Category Archives: General

Rants, ravings, and babblings of a general nature…anything that either doesn’t fit anywhere else, or fits way too many places.

Ken Nordine, 98, dies.

Posted on 2/16/2019 by Charlie Summers

Geoffrey Redick, Ken Nordine, and Bob EdwardsPhoto shamelessly stolen from BobEdwardsRadio.com From the Chicago Tribune: Ken Nordine, 98, dies. Chicago creator of word jazz, with a ‘voice that could give you the chills’ I have no words. You can listen … Continue reading →

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Somedays are Arts and Crafts…and the Edwards Show

Posted on 7/12/2018 by Charlie Summers

Sometimes I get WAY too involved with the Bob Edwards Show stuff. Here I explain how I just had to create some microphone flags… Continue reading →

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Fred Foy Memoir

Posted on 10/25/2017 by Charlie Summers

Received the following today from Wendy Foy, daughter of announcer, actor, and friend Fred Foy: Lone Ranger fans here is a once in a lifetime chance to obtain a very limited piece of broadcast history. As you know Fred Foy … Continue reading →

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My Comments to the FCC Regarding the Removal of Net Neutrality Rules

Posted on 8/29/2017 by Charlie Summers

Submitted to the FCC in reference to Proceeding 17-108; specifically referencing comments by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai saying that what matters is the quality, not the quantity of the comments, preferring a single well-argued legal brief over potentially millions of … Continue reading →

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AOL is Rejecting the OTR Digest again…

Posted on 3/23/2017 by Charlie Summers

Honest, folks, nothing I can do about it at this point – AOL users are not receiving the most recent issue of the Digest, not seeing errors from other systems at this point (always possible eventually). Nothing I can do…once … Continue reading →

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Another Cloud Storage Service Dies

Posted on 10/20/2016 by Charlie Summers

A little after noon today I started going through my normal routine, “leveling-up” on the China free cloud storage service 360 Weiyun. But I noticed I couldn’t get the 10 points for file sharing, since it wouldn’t let me share … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Vaping

Posted on 10/1/2016 by Charlie Summers

An experiment using vapor as a drug-delivery system. No, not nicotine… Continue reading →

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So then this happened…

Posted on 6/20/2016 by Charlie Summers

Just another awesome day on Twitter… Continue reading →

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What better way to leave Italy…

Posted on 2/21/2016 by Charlie Summers

…than to see this while leaving the hotel for the airport… More pics will be coming over the next few days. Bless the child, she took over two thousand high-res photos during her week in Italy!

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While we wait for the girl to get home, Scenes from Sorrento

Posted on 2/20/2016 by Charlie Summers

A collage from Sorrento, a truly beautiful place. Continue reading →

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Team Godfrey

Posted on 2/18/2016 by Charlie Summers

A photo of the intrepid travelers from Dallastown High. Having gelato. Again. Continue reading →

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One More Picture from Florence

Posted on 2/16/2016 by Charlie Summers

Finally, a photo of the girl in Italy. Continue reading →

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Florence, Italy

Posted on 2/15/2016 by Charlie Summers

The girl is in Florence until tomorrow, when she travels to Assisi and then Perugia. Have you noticed the pattern in these photos she sends? There will be a tour of a gelato factory tomorrow, so they may lose her … Continue reading →

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Daughter Kate, Having an Italian Adventure!

Posted on 2/13/2016 by Charlie Summers

Some pics from Kate’s excellent adventure; she was in Verona today: More pics at the SummersTime website!

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Copy to close down. I am annoyed.

Posted on 2/5/2016 by Charlie Summers

Lament for Copy closing down, and the lack of a good free alternative. Continue reading →

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Snow Day…

Posted on 1/24/2016 by Charlie Summers

A couple of pics from today’s snow day, and the two members of the family who refused to help with the shoveling.

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Making progress…

Posted on 1/24/2016 by Charlie Summers

Yes, I can now see my driveway…

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Frelling Winter Wonderland…

Posted on 1/23/2016 by Charlie Summers
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Another Issue of The Digest Rejected by AOL…

Posted on 11/22/2015 by Charlie Summers

Folks, I have no idea what causes AOL to decide the Internet OTR Digest is spam, but issue #96 has been rejected to all addresses controlled by AOL. Hopefully this will clear before the next issue releases, but who knows … Continue reading →

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Another Massive AOL Bounce on the OTR Digest…

Posted on 10/25/2015 by Charlie Summers

Sorry, folks, but AOL has decided yet again that the Internet OTR Digest is spam, and rejected to all addresses under its control. This usually clears itself out after a day or two, but there is nothing I can do … Continue reading →

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