I was sitting at my desk looking out the window at an unseasonably warm January day here in Pittsburgh, when lunchtime rolled around, and I thought I’d go out for a midday walk around the complex. There’s a minor jolt to the system when you walk out the door in January and you are [...]
Archive for January 8th, 2008
My 20-minute Vacation
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A Day at the Zoo
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Word comes from Germany that officials at the Nuremberg Zoo refused to intervene when two polar bear cubs were rejected by their mother, and are now believed to have been eaten by her. Coming on the heels, as this does, of the fatal tiger mauling at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas Day, it [...]
Obama on a Roll
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In Tony Norman’s Post-Gazette column today, he writes about the possible demise of Hillary Clinton’s White House bid, citing her choking up yesterday when addressing a group of New Hampshire voters. Weeping in New Hampshire is never a good thing, as Edmund Muskie would tell you if he were still around.
My eyebrows went up [...]
