As promised during the group outing to the Abandoned Turnpike this past spring, I’m putting together a group road trip to Centralia and Concrete City this coming fall. I really wanted to do something sooner, but there’s no way I wanted to risk having anyone succumb to heatstroke. Besides, both places look 38% cooler in [...]
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January 19, 2009
Beware the GOOBS
You heard me. Circuit City announced last week that they’re finally throwing in the towel. Kaput. Finished. They’re closing all remaining stores and liquifying all of their inventory. Most consumers will automatically assume that sales of “up to 50% off” are a good bargain. Unfortunately, they aren’t; that Blu-Ray DVD player that you saw for [...]
November 25, 2008
Steve & Buried
That’s the best I can do at coming up with a headline. My favorite store of all time, Steve & Barry’s, is going under for good. Last week they announced that they had $100-$500 million in debt against $50,000 in assets. That’s right; fifty thousand dollars against as much as half a billion dollars in [...]
July 1, 2008
Save Your Zappy Volts
So our annual budget includes $650 million towards “energy programs” geared at helping Pennsylvania reduce its dependence on foreign oil. The exact nature of the programs hasn’t yet been made clear, but any chance to bring energy conservation to the forefront can’t be all bad. Right now we’re in a sweet spot for home-efficiency improvements. [...]
May 28, 2008
Why Can't We Have Nice Things?
Infected Mushroom is performing at Webster Hall July 5th, and I just got my tickets. I was considering going to see Tiesto, but the crowd would be insane (and all of the good tickets are sold out, anyway). In fact, their entire summer performance lineup thus far looks pretty impressive. Why can’t we have electronic [...]
April 5, 2008
Sasha and Digweed
I’m not a big fan of Sasha and Digweed. But I’m also not one to turn down a trip to NYC, especially when it’s my first visit to the legendary Webster Hall. So after confirming that the Fit can comfortably seat three adults plus cargo, we jumped on 81 and took 78 straight into the [...]
August 10, 2007
Vegas 2007: Travelocity Rocks
Five days until our a320 departs from Baltimore. And I’ve got to point out that Travelocity rocks. Long story short, we were going to stay at The Westin Casuarina, a decent bargain-basement hotel on the strip (Vegas is so awesome that a Westin is considered no-frills accommodation). At $300-something per person for one week including [...]
