Garnet Pics from Art.......

Mark your calendar....

.... Garnet '08 will be Feb 08, '08!!! Deposit is down on the house.

Garnet 07

Sometime late Saturday night…..

The group formely known as the New Hope Nordics are back up at the Bazil house in Garnet Hill. The trip got off to a rocky start as Art got his Subaru stuck in the snow. I thought those 4 wheel drive things didn’t get stuck! The deep snow that is lousy for driving is just deep and fluffy, but just right for skiing! Last year’s garlic offering to the snow gods seems to work it’s magic. The skiing was fantastic only thing was yours truly got a blister again. I have to do something like walk in my ski boots to break in my feet before the season. Seems like the rest of the crew made the picture of the Week! What a good looking bunch of skiiers! This year’s dinner was a hit even though I just made pasta and garlic bread. There were a lot more things in the pot luck offerings. More desserts that you can shake a ski pole at! Tomorrow night Mike and Ellen are going to work their magic with dinner. I’m going to try something else with my heel. And the weather will give us some more snow.

….but somehow that new antler chandelier is disturbing!
Later Saturday Night….

I hate not being able to fall asleep. I have a house load of compatriots that are gently snoring and I’m out here in the dining room tapping away on the blog!

Sunday Morning….

My blister is preventing me from skiing. I’m going to try petroleum jelly on my heel next year to give the heel more slide. I rented the Bazil house for next year Garlic Hill 08 is set for Feb 08.
Notes from last night dinner. We had garlic bread, roasted garlic, Gemelli with tomato sauce and salad. The sauce was made from a jar of sun dried tomato pesto sauce, it was finely chopped in olive oil with pine nuts, that pesto was put into chopped garlic and olive oil, then a jar of tomato sauce is added. A very rich sauce indeed.
Note from dinner….

I made 4 pounds of pasta. 3 or maybe 2 may do it. 2 sour dough loafs were good for garlic bread. Two large bags of chopped lettuce is OK. Roasted garlic – Put bulbs of garlic with olive oil in the oven in a closed container. Roast for 2 hours at 325.

Sunday Evening……

Chris left for an early train. We tried to watch parts of the Blob on the computer’s DVD. We were looking for gaffes in the scene where they are running out of the theater in Phoenixville. We could not control the DVD player with enough fine detail. There was a cat hearding exersice when we had to move the cars to let Chris out to catch his train. I was driving Art’s car and the tires really stink for the snow. It’s the first four wheel drive car could not get up the driveway.

Dinner was great Ellen’s Red Lentil and Tomato soup was excellent. Very good even if it did not have the herbs de provance. Mike’s mac and cheese was a hit. But now we are up to our ears in pasta. Note to both cooks. Less pasta. But I’m a mac-aholaic I’ve been enrolled in a 12 sauce program and it had not detered me from any pasta. I have not met a shape that I did not like.

I tried to explain to Art the reason that the bus drivers would turn up the heat…. you know to make all the passengers in the back fall asleep. This is the same reasoning I guess that we serve all that pasta.

Meg and I tried to get the TV working even though that they have a Dish Network we could not figure it out. So the Oscars will go on without us.
Also, Art mentioned to us that Herring was the only fish that can be said while holding your tongue. Well soon as that was said a chorus of Cod, Halibut, Patagonian Toothfish was heard while people held their tongues.


Monday…..
Blister gone! Smeared heel with petroluem jelly and we headed out. Marilyn, Art and I took Blue Jay trail. We climbed to the lodge. The climbing was the thing that blistered my heel and I was feeling no discomfort. The temps were in the twentys it was a great snow day. About two inches of fresh power were on the freshly groomed trails. Marilyn and I decided to do Duffany’s Run. It is allways closed as it is pretty steep and gets icy fast. The snow was soft and not too packed. The snow gave way under the skis so in addition to snow plowing you had to do some tip management to keep them up above the snow. Coming around a right hand turn my ski dug in and over I went. About mid way down there is a 90 deg left turn which I never made. No dice today either went off the course and into the woods. We then took the long climb to the ski shop on Trapper. I had the shop fix my bindings that broke last year. And we head back to the house for lunch and to see Mike, Meg, Saul and Ellen off.

Tuesday….

