Stuff You Gotta Know!
This could be my miscellaneous category, except you really gotta know this stuff!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Day One 2011 Cabin Trip
We left the house at 7:15, and again at 7:20 (I had forgotten the power cord for my computer). Rainy weather through all of Pennsylvania. We are in Elkhart, Indiana, so have gotten through 3 states! Burgers for dinner. The animals are all antsy, so we’ll go walk them soon. Then, a good night’s sleep before we are off early tomorrow.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Annual Migration
We are about to embark on our annual migration to our mountain cabin in Colorado. We drive about 20 minutes south to I80, then 1750 miles west to Laramie, Wyoming, then 40 minutes south to the cabin in Colorado. We know all the stops along the way (pee, eat, sleep). We will be taking the 3 dogs and 2 cats, and the whole routine is going smoother this year—we’ve had lots of practice.
I’ll try to blog along the way and at the cabin. But, if you really want to keep track of our adventures, be sure to follow Lynne’s blog at http://www.rickandlynne.com/lynne. She has turned it into a “membership only” blog because of the spammers and in order to know who is following her daily posts. Membership is easy, just send an email asking for membership and she’ll grant it. You will be rewarded by her fantastic photography and insightful commentary.
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Hurricane Preparedness
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Tuesday, August 09, 2011
The “One Term” Party
I’m lobbying to create a new political party. There is already a “T” party, and I’d like to see an “OT” party. That stands for “one term”. Members could be liberal or moderate or conservative. They could be like me, socially liberal and fiscally conservative. It doesn’t matter, the diversity would benefit the party.
What makes this party unique is the pledge from each member running for a public office. The pledge that states they will serve only one term if elected, and not run for a subsequent term.
This would ensure we get people in office who use their skills, intellect, and beliefs to benefit their constituents and the country rather than their own egos and political careers.
If you were not motivated by the desire to be reelected, you might actually have the ability to do what is “best” even if it is not popular. A large group of OTs might be able to fix entitlements, cut budgets, raise taxes, and do the other obvious and necessary things that the current crop of career and ego motivated pols can’t do.
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Chinatown Food Tour
I know Lynne will blog on this topic, so I won’t go into too much detail, but yesterday (on one of the hottest days of the summer) we and a friend drove into New York City to participate in a Food and Culture Tour of Chinatown.
We’ve done a couple of these in the past - Chelsea Market just a month ago, and Greenwich Village last year. You join your tour guide and group at a designated spot, then tour the area while popping into various restaurants and shops, often sampling food.
For the Chinatown tour, we actually had the opportunity for three “sit down” snacks, which was nice because we could cool off in the air conditioning and drink lots of water.
Our first stop was a Dim Sum restaurant where we sampled 5 different dumplings.
After that, authentic Peking Duck! Yum!
And, finally some stir fried Chinese eggplant with other goodies.
We also toured several shops including a Chinese “Apothecary” and a Tea Shop.
Lynne will have a lot more detail and some great photos of Chinatown, so check out her blog too and watch for it.
We had a great time and want to thank Burt for the great tour.
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