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  • Musings on the 4th

    I’ve got to preface this by saying I try not to post political musings here — but I’ll make an exception today given that our nation was founded on political musings and would do well to have more of it.  I have to admit, I love the 4th of July more now that I’ve had…

  • Nathan’s first real fireworks

    The City of Independence, Oregon does the 4th of July well.  They actually host two large fireworks shows that are some of the best I’ve seen put on by a city smaller than 250,000 — which is saying something since Independence is a town of 7,500.  Anyway, tonight, they had the city appreciation day fireworks.…

  • Comments have been re-enabled

    I’d had some folks try to post comments over the last few days and had run into some problems.  I think that I’ve corrected these problems. –tr

  • Beavers win the CWS!

    Congratulations to the Oregon State Beavers for winning OSU’s first National Championship in a team sport (not counting cross country).  Great time to be a Beaver. –tr

  • Warren Buffet to give it all away

    I realize that this isn’t library related — but I think its very cool.  A few weeks ago, Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, makes the announcement that he will step down and continue to spend his vast fortune through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (which does help libraries).  Well today, Warren Buffet announced that he…

  • Helping out New Orleans in my own special way

    Have you ever known that you were being taken?  Well, I did (as did my wife) and was.  Whooho!  We were walking down Decanter (is that how you spell it) street and was approached by someone playing a steet game.  I was game — and of course — it didn’t work out.  Cost me $20…

  • Off to ALA

    So my wife and I are off to New Orleans.  Should arrive around 6pm New Orleans time, so obviously we’ll be spending quite a bit of time in the air soon.  I’m hoping that the conference is a good one for both the attendees and the city.  As usual — I won’t have much time…

  • University of Virginia

    University of Virginia Originally uploaded by alycereese. This would be Alyce and I hanging out at the UVA rotunda. This is the last day of our trip and Alyce is a little tired. We’d just gotten back from visiting Monticello — but we couldn’t go home without one picture of the UVA grounds or the…

  • Mt. Vernon Mansion

    Mt. Vernon Originally uploaded by alycereese. Alyce ended up not liking the interior of this house — but at 3000 or 8000 acres — its a big piece of property and a very impressive view on the Potomic. –tr

  • Montpelier

    Montpelier Originally uploaded by alycereese. This was a pretty cool place because of the restoration work being done. The group doing the restoration has basically stripped the house to its original brick and are slowing repairing the outter structure and recreating the interior structure. –tr