House cleanup. We packed up cleaned up and hauled out. Got the house in shape and loaded the car. Said goodbye to Art and we for a shower. As I’m taking the shower Marilyn knocks on the door to say that Art got stuck in the driveway. I got dressed an Phyllis, Marilyn and I push Art out but he ended up deeped and up to his axels. AAA had to be called again. About an hour the same tow truck but a new driver came to rescue Art. He mentioned that his son dragged him out a few days ago, and that he hardly ever saw Subarus stuck… Anyway a few minutes and a tug on the cable an Art was free to go. We then followed and made it home easily.

12 steps of the e-mail addicted.....

Are you panicky if you don't have touch with your BlackBerry? Feel leashed to your inbox?

This could be for you! Found this on CNN ......





Following are the 12 steps of a plan devised by executive coach Marsha Egan in Pennsylvania to teach people how to manage their e-mail:

1. Admit that e-mail is managing you. Let go of your need to check e-mail every ten minutes.


2. Commit to keeping your inbox empty.


3. Create files where you can put inbox material that needs to be acted on.


4. Make broad headings for your filing system so that you have to spend less time looking for filed material.


5. Deal immediately with any e-mail that can be handled in two minutes or less but create a file for mails that will take longer.


6. Set a target date to empty your in box. Don't spend more than an hour at a time doing it.


7. Turn off automatic send/receive.


8. Establish regular times to review your e-mail.


9. Involve others in conquering your addiction.


10. Reduce the amount of e-mail you receive.


11. Save time by using only one subject per e-mail; delete extra comments from forwarded e-mail, and make the subject line detailed.


12. Celebrate taking a new approach to e-mail.

Now Don't you feel better?

Garlic Hill fever!

All seem to be excited about going to Garnet. Mike and Ellen are preping Sat night meal. I'll keeping a weather eye out. Looks like maybe some warm weather heading for Albany. We'll be north and in the woods so it should be cooler.

DSL back On....

Had to reboot the outside box to start the internet access again.

Would have been nice if Verizon told me to do that but it's one of those things you just have to figure out on your own.

Gotta love those ad slogans....

DSL Network
Posted Date: 2/20/2007 5:49:21 AM CST
Status: Open
Some Verizon DSL customers in the WILLOW GROVE, PA area may be experiencing difficulties accessing the Internet at this time.
Engineers are aware of this issue and are working to resolve it as quickly as possible. Estimated time of repair 4 hours.

Verizon's new ad campagin is "It's On"

Hey Verizon ..... It's 1:30 pm and "It's Still NOT On"

odd and ends....

Verizon DSL down this morning. That's why there are no images or weather on the blog this morning. Remember this when Verizon tell you that IT'S ON. Yeah Right!

Final thoughts on King Tut. It was amazing to see a glimpse of the past 3000 years ago. All of this was done for immortality. I guess he achieved it in some small measure.

Garnet Hill ski trip is on track. It's going to be warmer blue or purple ski wax at the ready. Mike and Ellen are on deck for making dinner too this time. Looks like lots of good skiing and good eats.

Also, today is Mardis Gras. Happy Doughnut day! Laissez les bons temps rouler!

King Tut....

We went to see the King Tut exhibit down at the Franklin Institute. It really was pretty amazing to see all the artifacts from 3000 years ago. The small gold canopic coffinette was terrific and the detail of the statues was really remarkable. We just got back so it all has not sunk in .








King Tut


( (c) 1978 Steve Martin - Wild and Crazy Guy )

King Tut (King Tut)

Now when he was a young man,
He never thought he’d see
People stand in line to see the boy king.
(King Tut) How’d you get so funky?
(funky Tut) Did you do the monkey?


Born in Arizona,
Moved to Babylonia (king Tut).
(king Tut) Now, if I’d known
they’d line up just to see you,
I’d trade in all my money
And bought me a museum. (king Tut)
Buried with a donkey (funky Tut)


He’s my favorite honkey!

Born in Arizona,
Moved to Babylonia (king Tut)
Dancin’ by the Nile, (Disco Tut)
The ladies love his style, (waltzing Tut)
Rockin’ for a mile (rockin’ Tut)

He ate a crocodile.
He gave his life for tourism.
Golden idol!
He’s an Egyptian


They’re sellin’ you.
Now, when I die,
don’t think I’m a nut,
don’t want no fancy funeral,
Just one like ole king Tut.

(King Tut)

He coulda won a Grammy,
Buried in his Jammies,
Born in Arizona,
moved to Babylonia,
He was born in Arizona,
lived in a condo made of stone-a,
King Tut

Nerds

We went to the Plays and Players theater last night to see Nerds a Musical Software Satire. It was Ok. Let me explain. It was kind of like the saying when Joe Kennedy was getting stock tips from his shoe shine boy in 1929 he knew it was time to get out of the market.

