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Monthly Archives: May 2006

Memorial Day Weekend 2006

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Memorial Day Weekend was warm and relaxing. Amy and I met up with my brother Francis for a few hours on Monday, as he was visiting high school buddies. We tried some of the dimsum at NuBao Cafe in South Street Seaport, and paid $3 each to tour the historic ships docked there — the [...]

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Patriotic Songs in Church?

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Fellow American Christians, what are your thoughts on the singing of patriotic hymns at worship service on significant historic holidays such as Memorial Day and the Fourth of July? I always took it as given that these were improper for an event meant to be focused on God, so I was somewhat taken aback when [...]

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Lost Bags: Followup

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

My squeaky wheeling about Airtran and Lost Bags received some “grease”: email apologies from DCA Ops Manager Robert Sullivan, Carla Hodge of Airtran’s Central Baggage Service, and Airtran’s DCA Station Manager Chanel Johnson. Miss Johnson was very responsive, promised action on the hitches in the process, and offered to repair or replace the bag within [...]

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Seats.jpg

Friday, May 26, 2006

(Seats.jpg, uploaded by brownpau.)
The train isn’t loaded, and the track runs alongside I-95, which has almost no traffic on it between Wilmington and Philadelphia. Did I miss the long weekend rush? (Not that I’m complaining.)

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Amtrak’s Bad Week

Friday, May 26, 2006

This hasn’t been a good week for Amtrak along the East Coast. First you have the guy hit on the tracks near Philly, then the train fire near BWI, then yesterday’s rail power outage, on the same day that the House voted on a one-third budget cut for the government subsidized rail service.
This is [...]

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LOST 2nd Season Finale: Now Widmore Penny

Friday, May 26, 2006

The LOST finale established a bunch of major plot points. (Spoilers after the Macho Trio.)

Tres Amigos y sus armas, muy macho.
They’re not in purgatory. They’re not in a post-apocalyptic future. The Swan Station Hatch, computer, and electromagnetic anomaly were all real, and not just a behavioral experiment. The Pearl Station was the behavioral experiment. The [...]

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Union Water Tower/Sphere

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

The Water Tower of Union, NJ is hailed as the world’s tallest water sphere. Here are a few photos of the tower from the fields by Kawameeh Middle School:

Also see this aptly named site: The World’s Tallest Water Sphere.
Update: I have received accolades from the Water Sphere guy, thanks to our shared passion for [...]

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Last Weekend’s NJ/NYC Trip

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Saturday morning, I went up with Amy to NYAA, from where she had just graduated the day before. Though I missed the ceremony, I was glad to be able to see her final diploma project on display in the graduate exhibit.
We also went over to the West Side and walked along the harbor, from Christopher [...]

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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

(mo_496_.jpg, uploaded by brownpau.)
Union Station seems to be locked down right now due to a ’suspicious package.’ I just got yelled at by Capitol Police for getting this close. Off to catch a bus, I guess.
Update: Just got off the bus and I’m still not seeing anything in the news or in Metro service alerts. [...]

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LOST 2.22: Your Hanso is Waiting

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

This entry is to fulfill my LOST entry quota for last week’s episode before the finale comes on tonight. Spoilers follow, of course.
Update: Of course we can’t go on without DCeiver’s latest Pompatus.
First off, they need a typography guy to look over the Hatch Computer font. It’s all over the place: a simple san-serif for [...]

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