Entries from March 2008

March 27, 2008

“Don’t Mess with Us!”

I think that should be the motto of Central Pennsylvania.  Why? We know people who know people…in state government, that is. 

photo of PA State Capitol by Allies.Dad
State government can be an unwieldy thing, but if you’re in a pickle, chances are that there’s a state agency that can help you out.  You might as well use their resources [...]

March 25, 2008

My apologies…

I am sorry.
 I haven’t been able to carve out any time for blogging. Travel, sickness, allergies, holidays and workload…plus a smidge of wedding planning…it all seems to be adding up to a big fat suck on my time.  My use of Twitter, on the other hand, has been pretty much nonstop…I will get everything back [...]

March 17, 2008

Naked Man Trashes LanCo Hotel, Grocery

Fox 43 has blurry video (scroll down to “Local Man goes on Naked Rampage” ;) of a guy who caused tens of thousands of dollars of damage to a Darrenkamp’s Market in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. My favorite quote from the newscast:   ”At one point, a shopper even bought the man a pack of smokes to calm [...]

March 13, 2008

The Onion: Snyder’s of Hanover is in it for the Long Haul

This week’s The Onion features an “editorial  by W. Friedrich Snyder, the CEO and Heir to Snyder’s of Hanover” which details the proud legacy of Snyder’s of Hanover (not to be confused with Snyder of Berlin, thankyouverymuch) through the ages: 
“When my ancestor, George, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, founded the House of Hanover in 1635 by establishing [...]

March 12, 2008

Jack Johnson to Play Tweeter Center

A-LO-HA.  Jack Johnson is coming to the Tweeter Center, The Center Now Known As “The Susquehanna Bank Center” in August  and if you’re an xpn member,  you can get in on the presale starting tomorrow at 10.  Regular tickets go on sale Saturday.  I AM SO THERE. 
I love XPN, and being a member DOES have [...]

March 12, 2008

Impatient to get back in the loop.

Sheesh, I got on a plane and missed this:  Sen. Fumo isn’t seeking re-election. Wow.  The Inquirer and Daily News have the goods.

March 12, 2008

Harrisburg bloggers at Clinton Rally

I cannot WAIT to get back to PA. I was still in Austin yesterday and missed Hillary Clinton’s stop at the Forum in Harrisburg. Local blogger Jersey Mike liveblogged the event. I am so excited to get back there and talk all politics, all the time. It took me 3 hours to find [...]

March 11, 2008

What a Long, Strange Trip SXSW’s been!

Wow.  What a great time.  I honestly am not sure how I am going to explain SXSW to people.  I had wanted to blog when I was here but it just didn’t seem that there were enough hours in the day to do everything.  Something had to give…and it was the blog.  Oops.  I missed [...]

March 8, 2008

PA Dems Online Survey

While I was on a plane yesterday, the PA Dems released an online poll asking Dems who they’re voting for - it’s 60-37 for Barack Obama.  I was surprised - with 58% female respondents, I would have thought Clinton would have skewed a bit higher.  The results are on their homepage and there’s a more [...]

March 8, 2008

hitting the ground running at sxsw

Yesterday was such a whirlwind after 8 hours of travelling.    It was a good start, though, and i have to confess I went to bed pretty early. 
From the second i ponied up for the SuperShuttle, I met folks here for South By.  Joelle Reeder from The Moxie Girls (who’s just as bubbly as you’d expect a [...]