Before the play started there was this guy behind me that was just blathering on about PC's, Macs, Windows, Office and other things software and hardware. With all the authority of a Saturday afternoon living room coach. But this was not the only conversation I heard about three!

Then I really tried not to listen. It must have been all the glitter painted pc's on the walls as decoration that stired up all this computer nonsense.

But anyway the play was a fun little number. It depiced the early life of Bill Gates/Paul Allen and Steve Jobs/Steve Woz. And it's a musical. What more can be said. The play has the themes of success, failure an redemption. But in Bill Gates place it's only success, success and more success. It plays a little like an old worn Apple ad. Microsoft bad Apple cool. And the jokes about nerdy guys not being able to get dates is tiresome. But on the whole it was a fun play and a great night out.

BTW go see it and leave the laptop at home.

Snow!!

It finally snowed here today. We got a few inches of mixed snow, ice and sleet. The big news is that in the ski areas above Albany they are using the blizzard word. They may be getting three feet. So the snow gods may have found our garlic offering favorable! We may just have something white to ski on!!!!!!

E-mail Trouble.

I've been setting up a mail server at home. This is because I have about 3 e-mail address that I answer in addition to the one at work. I was trying to consolidate them into one place for retrieval.

Only thing is now when I send a message I'm getting stuck in spam filters. So if I mail you send me an answer back to make sure that it's working.

An if you don't get e-mail from me check your spam filter. ( I may be in there among the Viagra ads and Nigerian get rich scams ) .

If I'm not in your spam filter ( Sorry for having you look thru the XXX mails to find me ) or your inbox maybe I didn't send you anything.

In that case send me an e-mail and I'll send you one telling you to get right back to me.....

Hmmmm maybe I should rethink this whole e-mail thing.

Uninterruptible Power Supply

I found a UPS ( Uninterpretable Power Supply ) at Home Depot when looking for salt for the driveway this Saturday. I installed it on the web server and our VOIP phone equipment. Now our phone will stay on in the event of a blackout. Also, the server will shut down in a controlled manner. Also.........

Hey.... Hey you.... yeah you!! Keep pedaling!!!! I need to finish this blog entry!

You think I should dangle a Power Bar in front of that kid?

A relaxing wax........

Mike and I both had a waxing session this morning.

No No it had nothing to do with personal grooming. We waxed our cross country skis.

But it does look like she is using Universal Klister.

We both did grip zones with base wax and no glide wax. Seems the glide was good from last year. We cleaned up the nasty wax from last year. Then we slathered on the sticky SWIX base wax and ironed it on. It will provide a good foundation for all the sticky business that is grip wax.

Job well done... and we lost no hair... to the wax anyway.

Enough snow for ya?

Found some pictures from that snow fall in upstate NY. Here are the pix from New Haven and Mexico. ( You think they might want to be south of the border today eh? )

Shoveling the driveway is a pain but shoveling the roof!








Hey kids, this is what is means to be snowed in!

Could ya turn off the snow..... PLEASE!!!!!

I've been geeting snow condition e-mails from Hugh Quinn at Salmon Hills for a while. This year has been plagued by late openings beacause of warm temps and dry conditions. I found this in my in box today:

Well if you have been listening to any of the local or even national news this week you know that we have been getting hammered with lake effect snow. I measure snow just once a day so if anything my totals are low and I've come up with almost 70 inches of snow so far in the last week. The news tonight said north redfield had received 111 inches, mexico and parish around 101 inches. My guess is that we are up somewhere between the amount I have recorded and the 100 inch plus totals. Not that it makes much difference - the packed snow depths on the trails are between 3 and 4 foot. unpacked areas have considerably higher measurements.

Temperatures for the weekend look good with highs of 24 for saturday and sunday. Lake effect is supposed to be around until monday so you want to pay attention to wind directions. Saturday looks like we will be under a westerly wind where we might get hit. Sunday looks like a southwest wind where the snow should go north of us. I have seen a lot of lake effect storms over the years, the worst was when we got 100 inches plus in a 3 day stretch a few years back when montague got hit so hard. But even that year it was a fairly limited area that got hit real hard. This year a large area got hit. I currently have a request into wsyr9 to see if they have any computer models that could estimate the tonage of all the snow that has fallen. So far no reply, but everybody is busy with the snow.

we will be open, everything has been packed and all my gas cans are full so we will pack as hard as we can for the weekend. oh yeah - maybe back off on the THINK SNOW for a couple of days.

