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We were on the way home from NYC, my son Frank, his Girlfriend Beth and I and we decided to stop to see the Delaware Water Gap. We weren’t real clear what a Water Gap was, so it seemed like it might be fun to find out.

We got off Route 80 and went onto the local roads. We went through a small town and saw some Trolley Tours. That might be a way to see this Gap thing. We looked around and decided not to take the tour, but were told of several overlooks up the road where we could see the sites. We went off to the scenic overlooks.

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This next Saturday, January 8th, 2011, will be the Kickoff for the 2011 season of the FIRST Robotics Competition.

In case you’re not familiar with this program, you can learn a lot about it at the official website of FIRST or you can watch the kickoff ceremonies Saturday. I’d urge you to do both, if you’re curious about it. Continue Reading…

I’ve recommended a few computer utilities here before, but I just had an experience with one that I must share with you because it was so positive.

The program is simply called Unlocker 1.9.0. I had earlier versions of it on another computer and the last time I used it, it popped up a message informing me there was a new version of it available for download.

First, let’s talk about what it is and what it might do for you.
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Someone went to a lot of trouble to collect these. I just found this site yesterday, when I got a tweet from Robby Takac about a Shonen Knife Christmas song there. I love this collection. You can play one after another for your Christmas day…

Visit this site: Stuff and Mutterings

I guarantee, it’s all good (well, except for the ones he says are bad) and not the same old, same old you’ve been hearing on the radio since Halloween.

Here’s the Shonen Knife video:

Shonen Knife has been a guilty pleasure of mine for many years. I was elated when Robby became affiliated with them and has been promoting them in the US. We went and saw them play in Buffalo a few months back and got to meet them after the show.