Monday, September 5, 2011

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All used up.


Happy Labor Day.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Creepy: It’s Labor Day.. You may be going to or at a park right now. And if you are, consider this: Lots around the world are abandoned. And creepy.



Here is a sampling of some of the creepiest abandoned amusement parks in the world, with imagesthat will further give you the chills. 

And it’s fall. The season of the witch is coming. It’s time to start making ourselves scared.. that’s the most fun part of the majesty of autumn.

More details emerge on Pennsylvania swine flu cases..
Pennsylvania State health officials are conducting exposure investigations in Schuylkill and Washington counties among people who attended an agricultural fair..

Thursday, September 1, 2011

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I hate to say it, and no matter the temperature, it’s over. Summer is done. Gone. Finished. Another year going by quickly… ‘12 is coming. The fall’s early heat will fade away into the cold winds of time. .. .. It’s been real.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

I think to myself, ‘what a wonderful world’

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…it’s almost. Goodnight all.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

….I suppose with Amy Winehouse’s passing, Ke$ha sees an opening:



Singer Ke$ha spits out beer while performing at a taping of the 2011 MTV World Stage Mexico at Mexico City’s Auditorio Nacional, Thursday Aug. 25, 2011. The show will air on MTV Latin America Sept. 23. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)


MTV music awards tonight.. and yes, Snooki and her JERSEY SHORE escaped Irene on a private last minute flight

…we can breathe easier.


Now bring on Britney and Gaga and pay tribute to Winehouse. Music, MTV style. 


MTV music awards tonight.. and yes, Snooki and her JERSEY SHORE escaped Irene on a private last minute flight

BRIT PAPERS ATTACK: IRENE WAS THE PERFECT STORM OF HYPE

BRIT PAPERS ATTACK: IRENE WAS THE PERFECT STORM OF HYPE

Ayden’s first hurricane. I think he’ll be a storm chaser..

Trying to put perspective on a strange week

This week, after an earthquake shook parts of the world that don’t know what to do during them, it was one thing. Then after a hurricane slammed into that same part of the world, it was quite another. And even more, some forecasts project a hurricane potentially taking a silimar track to Irene… It has been a strange, odd, and particularly eerie week.


I’m not saying end times are upon us. I’m not quitting the day job and hopping in my car to proclaim armageddon .. But I can admit, I felt a lot closer to that this week than ever before.


I have never lived through an earthquake before. Sure, here in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania, I suppose I’m sheltered. Or thought I was. And hurricanes? We’ve had them… that one is an old one. But for in cities that never sleep, massive rains and winds can shake not only foundations of buildings but also the human psyche. 


The only conclusion that one can derive from a week of natural disaster is this: The world, all over, is fragile. The ground isn’t certain. And the winds can blow. 


That is a scary prospect, as well, isn’t it? 


We are a society, a human race, that tries to get ahead of nature. We also have this notion that, since we made computers, we don’t have to worry about those old fashioned problems like disease and natural disasters. But we do.


I have often said, and still believe, that society as a whole is constantly on a hair trigger away from anarchy. Just one action, even if it’s small, can provoke insurrection. And in 2011, billions of dollars have been tallied in an expensive year for natural disasters.


The only stark and complete conclusion I can take from a shaky, windy week: We are at the mercy of this planet. We don’t run it, own it, or master it. We just inhabit it. 

Irene falls short of projections?

Irene falls short of projections?

Long Beachless Island: 



Drew Messler of Manasquan tries to avoid the surging water as he goes for a walk on the beach on Fifth Street at high tide as Hurricane Irene moves past Long Beach Island, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 in Beach Haven, N.J. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)


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