Now that my brother is on the blog scene, I’m inspired by him to blog more often. Pete has a great birthday post to our Dad, so I thought I’d do the same. Happy birthday, Dad! Here’s the email I sent to my Dad this morning: HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY, DAD! this is the only time […]
Entries from October 2007
Birthday Dad
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 · Comments Off on Birthday Dad
Tags: anecdotes
Hegemony
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments
I was psyched last night to learn that my little bro has launched his very own blog, Hegemony. Like both my parents and other members of our family, he’s always had a gift for writing. Pete’s writing is intelligent, fun to read, and just plain hilarious. I try to be funny sometimes, but my bro […]
Tags: blogging
Foo Fighters Concert
Thursday, October 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment
“When was the last time you were at a rock concert and got to see a fucking triangle solo?” – Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters Glens Falls Civic Center, October 9, 2007 Tuesday night Sarah, Patricia, John, and I cruised up the Northway to see a rockin’ Foo Fighters show. (Jen, unfortch, could not […]
Tags: photos 2007
Saratoga County Animal Shelter Benefit
Monday, October 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment
This Thursday, October 11 at 6:30pm is the first (annual?) fundraiser for the Saratoga County Animal Shelter at Saratoga National. Jen volunteers at the shelter, which is in rough shape and is trying to get a new facility built. The current facility is one of the few in the country that does not require mandatory […]
Tags: dogs · saratoga springs
NetBank No More
Monday, October 1st, 2007 · 2 Comments
My primary bank since at least 2001 has been NetBank. Overall, I was always really happy with them, but in recent years was much more enthusiastic about ING, and have written about the great savings rates offered by the ING Orange Savings from time to time. ING recently launched a checking account — ING Electric […]
Tags: money