During the last election, I didn’t know what to do because I never received my voter registration card, even though it turns out I did have the receipt from when I registered saying that I had registered. Plus, I didn’t know the political landscape of Pittsburgh quite yet, so I chose to leave my uninformed [...]
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May 18: Vote in Pittsburgh & My First Star 12 Seminar
Posted in Community, Learning, Professional on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
May 15: Discovered the Beauty of Wind Fairing
Posted in Learning, Sports/Outdoors on May 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve driven on the highway a couple times since installing the roof rack on my car, and it definitely is not aerodynamic! It made an annoying sound, and created a bit of drag – reducing my precious gas mileage! So I removed the kayak racks and installed the wind fairing that came with my roof [...]
May 12: Label DVDs
Posted in Learning on May 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Labels, as in sticky labels that peel off of paper, that cover the whole DVD, and if you screw up, you’ve ruined everything! I was nervous! Fortunately, the labels came with excellent instructions, and the backing came off the label in pieces, so you only have to commit a little bit at a time. They [...]
May 5: Learn to Text Words
Posted in Learning, Random Fun on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You know, like when the words automatically come up as you type. I love it! Now I just need to figure out how to make it default to that, because texting the old way is so much worse! Location: my kitchen
May 1: Install Roof Rack On My Car
Posted in Learning, Sports/Outdoors on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
April 27: Joined the Carnegie Library
Posted in Learning, Pittsburgh on May 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The history of the Carnegie libraries is interesting (first paragraph, anyway)
April 25: Bucknell Club of Pittsburgh
Posted in Community, Learning, Pittsburgh, Professional on May 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
March 30: Submit an Op-Ed to a Newspaper
Posted in Community, Learning, Professional on March 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
One of the items on my bucket list is to get a newspaper article published. Actually, I’ve always dreamt of having my own newspaper column. I don’t think I’ve ever told anyone that… weird. The way I see it, I’m likely to be rejected many times before something is accepted, so I figure I better [...]
March 9: RSS Feeds
Posted in Learning, Professional, Random Fun on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Since I’ve entered the world of social media, I keep seeing reference to RSS feeds. I’ve never known what they are, and today I decided to figure it out! I am so glad! I know I’m slow to technology, but I’m sure I’m not the last to discover this gem! If you don’t know what [...]
February 23: Excelsior!
Posted in Learning on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
That’s my new email signature. It means “ever upward.” neat, huh?! Today I learned state mottos (Excelsior is New York’s motto). Pennsylvania’s motto is “Virtue, Liberty, and Independence” My favorites are: Oregon: Alis volat propriis – She flies with her own wings Virginia: Sic semper tyrannis – Thus always to tyrants West Virginia: Montani semper [...]
