Category Archives: General
Nice Work Red Sox!
They didn’t make it to the World Series, but the Red Sox did a great job holding their own in a seven games against the Yankees in the ALCS. Way to go!
A little girl went to her second grade class one day and the teacher said “I’m a Yankees fan. Who else is a Yankees fan?
English Lesson
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Pirtty amzanig huh?10
Word of the Day: Defenestrate
Defenestrate /(“)dE-‘fe-n&-“strAt/ v. To throw a person or thing out of a window.
Right about now I’d like to defenestrate my computer.
Let There Be Light
The northeastern United States is coming out of what is being called the worst blackout in history tonight. Although it is still unclear what happened, our country’s electric grid system showed its age yesterday as millions lost power from Boston to Detroit.
Most of Rochester was in the dark as a result of the blackout from about the start of the evening rush hour until sometime in the middle of the night, depending on where you were. I first noticed a problem at about 4:30 in the afternoon when the radio station that was playing in my office suddenly went off the air.
Wild Bill Strikes Again
This past weekend marked the annual Park Avenue Summer Art Festival here in Rochester, and of course, Wild Bill’s Sixth Annual Throwdown came with it.
If you aren’t from the Rochester area, Park Ave is one of the city’s oldest and trendiest areas. It features a unique mix of residences and businesses, with the businesses mainly consisting of small sidewalk cafes, boutiques, and art galleries. Most of the houses in the area were built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and several have since been converted into apartments.