This is an interesting scavenger hunt. I read an article that stated Philadelphia was going to begin using these about a week ago. It also stated it would begin with the 600 block of Chestnut, which is right next to Independence Hall.
Fritz and I were still on our The Boys Are Back in Town Tour. We came over from Washington Square Park. On our way we passed this sign. Odd, we thought.
Anyhow, we turned onto Chestnut only to see regular trash cans. Bummer. We continued on and sure enough at the other end of the block at the corner of Chestnut & 7th was this trash can.
I think these are cool. I am sure folks I was crazy taking photographs of a trash can with a one-year-old in tow. (more…)
Michael Arrington decries Yahoo’s demise. It’s a good read . . . This was e-mailed to me today. It’s an old one, but the addition of New Jersey in the last spot added a level of humor/gut-wrenching bile that is not there otherwise . . . Twitter has been returning an Over Capacity message quite a bit recently . . . Is it any wonder that FriendFeed has captured my attention . . . I am surprised this thread continues over at Groundspeak. It seems to break all the guidelines. Of course, pot shots at conservatives is considered fair game by so many . . . $77 to fill the gas-guzzler. Sigh . . . My girl Stephanie won this week on Top Chef. Best of luck in Puerto Rico . . . Here’s the first test: former state senator Nick Asselta is now on the state BPU. The gas companies are demanding rate increases of 20%. Will Asselta take a conservative approach to this or will he rubber stamp it? . . . Blue Jersey’s response to NJ Senate President Dick Codey’s comment highlights a fundamental difference between liberals and conservatives: asking the Turnpike Authority to tighten its belt is not de-funding, it is requesting for efficiency . . . good actors leave the audience wanting more. Harvey Korman and Sydney Pollack are two who did that this week . . . another actor, however, makes us wish she had packed it in already. It’s unfortunate too as I always liked Susan Sarandon, despite her liberal tendencies . . . Obama left Trinity United Church. What took him so long? Evidence that he will do whatever to get himself elected. This doesn’t help him . . . Beetle pointed to a picture of poison and asked what it was. Unsatisfied with the answer she declared it was pirate milk . . . We were at Target tonight and walked by the lingerie. There was a thing that was about my daughter’s size. Okay, it was a bit larger, but not designed for anyone who should be wearing a thong. And who should be wearing thongs? I think the simple answer is if one is not having sex, she has no need for a thong. Anyone who could have squeezed into this thing is too young for sex . . .
It appears that the candidates who would be president lie. Hillary Clinton is paying the price for telling a story of ducking bullets while visiting Bosnia. Plenty of folks pass this off as a misstatement. I have seen bloggers excuse this as all candidates distort the truth.
That must be the case as I have been dumbfounded by the following Obama campaign commercial. This began running in the Philadelphia market a couple days ago. Notice the PA in the web site at the end of the commercial: pa.barackobama.com.
None of those prices are great, but none of them are close to $3.50 as the would-be president claims we are paying.
Oil prices are the highest ever and oil refineries are switching their gear to summertime gasoline. What most do not understand is that each state has mandates about additives that must be added to gasoline sold. It is expensive to switch processes to meet those mandates. What Sen. Obama does not explain is what he would do about streamlining those processes. Rather, he goes for his liberal base by projecting Exxon and other oil companies as the big bad companies.
I wonder how many Pennsylvanians are stockholders in oil companies. Certainly he is not arguing they shouldn’t be earning their profits. Or is he?
It is disingenuous to ratchet up the rhetoric by using a price-per-gallon that is not representative of those he is pandering to. I am not willing to let the little exaggerations go. These folks want to be president; the standard should be high.
Despite my claim not to do so, I found myself heading to “Old McDonald’s”, as Beetle calls it, this morning. I knew this house was here as it is sometimes the short cut I take when the light backs up.
I’ve been meaning to stop and take these photographs. The house backs up to Union Lake, although I am not certain it has a view of it. I’ve looked from Sharp Street to see if I can see the house; I can’t. Perhaps they can view the lake from the side. It seems like it would be prime real estate.
New Jersey has a program to subsidize (heavily) those who are willing to go solar powered. One needs to lay out the cash first, which as we all know, is hefty. The tax breaks attract many.
I haven’t a clue as to the capacity of this array obviously as this is a private home and there is no sign to highlight it.
When Beetle and I returned Saturday evening, half of our house was without electricity. I checked the panel. Nothing looked wrong there. Then I played with the ground fault interrupt. It didn’t seem to want to re-set. Frustrated, I just sat in the back of the house since there was no electricity in the front. After Beetle went to sleep, magically, the electricity came on. Happiness ensued.
Sunday morning Beetle and I took it easy. All of a sudden, the laptop went to battery power. Sure enough, we lost power in the front of the house again. I took the GFI apart to see if I could see a problem. Nope. Nor could I restore power. We left for the hospital with half power. When we arrived home, there still was no electricity. But again magically, it came back on in the evening. It was as if there was a timer.
This morning Gert came home with Fritz. All worked as expected. I had called the electrician earlier. He wanted to be called if we lost power. He felt he could diagnose the issue when this occurred. While I was out running an errand, Gert called to inform me the front power went out again.
We called the electrician and he came over. It turns out that half of our main breaker is faulty. The line coming in is full. Phase A reads properly. But Phase B once it passed through the breaker was dead.
Some more tests were done to ensure there were no problems with the panel itself. Our electrician does not like our panel but conceded all would be okay if we replace the breaker. We ordered one and it will be here tomorrow.
If this resolves our problems, I will be very happy. I would have never thought have a breaker went bad and since all was working when he was here the other day, he didn’t discover it
New Jersey has a program to subsidize (heavily) those who are willing to go solar powered. One needs to lay out the cash first, which as we all know, is hefty. The tax breaks attract many.