Hugh
Osceola Tug Hill XC
315-599-7377
www.uxcski.com

Once upon a mattress

We then went to see Amy Miller in the Beth Sholom production of Once upon a Mattress. It was a fun evening watching this adaption of the Princess and the Pea fairytale. The play was done in the round to make the most of the small auditorium. There was a full compliment of musicians to provide the score. And the players did a great job of bringing the story to life. Amy was the princess Fred, the lead princess in the play. She did a great job with the part. She had the quality of suspension of disbelief. Which is to say that she drew you into the part she was playing. Saul said playing a princess was not much of a stretch for her.

[UPDATE] I got a picture from the proud papa. Here is Amy and the jester.

Once again good going Amy!

Jonathan's

Marilyn and I went to Jonathan's at the Jenkintown train station. The station was originally designed by noted architect Horace Trumbauer at the turn of the 19th century. The menu is American steak and fish, but has a healthy helping of gourmet pizza. We got the brick oven strombolis. The crab and pesto is as good as any crabcake. I thought it could use some Old Bay seasoning but that would be cliche. The interior of the station is really impressive. And the price is very reasonable. Good food in a nice place with good service. What more can you want.

No Ad Hoc trips.....

No ad hoc ski trip this weekend. Gotta go unclog a drain for mom tomorrow night.

Yeeech!

Tonight...

We are going to see a play at Beth Sholom in Elkins Park. They are putting on "Once upon a Mattress". Saul and Ellen's daughter has a part in the play. The play is based on the fable of The Princess and the Pea. It will be in the round so it should be fun.

On one other note Beth Sholom was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Follow the link above it has some information and a photo gallery.

Wrong again..... and snow talk

Our tix for King Tut are not this weekend. They are for next weekend. With calendars and schedule software and PDA's you think that I would get a date right.

Looks like Lapland Lake snow fortunes have turned. They now have a respectable amount of snow on the trails. Western Upstate NY got hit hard with lake effect snow. Up to 6ft. Salmon Hills has about 30 inches of snow on the trails and up yo 94 inches in the woods!!!!!

Maybe time is right for an ad hoc trip?

Hey It's Cold.......

Winter is here. At least the cold part of it anyway. Crocuses were starting to break the surface. I wonder if they regret coming up? It's still dry here no snow.

Lee (Jr?) is in Cherry Hill on a trip from Texas. It was 60 degs when he left. (I wonder if he regrets coming up? Kind of like the crocuses. ) I sure hope he brought his hat and gloves. He asked if this was normal. I told him that no usually it's this cold and we have to deal with snow, ice and shoveling the driveway. I told him that since he's from Texas were cutting him some slack.

The cold will last at least until this weekend. We are going to the King Tut exhibit. Something nice and warm. Also, we are going to wax up the skis in firm hope that maybe, just maybe there will be SOMETHING to ski on by the end of the month.

Of Note....

It's finally cold here and we have a light dusting of snow on the ground. We went to the storage shed this morning to put the tires back in and the locks are frozen. We'll try again later and we'll bring something to warm the lock.

Which is a great segue into skiing.

Lapland lake is reporting that they have 100% of thier trails open.

Garnet Hill ( watch out the link has Garnet's cheesy music ) has 40Km of trails open.

Next week looks like it will be cold. What is on the trails will stay any they are getting 1 to 2 inch flurries daily for the beginning of next week.

Maybe we can really think about skiing!

Happy Birthday.....

Happy Birthday Gail and Jake.....

We went to Mike and Gail's to celebrate Gail's birthday. It was also Jake the cat's birthday. He was his hissing and snarling little self locked away upstairs.

Back to the party. The party was great. People were doing their best El Wingador imitation on Mike's famous wings. The cheese table was just spectacular and beautifully presented as aways. And the beer selection is something behold. The melted chocolate fountain had all the chocoholics dipping all kinds of things. ( Marshmallow's, Banana slices, strawberries, sweaters, shirts, hands, etc..... )

We ended the evening by singing "Happy Birthday" to Gail and Jake.

The ending line " ...any many more!!!" was left out of Jake's rendition.

Another Excellent Party... Thanks guys!!!!!!

Oh Phil.....

Look like Phil saw his shadow today. Which is suppose to mean an early spring. But next week is suppose to have the coldest weather we had all winter. Still we have three weeks before the first ski trip. We are still hoping for snow in the northlands.

Morning Commute....

