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They’re Here!

February 22, 2022 / jt / Leave a comment

The free Covid tests arrived today!

Walk This Way

September 19, 2019October 17, 2021 / jt / Leave a comment

View fullsize I spent an enjoyable afternoon with my friend Paula at the Walnut Street Theatre’s production of Young Frankenstein.It was fun and I enjoyed it, but I mostly smiled my way through the first act, as almost all the jokes and business were the same as in the movie, which I must have seen … Continue reading Walk This Way

Betts and Barney–A Detective Story

March 2, 2019May 26, 2022 / jt / 1 Comment

It all started when Cindy Behney referred to Helen Fortna as our aunt. Helen wasn’t Donna’s and my aunt, but just how was she related to us? I had no idea, and neither did my sister. This and most of the photos are details taken from the group Zellers clan picture featured in a previous … Continue reading Betts and Barney–A Detective Story

Memories 2006

December 28, 2018 / jt / Leave a comment

On December 24, 2006, I sat my parents in front of a camcorder and asked them to do some reminiscing about how they met, etc. I was a bit disappointed in the results, although part of the problem was that I had not done my homework (a common failing of mine) and didn’t have a … Continue reading Memories 2006

Moving My Plex Media Server To a Mac Mini

December 14, 2018October 17, 2021 / jt / Leave a comment

Over the Thanksgiving weekend I moved my Plex Media Server from my iMac to a Mac mini, and it was an almost painless process. Actually the process was painless, the problem was that I had not done enough homework. Let me explain.I had been thinking of moving Plex off the iMac for some time because … Continue reading Moving My Plex Media Server To a Mac Mini

Dramatizing Asimov’s Foundation

September 2, 2018October 17, 2021 / jt / Leave a comment

View fullsize The front cover of my copy of Isaac Asimov's The Foundation Trilogy which I got from the Science Fiction Book Club when I was 13 For years several different producers, writers, and directors have attempted to bring Isaac Asimov's sprawling Foundation series to the TV screen, and all those efforts have faltered, so … Continue reading Dramatizing Asimov’s Foundation

Bruce Bartlett On the Republican Party

July 11, 2018October 17, 2021 / jt / Leave a comment

Bruce Bartlett served in both the Reagan and Senior Bush administrations, but he has since renounced the Republican Party, although he does not consider himself a Democrat. Today he let loose with a tweetstorm about the current state of the GOP and the president, and I thought I'd gather the tweets together and post them … Continue reading Bruce Bartlett On the Republican Party

Joe Bonafiglia

July 5, 2018October 17, 2021 / jt / Leave a comment

Joe Bonafiglia died on June 6, though I didn't find out about it until nine days later when Barb sent me a somewhat cryptic note on Facebook. I was completely taken aback by the news.He was only 55. Joe Bonafiglia The thought that he might die before me was something that had never entered my … Continue reading Joe Bonafiglia

Water, Water, Everywhere, But Not a Drop in My Place

July 3, 2018October 17, 2021 / jt / Leave a comment

This morning I woke up and there was no water coming out of the tap. To make sure that it was not just my apartment, I went down to the vacant third floor apartment and found that it too had no water.When I went out for my morning walk there were Philadelphia Water Department workers … Continue reading Water, Water, Everywhere, But Not a Drop in My Place

How America Got Its Name

May 21, 2018October 17, 2021 / jt / Leave a comment

Some time in elementary school, I guess, one of my teachers told the story that went something like this:A fellow named Amerigo Vespucci drew a map of the known world which included the newly discovered continents of the New World. Someone began referring to those new continents as Amerigo's land, and the Latinized version of … Continue reading How America Got Its Name

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