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I like to watch’em fight (Linesville Spillway)

Another great depiction of Western PA to the rest of the world on NPR. Not sure where they got the second highest tourist attraction in PA though Presque Isle easily tops that.

My two cents … Make it two cents

On 60 minutes this week, they had a section that discussed the need for the penny. In this segment they explained that it cost nearly double want it is worth to make the penny and nickel. But to get rid of the penny would have an adverse effect to the economy because everything would need [...]

Defiance or stupidity

This clip on the onion begs the question “Is building a new tower an act of Defiance or Stupidity?”. Al Qaeda Also Fed Up With Ground Zero Construction Delays Technorati Tags: 911, Freedom Tower, The Onion

A Few Words on VT

A lot of bloggers like to comment on whatever is the hot topic in the news for various reasons; I do not. I typically try to stay way from topics like this because I feel that there are already enough people covering it much better than I ever could. That said, please consider the following. [...]

Did Sprint make Bono mad?

About a month ago I saw a Sprint commercial with Ron Livingston promoting their Product(red) Razr. This inspired me write about the Product(red) Campaign. Ever since then I have neither seen the ad again nor have I been able to find the ad online. I didn’t think much off it until today when I read [...]

Two Week Hodge Podge

Ugh, I can’t believe it has been two weeks plus already. First, week I got a nasty case of the flu or some other virus. The next was just insanely busy. In the middle the annual horse shoe Tournament at Calfin’s Restaurant (Lavery’s Corner, Rt 98 & 6N). Thats right horse shoe tournament in the [...]

Oxymor(red)

If you haven’t notice yet U2′s Bono has started (red) which spawned product (red). This campaign colors all america’s over priced merchandise red tells you it’s sexy, I’ll get to this in second, and tells you that you are doing good for the world. And in turn you can feel great about yourself and let [...]

Sports vs Politics racial perspective

For two weeks I have been avoid writing about a certain topic that has just been annoying me to no end. Today it reached its boiling point thanks to something from the political sphere. Just before the Conference Championships there was a mention, on one of the sports show that I listen to or maybe [...]

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