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Everyone back in the pool!
A member of the Optimalist health club hacks a hole into the ice covering a canal near the village of Viazynka, Belarus [Picture: REUTERS]
Just wanted to throw out a quick post to say Happy New Year to everyone and let you know here’s yet another opportunity for you to “get back in the pool” and fire up your woefully out-of-date blog/twitter/facebook/reddit etc etc etc page. I’m also diving back into the pool for my third graduate course in Geographic Information Systems at Penn State. So if you’re one of my fellow classmates visiting my blog for the first time, enjoy the view!;-P
Back to School
I’m no Rodney Dangerfield, but I am heading back to school. I’m pursuing a Master of Geographic Information Systems through Penn State’s Online World Campus. I have been officially accepted by the PSU Graduate School and completed registration for Geography 482: the Nature of Geographic Information. GEOG 482 is the required first course.
The first assignment for the class is to create a personal web presence. That’s funny since I remember trying to explain the internet and world wide web to people back in 1995 when I created my first personal web page as an undergrad. The computer was a Macintosh Centris 610 and the place was a dorm room in Hamilton Hall on the University Park campus. My first foray into HTML with SimpleText is what led me to an independent study in web design and then to my career as a network admin and then on to GIS.
Since I already have been using this site to publish personal map projects, I figure this will also be where I publish my thoughts about the MGIS program and any portfolio-type stuff that results.
So, to bring things full-circle, from “Back to School”…. “Bring us a pitcher of beer every seven minutes until somebody passes out. And then bring one every ten minutes.”
Parting thought, since I’m enrolled as a student again does that mean I can re-join my old fraternity? Hmmmmm.
Our Hunting Season…
Stella says “it’s perfect!”
Dad says ” a little full lots of sap…”
Simply Socks Drop Box – General Sutter Ave. & Golden St.
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Today the Newman Family distributed Simply Socks fliers to all of the homes in the Sutter Village neighborhood in Lititz, Pennsylvania. The drop off location for this neighborhood is at the intersection of General Sutter Avenue and Golden Street. You … Continue reading
Scouting for Food 2011 Map Book
Here is the much-awaiting Scouting for Food 2011 Map Book for the Lititz/Warwick Area. A full-size wall map will follow shortly.
Wife @ Beach Self-portrait
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Genuine Concern
Scene: on the Tilt-A-Whirl at Gillian’s Wonderland Pier in Ocean City, NJ. The ride is pretty much spinning like a top on crack because of the weight differential between a 250 pound Dad on one side and a 73 pound boy on the other side.
Dialogue:
Son: (Looks at father with concern) “Dad, are you feeling OK?”
Me: (through gritted teeth as I attempt to put on a brave face, failing miserably as the ride lurches into reverse again) “I feel fine…”
Son: (with a gleeful and wicked smile) “Well it doesn’t look that way!” (ends with long and maniacal laughter)
Entertained: Together but Seperate
So we’re on vacation, enjoying our first two week stint at the beach ever. A great family time, right? Maybe. I’ve just realized this is also our first vacation where everyone, children included, has their choice of multiple personal entertainment devices. And that makes a difference.
Not so rapid transit
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Riding the trolley in Sea Isle City, NJ. Not pictured, obnoxious 55+ woman on a chocolate martini bar crawl, Ugh! Also be prepared for a 15 minute layover at each end of the route. An interesting first experience for Stella … Continue reading