In New York Harbor stands a lady,With a torch raised to the sky;And all who see her know she stands forLiberty for you and me.I'm so proud to be called an American,To be named with the brave and the fre...

Snapping all these squirrel pics caused Dana and I to break the "don't look like tourists" rule. Balto. This guy had pretty much had it with me by the end of the trip. ^ Sanrio store I...

So.... I've been gone.  For over a month, I'd say.  I apologize.Unfortunately, this is what happens to me.  I get on a roll with my writing/blogging, and then suddenly I hit a brick wall and lose all the momentum I gained....

Thursday Mother comes home and whines and cries a whole bunch. First it's that I didn't call any "friends" over vacation. Then it shifted that I didn't do anything this vacation and that I am "sad". I wasn't, but it woul...

Today was absolutely amazing. I didn't think I'd make it, but I was able to see Matt before he left back to Michigan. It was like a crappy romance movie, but I thought it was a little funny. Me, running to the docks to s...

We took a day trip to New York City on Sunday.  Curt's sister, Christie had come in for the weekend and Jordan's friend, Cameron joined us as well.  We were able to visit the Statue of Liberty and do some Times Square sightseeing. Cameron ...

No jury duty this week!  I called every day, and each day I was told I didn't have to report.  Now I can't be summoned for at least a year (I think).  I honestly wouldn't mind serving, but I'm really swamped at work through February....

Yeah about that quote, I'll get to it later but as for today It was long and filled with walking... all over the place.  It first started with an early morning train to Hoboken Train Station. It was a beautiful sta...

What happened to the good ol' days of giant statues as gifts?"Hey Iraq! Our bad! Here's a giant stainless steel hippo. We cool?""Oh, fo' sho!"You see how easy that would be? Then every time that we go to Iraq we can go s...

Dear Diary, The earth rotated beneath us, creating the illusion of a sunrise, much like it had for the last billion or so years.  And as I awoke, I was hit square between the front teeth by an all-too-obvious r...