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NOTE: In order to protect the anonymity of everyone involved here, some details of the following story have been altered. The message remains the same. This incident happened over a year ago, but I didn’t want to post it until the criminal case had made its way through its final appeal.
There’s been a lot […]

Bear with me.  This is going to be a long post.  It all began after someone sent me a link to an article further explaining why the game is getting really bad for those trying to etch out a living through print media.  This time, it’s the New Yorker announcing that the clock is running:

As predicted in my last post, the blogHarrisburg forums are officially live as of 2/29/08!  If you haven’t already signed up for an account, now’s a great time to rush in and secure that all-important low user number.

So apparently, “people” are “complaining” about the “foul language” used in some of Sheetz’s billboards.  The ads in question say, simply, “Crispy Frickin’ Chicken”.  And apparently, it’s causing most of our world’s ills.  For example, a Hazleton resident called his local codes officer to complain that his small children shouldn’t be “exposed to that type […]

Once again, the local blogging community scoops the Patriot — check out the review over at HarrisburgNightlife.
Effective 10am tomorrow (Tuesday, 2/12/08) morning, Hollywood Casino at Penn National Racetrack is open for business.  That is, of course, provided the slot machines pass today’s audit with flying colors. (According to the Patriot-News, they have passed and are […]

With the real estate market still failing and my own home nearly paid off, I’ve been looking at moving to a nicer area and building my own home.  So I’ve been looking around at building lots in Harrisburg and the surrounding area.  I found a few that were in both decent neighborhoods and my price range, […]

Not only can you watch as PennDOT dumps water on the roadways immediately before ice storms, but you can now do it from the comfort and convenience of your own PC:
http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Districts/DistrictGraphics.nsf/TrafficCamerasMap?OpenForm