednesday 08
Congresswoman-elect Dahlkemper Now Accepting Military Academy Applications
Passing this along, and I also posted this at the Erie County Democratic Party web site. Erie, PA - Congresswoman-elect Kathy Dahlkemper is now accepting military academy applications through December 15, 2008. "As Congresswoman, I have the honor of recommending...
Inside Bob's Mind blog
My friend Bob Martin has a new blog. Bob worked with my dad years ago, so I have probably known him for at least 30 years. Check out Inside Bob's Mind!...
DecemberDec 2 Tuesday 08
Project Postcard
Deb touched up the Project Postcard photos that James took last week. I am fairly pleased with how it went, and they have extended the project through Christmas. Basically, folks should sign a postcard to the Obama transition team asking...
DecemberDec 1 Monday 08
Book meme
Rules: Get the book nearest to you. Right now. Go to page 56. Find the 5th sentence. Don't look for your favorite book or your coolest but really the nearest So, what did I get? Deleting category or subcategory The...
NovemberNov 30 Sunday 08
Visiting my brother and his girlfriend
My brother Steve, who lives downstairs from his girlfriend, Karen, had a neighbor and myself over today for some leftovers and hanging out. Their neighbor Jeff was there as well. My brother showed me his cat, Gizmo, who is...
Win a $100 Gas Card from Community Social Services
We launched yet another online contest at Erie Gay News. You can enter the contest here. Help the 1,000 homeless men, women and children that turn to Community Shelter Services in their time of need by joining the agency's mailing...
NovemberNov 28 Friday 08
Thanksgiving dinner with the family
I had a very nice Thanksgiving at my mom's. Mom and my stepfather, Carl, also invited their neighbor, Laura, who is in a master gardener program with my stepfather. My brother Steve came over with his girlfriend, Karen. There was...
NovemberNov 26 Wednesday 08
Mostly done, but not quite
Sigh! Tonight was the monthly Erie Gay News folding work party. We had another record breaking night for turnout. We signed post cards for a political project (hat tip to C Michael for researching the idea and picking up the...