This is the first of two posts inspired by a session at PodCamp Pittsburgh 3, a session with various Rustbelt Bloggers about ways to promote the secretly thriving cities in the region. The idea: give readers a glimpse into your neighborhood. Tell them what happens in your town or your area. Explain what makes it… Read More 10. it’s a beautiful day…
I can’t find anything in this place, and it’s making me crazy. If you can show me which box the new Sedaris book is in, I’ll give you fifty bucks.
Things I’ve learned while moving this week: 1. We would have died this week — or at least we wouldn’t have finished moving — if it had not been for the Forearm Forklift, an As Seen On TV contraption that allows people with questionable stamina and strength to lift and control large, heavy objects. Like,… Read More 2. strapped.
This marks my first entry in this year’s big National Blog Posting Month — NaBloPoMo, as you’ve heard before. At the start of 2008, the NaBloPoMo organizers announced they were taking their efforts monthly, instead of reserving them for November, as they had done in the past. I’ve tried two other months this year, and… Read More 1. home.
Two hauls, actually — one on Tuesday, and a big one coming up on Thursday. Tuesday’s haul? The Wife has been bugging me to come check out a couple things at a used furniture store we’ve had some good luck with, so we drove over after having lunch. She was looking at a couple tables… Read More haul.
And now, we reveal the worst-kept secret in the history of western Pennsylvania — The Wife and I bought a house Monday morning. We were coy about the progress we were making towards this place — on a lovely street in Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood — because the last two times we were close, something… Read More surprise!
Uncle Crappy 