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Parker Dam, Quehanna Natural Area

One of the most beautiful places we’ve been to take pictures… this one is in the middle of no-where near State College, PA …the trees were amazing. I think we got them just about at their peak. Güenther was in heaven, with so much to smell! I can’t blame him… the cool air smelled [...]

15Oct2008 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire

We headed out to Pennsylvania last Saturday morning… arriving in Mannheim, PA late Saturday night… stayed in one of the crappiest hotels i think we’ve ever stayed in. That night, my sister, brother-in-law and I went to a small pub called ‘Farmer’s Hope’, where i had 5 shots of Patron Silver (mmmm… nectar) and sat [...]

15Oct2008 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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Cade’s Cove, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Melissa and I went to Gatlinburg the weekend before last, and had a really good time. Some friends of ours have a cabin out there and they let us stay there for ‘free’ … i say ‘free’ in quotes because Steve has got his money’s worth out of me in ‘free’ computer support since he [...]

15Oct2008 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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opinion-aided

I have gotten into the habit of writing frequent letters and emails to my elected officials. Particularly to my congressmen and senators, as these folks are apparently supposed to be the ones making the most amount of difference for me and my state.
One thing that I have noticed in doing this… is that none of [...]

18Feb2008 | Jim | 4 comments | Continued
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Rising City, NE

A fellow ‘Rising’ from the Nashville Area Wine Enthusiast Meetup Group that we’re a part of told me about this place today. A little postage stamp of a town in the middle of nowhere, but it’s got our namesake! A quick look around at the school system, and the white pages, reveals all of 2 [...]

5Jan2008 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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Murfreesboro Athletic Club

the gym melissa and i have a membership with makes it really easy on folks. they are open 24 hours, and they have a ‘cardio theater’ where they play movies while you bike, run, or eliptic? i hate those eliptical machines. i just don’t have the coordination for them… and the treadmill hurts my knees, [...]

4Jan2008 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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if diets were religions

my dad would be a hindu. he has successfully found salvation (and has frequently lost weight) in just about all of them. he even says ‘any diet can work as long as you stick to it’. if that’s not Dharma, i don’t know what is.
in his time as a radio announcer, i even heard him [...]

4Jan2008 | Jim | 1 comment | Continued
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can’t wait for spring!

we had just gotten into kayaking before winter hit… and only got a couple of chances to take the boats out. we spent some time at the Buffalo River and managed to put in twice at Crazy Horse, where we camped. it was just so relaxing out there on the water!
pictures here! 
this next year i’m [...]

1Jan2008 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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learn how to read!

someone asked me the other day how i manage to find time to read so much with all of what i’ve got going on, so i thought i might write about some of the ways that i do it.
1) read several books at one time.
i have quite a few books in my ‘currently reading’ list [...]

1Jan2008 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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GoodReads.Com

a guy i work with turned me on to this the other day…
 www.goodreads.com
it’s a great way to organize your reading library, and there is a plugin available for wordpress that allows you to show your current reading list. (note the icons to the books i’m currently reading on the right of the homepage) it even [...]

31Dec2007 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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