Monday, August 9, 2010

Day Two: mountains, rain, rednecks, and yinzers

August 9, 2010 Summer Vacation

This is the third installment of my summer road trip travelogue, starring Artificially Sweetened (AS), Cupcake, and this Turkey. Morning came and we awoke. As I exited the bathroom, I found AS and Cupcake out in the room playing their respective computers like Vladimir Horowitz played his Steinway. This is a vacation, already? Oy! I [...]

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Day One: from flatlands to the mountains

August 9, 2010 Summer Vacation

This is the second installment of my summer road trip travelogue, starring Artificially Sweetened (AS), Cupcake, and this Turkey. As Day One unfolded, we managed to survive the argument about who told whom to be ready at which time versus who was actually ready when. It didn’t matter. We were ready to rock and roll, [...]

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How I Spent My Summer Vacation

August 9, 2010 Summer Vacation

I recently returned from a fine, energizing—albeit debilitating—road trip which served as my 2010 summer vacation. Originally, I had wanted to scrawl out some private travel notes so my aging brain could remember it at a later time, but then I thought, “What the hell? Why not give everyone a dose of my literary narcotic.” [...]

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Paterno nominated for Presidential Medal of Freedom

August 9, 2010 Penn State Football

Nittany Lions head coach Joe Paterno has been nominated for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States by U.S. Representative Glenn Thompson (R-PA, 5th), who sent President Barack Obama a letter with 17 additional signatures asking that Paterno be rewarded for his efforts serving his team, school and community.

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