August 2010

Day Ten: Ten Cent Tour of D.C.

August 31, 2010 Summer Vacation

This is the eleventh installment of our summer road trip travelogue, featuring Artificially Sweetened (AS), her daughter, Cupcake, and me, the Nittany Turkey. My pre-season prognostication having been written and put to bed, I now have no excuses to delay this installment of the travelogue any longer. So, awayyyyyyyyyy we go! This would be our [...]

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The Rough Road Ahead

August 31, 2010 Penn State Football

This will be a troubled season for the Nittany Lions. Quarterback uncertainty, punting uncertainty, offensive line uncertainty, linebacker uncertainty, and defensive secondary uncertainty will together conspire to batter hopeful Lions fan this year. Couple this with still unanswered questions about octogenarian head coach Joe Paterno’s health, and you’ve got a mediocre season in the making.

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Scam Alert from da Turkey!

August 31, 2010 General

There’s an insidious scam out there involving a package notification, in which you receive a postcard telling you to call to arrange for a package pickup. When you do, the scammers ask you for the tracking number from the postcard, then tell you that they need your credit card number for a small pickup fee. [...]

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Day Nine: Hot Dog! Let’s go shopping!

August 26, 2010 Summer Vacation

This is the tenth installment of the Summer 2010 road trip travelogue starring Artificially Sweetened (AS), her daughter, Cupcake, and me, the Nittany Turkey. Day Nine was a Sunday, our last full day in New Philly. We hadn’t developed a plan for the day, which enabled another sleep-in for the girls. Just how, then, did Day [...]

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