I'd rather be the pauper of Scranton than the King of Wilkes-Barre
TwitterTools plug-in is just not that helpful if you need some differentiation of tweets vs posts.
TwitterTools needs:
• a way to distinguish tweets from a typical blog post
• needs ability to have a fixed title or at least a flexible title which is not just an abbreviated form of the content
• also would be nice if a WordPress theme could distinguish them and format them differently
…only supports Intel CPU. Boo. 🙁
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A few days from now will mark the 16th anniversary of my first time skiing. It also marks the 16th anniversary of me breaking my right femur. In honor of that glorious month of 7th grade I missed, I decided to see if the surgery I had to repair the bone is still being performed.
The answer: yes. Pretty much nothing has changed if you break your femur in the same manner: Intramedullary Fixation for non-comminuted mid shaft fractures. It’s a pretty straightforward procedure: knock me out, cut hip open, drill a hole into the head of the femur, ream out the center marrow-y part, drive in 13.4 inches titanium nail, insert two proximal screws at the top end to hold the rod in place (keep it from moving up and down in the bone), put the end cap in place, and stitch and staple shut.
Read the brochure, and note the odd choice of text/graphics ala Ralph Steadman.
Being a thirteen year old, and having expectation to continue to grow for 5 more years, I had the femoral nail removed after a year. I have it next to me as I type this.
• saw Leonard Cohen perform in Toronto
• saw Jonathan Richman perform in Philadelphia
• finished my masters degree
• Phillies win the World Series
• saw Stella live in Glenside
• visited Chicago and Toronto for the first time
• went to the beach twice
• Rudy Giuliani stakes it all on Florida
• Mitt Romney let the dogs out
• Hillary recalls being shot at by terrorists
• Obama keeps his mouth shout
(these are not in any particular order)
No, the film is not yet playing in Scranton. There is however a Scranton reference in the opening credits:
Randy “The Ram” Robinson vs.Corporal Punishment – 1987
1987 would have been about the time I would have seen a few wrastlin’ matches at the good old CYC. I never did get to see Randy “Macho Man” Savage or Hulk Hogan, but I did get to see The Iron Sheik, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, and Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat.
I am excited that this is the last year I’ll have to refer to as an O-something. It’s been very cumbersome and annoying. This was something they didn’t warn us about. For me, this was the real Y2K bug. It would have been nice if my great-grandparents passed a warning down through the familial lines: “Watch out for the 200-‘s! the The 190-‘s sure were a bother.” We should consider passing this warning on to our children and grandchildren (to pass onto their children and grandchildren) for 210-‘s.
Nah, nevermind. With all the futurey technology (and mind control) they’ll have to make their lives easier – they can use a good decade of a trivial annoyance. Screw you, great-grandkids.
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.
– Albert Ellis
33rd Annual Mid-Atlantic
“ARTISTRY IN WOOD” SHOW & COMPETITION
ONE OF THE LARGEST WOODCARVING SHOWS IN THE EAST
DECOYS – BIRDS – ANIMALS – SCULPTURES – WOOD TURNINGS AND MUCH MORE
WOODCARVINGS BY OVER 100 FINE CRAFTSMEN AND ARTISTS
March 28 and 29, 2009
Saturday 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
BUCKS COUNTY
TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL
WISTAR & NEW FALLS RD
FAIRLESS HILLS, PA
Directions:
Exit 351 of the PA Turnpike to Route 1 North. Bear right onto Business Route 1. Proceed 6 miles on to Woodbourne Road. Turn right. Proceed through 4 traffic lights and take a left on New Falls Road. The school is 1 mile up on the left on the corner of New Falls and Wistar Road.
Partial proceeds benefit the Chruchville Nature Center Demonstrations by local artists:
· Wood burning (pyrography)
· Power carving
· Knife carving
· Tool Sharpening
· Scroll Saw
· Wood turning
· Pen Turning
· Airbrushing
· Books, Tools & Materials
· Demonstrations
· Door Prizes
· Free Parking
· Raffle of Carved Artwork
· Snack Bar and Lunch
Donation $5.00 Children under 12 free with adult
People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch. – Melvin Udall
I hadn’t replaced the filters in my IQAIR for just over a year, namely due to the cost of the filters ($50 and $200), but after examining the filters after one year, it was an easy decision to drop the money:
Pre-Filter (new/1 year old):
HEPA Filter (new/ 2-year old):
Stella is where I’ll be on Sunday.
With opener Eugene Mirman (which was unknown at the time I purchased tickets)!
Keswick Theater – Glenside, PA.
