Because I’m ridiculous …
And because I overestimate the interest in my random adventures …
And because I want practice liveblogging, so I’m not like “Um, how the heck do I use this?” when I have to do it for breaking news …
I’m liveblogging the rural ‘pie party’ extravaganza I’m going to around 7 p.m. Click here on our York Common Cents blog for updates, if you care.
Feel free to chime in with a comment and annoy me. Continue reading
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Some delicious pie I consumed last week.
After visiting a diner in northern York County, I got an email from a reader.
“You should visit our close knit neighborhood in the farm country of Northern York Country,” it said.
Jim Dickey is having a pie party Friday night at his home on Blue Hill School Road. And I’m invited.
What’s a pie party, you ask?
It’s a community gathering in the rural farmlands — one with lots of pies, obviously. Continue reading
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Fruit cup + toast + computer + Hootsuite = love.
I got some good feedback from my column today, which focused on my travels Thursday through northern York County, a place that doesn’t get much attention from our paper.
So far, it inspired one couple to invite me to their a “pie party” next week in the rural farmlands of northern York county. More on that later.
I just wanted to add a few tidbits of awesomeness from yesterday, despite the annoying fact that no one intentionally stopped by to share a story idea.
But hey, it happens sometimes — even when you promote the crap out of yourself. Continue reading
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I love diner coffee. I snapped this one after a visit to Alexander’s near the York Fairgrounds.
So, I have to catch my breath here.
It’s been an interesting month.
For most of September, we were down a man (or woman) on the business desk, which has led to minimal time to focus on fun things, like hanging out with random people.
(Though I did manage to have some fun with my toys.)
But I’m back. Back with vengeance. And I’m headed where no man has gone before.
…well, at least I haven’t. For more information, click here. Continue reading
Meet Jeanne Walton, a cool lacrosse mom and eighth grade science teacher who stopped by Panera to visit me Tuesday.
OK.
So it’s not a mall teeming with cockroaches or a trip to check out kinky gadgets in the adult store.
But I did end up with a column every sports mom or dad can relate to today when Jeanne Walton stopped by to see me at Panera in West Manchester Township.
The story goes a little something like this:
Kid plays sport.
Kid does really well at sport and qualifies for national tournament.
Parents rejoice — until they see the price tag.
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So, I was starting to get mega POed, because my tweets weren’t showing up on these Gathering Point maps folks are starting to make at the office.
I felt left out.
I went to the Location Services tab in the Settings app on my iPhone and thought I activated the Twitter switch:
Alas, my tweets were still lost in an abyss. Continue reading
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Here’s something super cool.
A poorly executed iPhone photo by yours truly. But thanks anyway to Courtney Shumway and Jay Taylor for showing up! You guys rock.
I’m starting to get more unique visitors when I work at places around the community for my ideaLab project.
I’m also meeting more random people that just start talking to me, because I’m that weirdo sitting at a coffee counter on my laptop.
That’s kind of the objective of this, you guys.
Sure beats staring at Sean Adkins all day.
A few weeks ago it was a woman with a local church. Continue reading
NOTE TO SELF: Pick up books. We are, at the library, after all.
Last week, I planned to visit Martin Library in York with York Daily Record/Sunday News books editor Sarah Chain.
We decided to promote the visit as a meet-up/office hours/please-come-talk-to-us event in the Sunday News, ydr.com and social media channels.
Deb Sullivan, York County Libraries community relations director, even put our visit on the calendar.
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., we parked our carcasses on the second floor of the downtown building.
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Stop by Martin Library from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to meet YDR books editor Sarah Chain and share your ideas for coverage.
So, here’s the deal.
Part of my ideaLab project is to drag other people down with me.
Next week, my victim is York Daily Record/Sunday News books editor and multi-platform features journalist (and my super awesome friend) Sarah Chain.
I’m coordinating with York County Libraries to hold a meet-up Monday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Martin library downtown for book lovers and people who have input about ydr.com, the York Daily Record/Sunday News and any of our other bajillion awesome products. Continue reading
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Sometimes, I feel like my job title should include “finder-of-weird-shit.”
There was this, when I reported remotely from the mall.
Oh, and this, which has remained our No. 1 most visited blog post on York Common Cents for the past two months. Continue reading
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