January 2012
2 posts
Coming up at 6:30 Fiona’s Radio Show (and maybe #giants half time report) http://me.lt/8mN8O
@fehynes Fiona’s Radio Show, with a review of @MiddnightOnMain starts at 6:30 PM EST. http://me.lt/8mN3N
December 2011
6 posts
Fiona’s Radio Show starts at 6:30 PM EST. http://me.lt/8mN93
Fiona’s Radio Show, talking about @MiddnightOnMain starts at 6:30 PM EST http://me.lt/8mN1R
Fiona’s Radio Show starts in a few minutes, 6:30 PM EST http://me.lt/8m3Ee
2011 Black Current Hard Cider →
I’ve just bottle 36 bottles of ‘1D’, my fourth batch of hard cider for the 2011 hard cider season. Assuming I didn’t mix up my batches, this is using the heirloom cider that I picked up at …
#ff #EmpireAve @chrisvoss @BobWarren @kimgarst... →
After a long, busy, tiring week, I figured I’d do a really quick and simple Follow Friday post. This week, I’m listing eight players on Empire Avenue that I hold over 35,000 Eaves worth of shares…
Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit - World AIDS Day →
Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit, a new month begins. Yesterday, National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo ended. I didn’t make it this year. Today is World AIDS Day. I hope everyone wears red and help works…
Wordless Wednesday →
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November 2011
15 posts
The Experimental Memoir - Day 27 →
It was a foggy grey morning as I tried to get out of bed. Assorted aches and pains made it hard to get going and I was rushed when I finally got up. Our dog Wesley was playing outside. The…
The First Sunday of Advent, after Thanksgiving Day edition of Fiona’s Radio show starts shortly http://me.lt/8m3M6
Five Kernels of Corn →
(For those just joining in, this month I’ve been writing an experimental memoir as part of National Novel Writing Month. Today’s entry includes political commentary so I’m sharing it more broadly.)
The Experimental Memoir - Day 25 Thanksgiving,... →
I don’t have a lot of recollections of Thanksgiving meals when I first moved to Connecticut. I can vaguely imagine what they were like, sitting at the large table in the dining room of the old house…
The Experimental Memoir - Day 24 Thanksgiving,... →
I believe I was seven years old when our family got its first television. It was Christmas and their was this big thing on a table next to the Christmas tree. It had a dark brownish green piece of…
The Experimental Memoir Day 23 →
(Note: For those who are not regular readers, this is a National Novel Writing Month related entry)
It is early in the evening before Thanksgiving. Last night, the cat jumped up on the bed in the…
The Experimental Memoir Day 21 →
Small things can really put you out of sorts at times and the past few days have been one of those times. On Friday evening, we went to the Connecticut Citizens Action Group fortieth anniversary…
10yr old Fiona’s Radio Show starts in a few minutes. We’ll talk about #ows and Hartford http://me.lt/8m3bc
Fiona’s Radio Show starts in a few minutes. 6:30 PM EST http://me.lt/8m3d9
Fionas Radio Show starts soon… 6:30 PM EST http://me.lt/8m3FF
The Experimental Memoir, Day 3, Part 2 →
I’ve written a little bit about the twentieth century writers that have influenced some of my writing previous. Now, let me step back another century. Instead of taking the train to Boston, I could…
The Experimental Memoir, Day 3, Part 1 →
Other years when I’ve done NaNoWriMo, I’ve outlined my plot ahead of time. I’ve done characters studies and considered the setting. While I don’t know the exact twists and turns the story will take,…
Wordless Wednesday →
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Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit, For All The Saints,... →
Well, we have power back, both at home and at work so today should be as close to a normal day as possible. It is All Saints Day, which has always been an important day to me. It is also the…
October 2011
18 posts
Power Out →
After the October snow, power is out both at home and at work.
We lost power at home last night at about 11:30. I was in bed and heard two large booms. Then the time on the clock radio disappeared.
