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welcome to march.

I love March. FAUCNFFC’s on the way next week, boys and girls. Make sure your brackets are ready.

March 12, 2010March 12, 2010 Uncle Crappy

a man of means by no means.

My friend Ethel just finished a post that mentioned how this song, Roger Miller’s “King of the Road,” got stuck in her mom’s head recently, prompting a mother-daughter singalong while they strolled around her mother’s nursing home. I can’t think about this song without thinking of REM, and the boozy version that was included on… Read More a man of means by no means.

February 24, 2010February 24, 2010 Uncle Crappy3 Comments

my heroes.

When we came back into town the Sunday after Snowmageddeon, we noticed ski and snowboard tracks down the side of the hill near Target on Mount Nebo Road. I remember feeling a little envious, thinking that would have been an excellent opportunity for a midnight out-of-bounds run. I wasn’t the only one with that idea.… Read More my heroes.

February 20, 2010February 20, 2010 Uncle Crappy1 Comment

not quite iMpressed.

For quite a while, I’ve been looking for something that would help me with work — writing filing stories while out of the office, updating work sites and accounts without being tethered to my desk — and I had high hopes for the tablet Apple introduced today. Yeah, the logical solution is a MacBook, but… Read More not quite iMpressed.

January 27, 2010 Uncle Crappy2 Comments

2009 > 2010.

I just re-read the post I wrote this time a year ago, and it struck me — I’m doing the exact same thing I was doing 365 days ago — drinking barleywine, watching a Grateful Dead DVD (the same one, in fact) and thinking about the year that’s about to pass and the one that’s… Read More 2009 > 2010.

January 1, 2010January 3, 2010 Uncle Crappy5 Comments

34. six.

Sonofabitch. I missed the birthday of Uncle Crappy. Six years ago yesterday, I wrote the first post for Uncle Crappy, while I was working a night shift at the paper and waiting for some weather to hit Pittsburgh so I could write what was likely the first weather story of that winter (Fun fact —… Read More 34. six.

November 29, 2009November 30, 2009 Uncle Crappy6 Comments

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