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PennDOT and 311: Trying to be a good citizen is a waste of time

PennDOT and 311:  Trying to be a good citizen is a waste of time

My dear lord.  This morning, Ledcat and I saw a giant dump truck dump a load of sand into the PennDOT owned field behind our house (you'll recall that field).  It dumped and scurried.  We saw the truck.  Now, PennDOT has had some subcontractors using the property so I decided to call them first to […]

My Facebook “Friends” Continue to Dump Me Over My Logo

My Facebook “Friends” Continue to Dump Me Over My Logo

Wow.  I was just browsing through some of the people I've added as “friends” on Facebook and noticed a few names missing.  Turns out, they don't like the fact that I use my logo for this blog as my image on Facebook.  So they quietly dump me.  At least my sister-in-law (the one in Chicago, […]

Update on Squirrel Hill Development – CBA?

Update on Squirrel Hill Development – CBA?

About 100 folks turned out in Squirrel Hill to give input on the planned redevelopment of the stretch that includes the current home of the Gay & Lesbian Community Center.  The Post-Gazette features a quote from GLCC Chair Rick Allison: In addition to the Squirrel Hill Theater, several other businesses and the Gay and Lesbian […]

Alexander Solzhenitsyn and the lesbians

Alexander Solzhenitsyn and the lesbians

Solzhenitsyn died at age 89.  Here's the AP obituary. I first read his novel “A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” when I was a 17 year old high school senior and it rocked my world.  I had no clue about the larger connection to the Gulag and the Soviet Union or any other […]