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Monthly Archives: June 2006
I love this town
As I wrote in my last post, one thing Rochester has going for it is that it’s family-friendly. Case in point. I was on one of the many public soccer fields in my town of Brighton this afternoon, kicking a … Continue reading
Posted in Rochester, New York
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This one’s about Rochester’s Renaissance Square
If there’s any local issue that I care enough about to blog regularly, Renaissance Square — estimated price tag, $230 million — is it. I simply don’t believe it’s a good use of taxpayer money. I don’t care how much … Continue reading
Posted in Rochester, New York
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Plot, plot everywhere . . .
Literary agent Kristin Nelson has an interesting post up today about the difference between “dramatic plot elements” and conflict. She writes: I just want to clarify here that these two things are not the same. Conflict is what motivates and … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
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Shut Gates Down
Chuck Simmons has a blog post up about the recent audit of the Town of Gates, a suburb of Rochester. He writes: I read the audit, the Town’s response, and the audit response. This is as damning an audit as … Continue reading
Posted in Rochester, New York
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But is there a pot of gold?
It bears a resemblance to a rainbow, but that’s not what it is. It’s a circumhorizontal arc, caused by light passing through wispy, high-altitude cirrus clouds. The sight occurs only when the sun is very high in the sky (more … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
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Friday catblogging
Here you go, courtesy of the Internet: a blog dedicated to “cats that look like Hitler.” :-D Technorati Tags: Friday catblogging
Posted in Friday catblogging
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More migraine options
Glenn Reynolds insta-blogged yesterday about this gadget, that uses a magnetic pulse to stave off a budding migraine. There’s also this, which I found out about through my friend Dave Harney, who publishes Rochester Healthy Living: an FDA-approved device you … Continue reading
Posted in Health
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Blue Meanies Attack in Massachusetts
Okay, this might seem contradictory, since I’ve blogged about how horrified I am that parents don’t feed their kids more nutritious food. But banning fluffernutter sandwiches???? First of all, the “nutter” part of the sandwich is peanut butter, which is … Continue reading
Fun with optical illusions
Try this one. (Note — you won’t see the “dot” referenced in the directions unless your mouse cursor is off the photo.) Technorati Tags: optical illusions
Posted in Pop Culture
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The world’s deepest hole
Man. Oh man. Seven miles. The Russians did it–it took them twenty four years. They were stopped by the heat. Despite the scientists’ efforts to combat the heat by refrigerating the drilling mud before pumping it down, at twelve kilometers … Continue reading
Posted in Science
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