Tuesday marks four years since I published my first post here on OS. It's amazing to consider how much this place has grown since those early days and it's great to see a large number of beta members still actively posting here.

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 "Was the IPO good for you, too?"

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(Good evening, friends!!! I was hit with a lot of work outside the OS realm and am returning tonight after handling those tasks!)

First semester was coming to an end and 1976 which had turned out to be an exceptional year was near its finale, as well.… Read full post »

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I heard the sad news just a short time ago that famed author and illustrator Maurice Sendak had just passed on at age 83 after complications from a stroke.

While I was not a youngster when his books became so popular, my two sons were able to enjoy his… Read full post »

With the untimely and very sad passing of Adam Yauch of the group Beastie Boys this week I was reminded of their song Cooky Puss that I first heard on my local college FM station, WXCI FM (Danbury, CT) in 1984.

I was also interested to learn of… Read full post »

 "Not being a player in Facebook's IPO has just undone six years of therapy."

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Overheard in a Norwegian home this morning at breakfast...

"Say, Mom, I remember Grandmama had a painting that looked just like The Scream back in the '60s."

"Yes, that is correct, it was an original Munch painting."

"Whatever happened to it?"

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Going back to 2002 Ask This Old House has been piggybacked to the long running PBS series This Old House as the second half of an hour long program on many stations. Given that it is now ten years since the show was added to the PBS… Read full post »

"You check in and they check out your emails, your messages, and even have bed bugs...the electronic type!"

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Again, I want to thank Ardee for her wonderful birthday post and everyone who stopped by to leave their wonderful birthday messages!

I was fortunate to have an extra treat two days after my birthday when my friend, Joanie, who shares the birthday with me stopped by yesterday with… Read full post »

As mentioned on Ardee's wonderful post I was really touched by all of the great birthday wishes that were expressed last night and today!

I mentioned to her that another student present the same year we were at school together also happens to share the same birthday… Read full post »

"He's really cute, kind, tall...and a man of Pinterest!"

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First off, I want to recognize two posts already up regarding Levon Helm's passing:

Jeremiah Horrigan's personal account can be found here and Chicago Guy's (Roger) personal story can be read here.

I was on the road this afternoon when I heard the sad news about Levon. Besides being… Read full post »

A few moments at my local Staples store in Connecticut recently is the inspiration for this evening's post about missed connections.

I happened to approach the entrance of the store just at the same second as a 30ish, very attractive shopper. We were both dressed… Read full post »

Two civic centers both completed in 1972. One is still standing and the other one was imploded in 2007.

The lucky civic center to still be around today was renamed the Dunkin' Donuts Center in 2001 and the less fortunate civic center was the New Haven Veterans… Read full post »

With the fourth OS anniversary occurring tomorrow I wanted to reflect on an early collaborative post I participated on with another OS beta member, Dorelvis (aka Dorelle).

Neither of us had been on the site too long before we realized we had a college connection. It… Read full post »

It only comes once in a lifetime...Monday is the 4th anniversary of when the beta group started in at OS! In my case, I didn't arrive here until the next month after seeing a sign-up notice on the front page of Big Salon. 

So, we went from around 50… Read full post »

"I wonder if Ann Romney preferred to be shaken, not stirred by her kids?"

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Maria (pronounced like Mariah) and I had talked so extensively about our lives in terms of recent history, but there were so many tales to be told about our younger days, such as our teen years.

When we spent Thanksgiving break at my home there had been… Read full post »

Hard to believe a whole year has passed since Nikki's last birthday, but here we are!

I have had the great fortune to see Nikki twice since her birthday last year at two OS get togethers in the city. I have re-posted photos from those events here just as a… Read full post »

In the olden days before computers people used typewriters...

The other day I took a little time to photograph all of the typewriters I own and am now presenting each of their stories.

What started as my mother's typewriter when she was in… Read full post »

Last September I posted a story about Francesca Woodman, the photographer who tragically ended her life at age 22. Since that time a comprehensive exhibit opened in March at the Guggenheim of her work and I wanted to revisit the subject as a result.

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My Easter/Jellybean/Political post...

Speaking of our former president, here's a re-post of video I included in a story back on April 5th, 2010. This song and music video came out in 1984 during the presidential campaign:

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On Monday afternoon I stopped in at the New Croton Dam in Croton, NY to take photos and video footage of the 106 year old structure. "New" sounds odd for an old dam, but it replaced an earlier dam, hence the addition of "New" to its title.

As the aerial… Read full post »