Gary’s shared linksChicago, IL, USA Finally, I have a different city to type into my dateline. My mom volunteered to grandma-sit so I could spend three days in Chicago so I could go to the first ever minor league baseball game in the history of Wrigley Field. (It was rained out in the bottom of the ninth. [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA In addition to last week being my grandmom’s 90th birthday, it also marked six months since I returned to the (part-time) workforce. You probably know by now that I spend every Wednesday night in DC, while we pay a woman to take care of my grandmother in NJ. As I’ve said a [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA I just bought a great new HP backpack for my weekly business jaunts to DC. But, for the life of me, I just can’t figure out what that external pouch is for. It’s too small for an umbrella, and too big for sunglasses. One side of it is a loose mesh, which [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA Note: Whenever I visit a new sports stadium or arena, I like to post some of my thoughts and pictures about it soon after my visit. Believe it or not, there are a lot of “stadium geeks” online, and these posts are pretty popular. Unfortunately, I’ve been lazy for a few months, [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA It was fairly big news in DC last week that Metro’s extension to Dulles Airport may not be happening after all. Unless you live in the Washington area, you probably don’t give a damn about this, but I’ll post it anyway. This is big news for DC. You won’t find many bigger [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA If I had posted this 36 hours ago, the dateline above would have read “Washington, DC.” If you haven’t heard yet, I’ll break the good news now: I’m back to work!!! Two consecutive days per week, I am working in my old office in Washington, D.C., doing almost the same job I was [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA Sometimes, I feel like Bubba from Forrest Gump. I’ve been on public busses and private busses. City busses and intercity busses. Domestic busses and international busses. Busses that left early and busses that left late. I’ve waited for busses that never showed up at all. I’ve been on busses that got into [...]
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ALEXANDRIA, VA, USA Hey folks, In case anyone out there in Internet-land was wondering, I arrived safely here in the DC area at around 11:30am. This is my fifth trip down since I moved back in NJ last November. It’s also the shortest, busiest, and most spur of the moment. If you’re in town and [...]
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If you know me, you probably know that I love sports stadiums. You may also know that I haven’t attended a Major League Baseball game since 1993. Yes, I have my own little one-man boycott going, thanks to the baseball strike, interleague play, stadium extortion economics, high ticket prices, the Expos fiasco, steriods, the new home run [...]
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