#Occupy a Credit Union →
I grew up in a small town. There were two banks in town. One was the savings bank, and the other one was the national bank. The savings bank had one branch which was on Main Street. I think the…
#FF @JanetLSameh @CommanderCory @stefanoBossi... →
This week, for Follow Friday, I’m doing shout outs to people who have recently mentioned me. Starting off the list is @JanetLSameh, who describers herself as “Passionate about using all forms of…
#occupyoakland 'Breaking News' →
sfbreakingnews SF Breaking News
Google: “We received a request from US law enforcement to remove YouTube videos of police brutality.” bit.ly/t1MNhj #OccupyOakland
This ‘breaking news’ points…
#NaNoWriMo Pregame →
It is 3 AM, and I should be sleeping, but an idea has emerged in my mind, and I’m having problems getting back to sleep, so I thought I would share it as a quick blog post and see what people think.
Reading and Writing →
After mentioning literary magazines in my blog post yesterday, I decided to go out and visit a few of the online literary magazines. It seemed like every story I stumbled across was about whiskey…
At the Doctor’s Office →
I’ve never paid a lot of attention to the doctors’ offices that I’ve gone to. Mostly, I’ve just wanted to get through my appointment with as little distraction as possible. However, as I’ve gotten…
Occupy New England →
The weather service issued the first frost warning of the season on Saturday night, and the air was crisp and clear on Sunday morning. The leaves have been turning color and it was clear that autumn…
Fiona’s Radio show starts in a few minutes… http://me.lt/8m2IN
Saturday Evening →
It is Saturday evening. Kim, Fiona and a friend have gone over to our neighbors to soak in the hot tub after having spent the day at the local elementary school’s Halloween Hoot. I am sitting home…
Not Quite Wordless Wednesday →
Okay. It is Thursday morning. I am in Rochester, MN and should be packing, heading off to the final day of meetings, and then hopping on a plane home.
I have much more to write, but not a lot of…
Social Contracts and Social Constructs →
Earlier this month, I wrote about the Occupy movement and renegotiating the social contract, which I still think is an important way to look at the movement. Yet ‘the social contract’ and…
Think Different In #rochmn for #mayoragan →
Exhausted, I sit in my room in the Grand Kahler in Rochester, MN and try to write. I am here for the Third Annual Health Care Social Media Summit at the Mayo Clinic.
The day started with a drive up…
Five Years on Twitter →
Sometime right about now is my fifth anniversary on Twitter. One site I looked at reported that today, October 15th is my fifth anniversary, but another site placed my first tweet on the 16th. Some…
#ff Orlando →
This week’s Follow Friday is a little bit different. The idea of Follow Friday is typically to list people that you follow on Twitter that you think other people should follow as well. Yet today was…
Wordless Wednesday →
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Waiting for Van Gogh →
Tuesday evening. Kim and Fiona have taken Wesley to his doggie graduation class. I have stayed home to try to write. At work, I pumped out some emails and a blog post, but even with that, the words…
The birthday edition of Fiona’s radio show starts in a few minutes… 6:30 PM EDT http://me.lt/8m4sD
September 2011
11 posts
Fiona’s Radio Show starts in about 4 min. http://me.lt/8m0cp
Early Adopters and Late Changes →
Some of the recent changes to Facebook and Netflix got me thinking again about the technology adoption lifecycle. In that model, there are innovators and early adopters that start using a technology…
Fiona is stick today, and so we will not be doing her show this evening.
#FollowFriday @lnreynolds @joecascio @nateosit... →
This week, I used Follow Friday Helper to come up with my list of people to follow. Basically, the list fits into two different groups. The first group is friends from the health care social media…
Latest Empire Avenue Stuff →
Yesterday, I shared a post on one of the discussion groups on Empire Avenue about my latest Empire Avenue programming and trading strategy. (Read more below the fold.)
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Random Notes →
It’s been a long day, so I’m just posting a few random notes.
Today was primary day in 21 municipalities in Connecticut. Early results are about as expected. Maybe I’ll have more to say about that…
Cider Nouveau →
Saturday, September 9th, I started the first batch of cider for the 2011 season. It was the first day that Beardsley’s Cider Mill was open and I went over and filled up my five gallon jug. The mix…
Fiona’s Radio Show returns after a few weeks off. 6:30 PM EDT. http://me.lt/8m0OZ
Remembering →
Yeah, I remember 9/11. Kim was 37 weeks pregnant and at the obstetricians’ office for a checkup. She called home and we watched the second plane hit on TV from our different ends of the phone line….