Author Archives: Patrick

No more smoking!

I have been waiting for this day, for a long long time. The PA smoking ban officially went into effect at 12:01 AM this morning! Now I just have to find a list of bars that have exemptions, so that I can never ever go there again.

Palin

For this election, I had always been leaning towards Obama, but McCain still had a chance to steal my vote. Putting Palin on the ticket sealed the deal for me though. There is no way I want a capital-C Christian anywhere near the White House. Fundamentalists are fundamentalists, and extremists are extremists. It doesn’t matter [...]

Labor Day Weekend

I had an awesome Labor Day weekend. It started a bit early on Thursday night at Ava, where Wayne hooked up the Red Stripe and Asante hooked up the Appleton. They even had Obama’s Big Speech on in the blue room. I watched it, Red Stripe in hand, with about 30 other people. Fantastic.
Friday [...]

Nokia Content Copier is Junk

Today I attempted to update the firmware on the Nokia N95 that I’ve been using. A firmware update erases all of your data, so I used a program that Nokia supplies, called “Content Copier”, to backup all of my contacts, SMS messages, etc.
The firmware update went fine, although it changed the font used for the [...]

Kona Kampachi at Market District Giant Eagle

OK, I just wrote this great, long post about a the Kona Kampachi at Giant Eagle. It got lost, and now I’m too lazy to type it all out again. Long story short…
It’s sustainably grown, delicious and super healthy. I’ve been looking for it in Pittsburgh ever since reading an article about the Kona Blue [...]