I was snoozing away on the train this morning when I felt some rhythmic tapping coming from the seat next to me. I squinted in the direction of the guy next to me and what do I see. The guy has head phones on plugged into an electric bag pipe. He was quietly practicing his piping. He told me I was the first person to know what he was up to. Some people though he was listening to their conversations in with the electronic pipes.

The pipes were used to get the Scots ready for battle. Which I could understand. If I heard the pipes early in the morning I'd be ready for battle too!

Bag pipes could be annoying first thing in the morning on the train, a learning piper could be quite worse.

Lesson:

Music can be good on your commute. But remember to use the headphones.

Server is up ( mostly )!!!

Finally got the server up. The photo album is not up yet but it's talking again and it's now running 2003 server with a mirror disk. That means that I'm always doing a backup. I'll get email up tomorrow night.

Scotland Road

We went out last night to the Act II playhouse in Ambler. We saw the play Scotland Rd. It's about a young woman who is found on an iceberg and claims to be a third class passenger from the Titanic. It's a thriller that the small playhouse pulls off very well. The theme of this play is identity, who are you and who you claim to be. This play easily be a teleplay that would have been comfortable on the Twilight Zone. The actors draw you in and the sparse set are all you need for you to believe in the characters. I really don't want to discribe the play further as it will spoil it. Here is a link to a good review that will better describe the play and not give it away. It open until Feb 18. Don't miss it!

Still fixing....

Updating the server to Windows 2003 server. One casuality was Marilyn's and mine mail archive. The system disk got garbled and had to be formatted. So we lost our contacts and old mail. Marilyn was more than a little upset. I should have backed up the system disk.

Update is going slowly maybe back up today. Just close your eyes and you can imagine the images........

New hard drive is progress.....

.... you'll notice that there are no images. We'll I'm working on the server and I need a part so it will be a while today.

If you need images. Just draw something on your screen with a crayon! Don't let you Mom catch you doing that.

New Hard Drive.

Picked up a new hard drive for the PaolinoNet server. It $49 for a 250gig drive at Staples. Pretty cheap it's going to be the backup for the system. When we are done this weekend we'll have this as a mirror drive for a backup. OR we'll be back to where we have been. Maybe.

We have skill .... we need luck!

Images for the blog may be offline this weekend.

Daily Grind.

So you want an espresso and Starbucks leaves you bitter? Chestnut Hill Coffee Co. on Germantown Ave is the perfect remedy. Marilyn and I went there with Meg to have a cup. They make the espresso the old fashioned way with semi-auto machines. That is the kind of machine that the barista has to make the espresso and froth the milk. Starbucks moved a long time ago to pushbutton espresso machines. The coffee was nice and smooth and made right. So for a good cup go there. You may run into Volvo driving latte sipping liberals.

Bathroom shelves are done.

We finished the bathroom cabinet and shelf project from last weekend. I took a trip to Home Depot and dragged the table saw out of the basement and finished the project. It really looks good and now we have places to put bathroom stuff!

Shadow News.

Got a call from the auto upholstery shop and the body shop. I sent the seat in for a new cover and the rear fender for paint months apart. They called me within 5 minutes of each other. Both are done and waiting for pickup. They will be ready for spring to put on the bike and ride.

Weekend Update.

Did it look like I've been away for a long time? Not much going on here but going to work, coming home and relaxing.

Marilyn went to a knitting class yesterday. She'll tell me more tonight.

Weekend plans, we have to go get a present for Stacey this weekend. We have been planning to go to this place for a while and it is a good excuse to go. The package will fly courtesy of UPS.

The Christmas tree must come down this weekend. I think there is a law that a Christmas decorations must come down before the end of January. It still cheery to look at it but the spirit is gone.

We had an dusting of snow this morning. Someone said that getting and inch of snow is like winning a dollar in the lottery.....it feels good but it doesn't amount to much! ( thanks Meg! ) Which segues into my next item. We won $7 on the Powerball!!!! A win is a win!

That's all for now!

24 Season 6 is Here !!!!

Ok....Ok we love 24 and we can't get enough of it. The dialog is shlocky and sometimes the acting is stiff but it a great thriller. Maybe the best on TV today. It will keep you right on the edge right till the end. A cliffhanger every break. How many really really bad days can Jack have? And He's off to a great ( or really bad ) start this season!

We wanna see what happens next! What's in the magic bag this season! Will Chloe save him again? Will we believe him? Will he get away? Will we fall off the edge of the seat? Tune in next time!

Jack!!!!! Don't forget the cell phone batteries !!!!!!!

