Philadelphia blog stories
One of Philadelphia's greatest assets is it's Delaware River waterfront. It is a real shame that the city does not seem to know how to use it. The Penn's Landing amphitheater and festival area were steps in the right direction but they come across as rather half-hearted, neglected, and now ...... Read the rest of "First 100 Feet for Green"
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Last July I blogged about a small test the city of Philadelphia was running with 3 solar-powered trash compactors ( Solar-powered Trashcan Test ). Cool idea, I thought, but I did not hear anything else about them. Then over the last three weeks ...... Read the rest of "Sprouting everywhere like mushrooms – Trash Compactors"
Follow the arduous and dangerous repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope on NASA TV. It is not Hulu and not Star Trek, but it is real and you get the added plus of seeing Earth passing underneath the hard-working astronauts. Do you get a view like this from your ...... Read the rest of "Watch Hubble Repairs on NASA TV"
NBC News space analyst James Oberg's article: NASA set for dramatic shuttle rescue is a clear and interesting report on what plans NASA has for rescuing the crew of STS-125/Atlantis should Atlantis be damaged during its mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. The article appeared the same day that ...... Read the rest of "Preparing to go where no two shuttles have gone before"
(Photo copyrighted by Derek Ram 2007, GNU Free Documentation Lic., posted to Wikipedia)
Two red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) set up housekeeping on the side of Philadelphia's science museum - The Franklin Institute. Staff members have installed a web cam so that anyone can follow the pair's efforts to raise their three, ...... Read the rest of "The Franklin Institute’s Red Tail"
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Financial depression, that is. I'm sitting at LaVa on 21st and South St. reading an issue of the German magazine Der Spiegel from Sept. 29, 2008. The picture above is of a Great Depression food line. On the window are the words 'free ...... Read the rest of "Depression in a Café"
(Photo by Keith Kanoti, Maine Forest Service, USA)
Although it is overcast today the weather is very pleasant. There is the slightest breath of a breeze and the temperature is a comfortable 64F (17.8C). What a great day to be having coffee on the deck!
The cats are out too. ...... Read the rest of "Contemplating Loss of Green Friends"
Cloud forest
Originally uploaded by Michlt
I've added an additional set of Ecuador photos to my Flickr.com account. These are selected photos taken while we were staying at Tandayapa Bird Lodge. While there we birded on the old Nono-Mindo road and we spent the better part of a day at Angel Paz' ...... Read the rest of "Tandayapa, Ecuador Photos"
Our recent trip to Ecuador was booked through Carmen Bustamante of Cabañas San Isidro. Carmen was exceptional and the lodges that her family runs were outstanding (esp. the food!). We booked a private tour, and Carmen arranged the driver, the hotel in Quito and three nature lodges (two belonging to ...... Read the rest of "Cabañas San Isidro and Guango Lodge"
[caption id="attachment_124" align="alignright" width="128" caption="Quito, Ecuador"][/caption]I just posted the first set of my Ecuadorean photos to my Flickr account. Click on this photo to go to them. These are my Quito pics.
Michael, Stephen, and I flew from Philadelphia to Miami and then on to Quito. During the last days of ...... Read the rest of "First Ecuadorean Photos Posted"
I suppose now that my legal career is on its way, I should update everyone on my progress, as I started this blog and wrote 90% of it in law school.
When I think about it, though, I've been pretty disappointed with how things have played out. Consider that:
* I have not been nominated to a federal judgeship.
* I have not been examining a witness in a deposition and had opposing counsel "object to [me] being way too cute to ask that question."
* I have not had...... Read the rest of "We're talkin bout practice, man"
Meanwhile, I had my 10-year high school reunion the other night. That was pretty cool. 99% of our class looks the same. Except for, you know, the pregnant ones. They weren't pregnant at the 5-year.
Of course, half of my class is on Facebook already, so it's not like we all didn't know what everyone else was up to.
(Special kudos go to Dr./Mrs. Poon for accompanying me. It was nice to have a doctor there to balance out all the lawyers. Apparently that's just what you do when you...... Read the rest of "Looking good, Moose"
I am breaking the silence in this space to wonder aloud what the hell has happened to jeans. I was out shopping with the Dr./Mrs. yesterday (and lived to tell the tale, thank you very much) and she suggested I try on some fancy, expensive jeans, since the ones I usually wear, from Banana Republic, are a few years old and are starting to go.
And, yes, before I go any further, "fancy, expensive jeans" means exactly what you think it does: her label and price but ph-balanced...... Read the rest of "My boys need a house"
This is frustrating:
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Halle Berry says she and her boyfriend, Gabriel Aubry, tried and tried and tried to get pregnant.
Well, jeez, Halle, you couldn't have given me a shot?... Read the rest of "Now batting"
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