Towels and a place to put them.

I decided on putting up a cabinet and shelves to hold the towels that we just bought in the bathroom. We got the cabinet yesterday, today shelves and tools.

I needed a small table saw to cut the shelves I would use it this summer to fix the deck so off to Home Depot to find it. They had all the shelf stuff so I get that. The table saw was too small for what I needed. Then a stop at Lowe's. I don't know why I stop at Lowe's. If something you need is on the shelf then OK. If you have to ask a question then watch out. ".... I would like this saw please." "Can't find it. Computer not working. Don't know when it will be in. Or if we get them in at all." "....Can I buy this one?" "No this is not for sale." "...Why is it here? Nevermind!" Went to the other Lowe's. Same exchange. Sheesh! Ended up at Sears and just picked it up!

Got home with all the goods and we put up the cabinet with some effort but we got it up square and sturdy on the wall. Then cut two shelfs and monted them. The next two were too wide so I was going to exchange them and try next weekend to put them up.

All and all a positive weekend.

Rainout today.

Well no day at Grounds for Sculpture because of rain. We bought towels at JC Penney. Now that we have towels we had to find a place to put them all. I revived a plan to put up a cabinet and shelves in the bathroom. At Lowe's we found a cabinet for 50% off! What luck! Now I have to get some shelves and we'll be in business. Shelves tomorrow. Today I put up a coat rack in the hallway. Level, straight and centered! Must have been a mistake!

Pumpernick's

We met Marj and Roy at Pumpernick in North Wales ( near the mall ) today for breakfast. Now this is the place where nova is not a car from Chevy! Oy! I had nova on a toasted onion bagel and Roy and Marj had the nova and whitefish brunch. The pickle bar had half sours and tomatoes. All this smoked fish was too much for Marilyn to handle so she opted for a more conventional omelet. If you go you can sneek in past the adult books store on upper state rd and bring an appetite. Try the kippered lox!

Grounds for Sculpture.

If the weather hold out I think Marilyn and I are going to take some pictures at Grounds for Sculpture. It's been a while since we have been there. Here is the photo album from the last visit.

New Blogger.....

Well, After a few months of nagging Blogger.com got me to switch to New Blogger.

What's the difference you say? I'm still trying to find out! I'll let you know.

I Don't know were to begin.

Let's see a 70 degree day in January? Hmmm... Marilyn went out to skate the trail this morning. And we caught up on a little yard work.

Global Warming????? Nahhhhh!!!!


We went to try to see The Good Shepard at the Warrington 22 today. After an hour ..... when things were getting good..... THE POWER WENT OUT! A partial blackout in the theater. Evacuate the theater ... blah blah .... stubs for free movie ....


Ok, then we spent the rest of the day walking at the park it was just a great but windy day.

We must have displeased the snow gods.

From the Lapland Lake snow report:

Friday, January 57:00am
It is time for extreme measures. We are no longer recommending the wearing of jammies inside-out for snowfall. Wear them on your head.

Extreme measures indeed!



Today is a balmy 70 degree January day. No snow on the horizon. We must have displeased the snow gods with the garlic offering last year!

Ok Snow already!!!!

Ok, I'm looking for it to snow.

Trouble is it's 52 degrees! I looked on the weather map if you go to Denver, all the snow you could want. New England, upstate New York, pitifull amounts. I'll settle for at least cold, how about cool weather?!? And just a few snow flakes!

Hey Mike, what is the ski wax recomendations for today!

The ghost New Years past.

Here is a few more pictures for those of you that are going through Mummers withdrawl this morning.

Mummers Postponed.

Rain, Rain and more Rain. The mummers would be marching up Broad Street today. It would soak their costumes and would be a shame. So, for all of you who can't get their fill of Mummery today follow this link LINK to see pictures of the 2005 Mummers celebration.

Happy New Year!!!

Well here we are at the begining of the new year! 2007! Here's to looking forward to a great and happy new year.

Marilyn and I celebrated at home. Just too much trouble dodging drunk drivers! We had king crab legs for dinner. Each leg weighed more than a pound! I'd really hate to come across on of those guys in the wild. With 8 legs claws and a body they have to be 20 to 25 pounds! yikes! But they were tasty with garlic butter!

Overheard at the local garage. ".... you know with the year 2000 all we were looking forward to computers stopping, no electricity, planes falling out of the sky. Times were simpler then."

By the way.... In the 60's and 70's how many times would you hear a sentence that would start with "By the year 2000......".

Enjoy your New Year!!!!!