Archive for the 'friends' Category

September 22nd, 2009

Project ‘Gaydar’

Using that information, they “trained” their computer program, analyzing the friend links of 1,544 men who said they were straight, 21 who said they were bisexual, and 33 who said they were gay. Gay men had proportionally more gay friends than straight men, giving the computer program a way to infer a person’s sexuality based [...]

June 1st, 2009

Elmira College

Elmira College is now my sister’s Alma Mater.  We went to her graduation on Sunday.  It was nice, except Kev and I were kinda chilly in the shade outside in the wind.
Anyway, we had a snack @ the reception then helped zoey pack her apartment into my parent’s van and her car.  Apparently the fact [...]

May 10th, 2009

Cold and Windy

Currently: 46°F
RealFeel®: 40°F
Winds: Wat 15mph
Cloudy
Humidity: 65%
Dew Point: 36° F
Pressure: 29.98 in
Visibility: 10 Miles
via AccuWeather.com – Rochester, NY – Weather Forecast – Local Weather Forecasts.
Yesterday morning it was beautiful out; I got up early, weeded the front garden, around one of the trees, some of the yard and some work on the side of the house [...]

April 30th, 2009

O.A.R.

O.A.R. played at the Gordon Fieldhouse last night @ RIT and a bunch of us met @ MacGreggors before going to the show.  Same basic show as when I saw them last, but this time it was inside instead of in the parking lot at the Redwings baseball stadium.
O.A.R. does a great live show and [...]

March 6th, 2009

Gmaps Pedometer

Gmaps Pedometer – Saturday Morning Run
I’ve been manually mapping out the runs and walks we take with Dexter but Steve just sent me a link with the run we are going to do tomorrow on a site using a google maps mashup.  I have known that they exist but I haven’t found a good one [...]

November 3rd, 2008

Halloween

We had a halloween party for my roommate’s birthday and because its fun!
We mostly finished the bar in time, but the 2 part epoxy glaze coat for the bar top wasn’t completly set yet so we had to use coasters and be careful with the bar.

This is from Thursday night when we tapped the keg.
We [...]

September 29th, 2008

hospital

so I had kevin take me to the emergency room on Thursday and I’ve been in the hospital since. The guys from work brought me my iPod touch today so I can finally post an update, but it’s still a pain to type on even though I am slot faster than I was earlier [...]

August 27th, 2008

Shoe Lacing

Ian’s Shoelace Site – Shoe Lacing Methods
Criss Cross Lacing
This is probably the most common method of lacing normal shoes and boots. The laces simply criss-cross as they work their way up the shoe.
Friday’s run in the woods turned into a run in the fields, which turned into a climb through the woods to get back [...]

August 9th, 2008

how ‘homophobic’ are you?

frontline: assault on gay america: how ‘homophobic’ are you?
In 1996, as part of his study on homophobia, Dr. Henry Adams and his colleagues at the University of Georgia developed their own “Homophobia Scale” by modifying scales used by other researchers in earlier studies. It’s a 25-item questionnaire “designed to measure your thoughts, feelings and behaviors [...]

July 28th, 2008

Harborfest 2008

Harborfest 2008, Oswego, New York
I went to Harborfest on Satuday with Kevin and two friends. It was fun for the most part, and even walking in the pouring rain was fun in its own right. I mean, it sucked walking in the rain, but ya don’t get to do it that often so [...]

July 21st, 2008

Westcott Beach State Park

I spent Wed eventhing through Saturday camping with my roommate’s family at Westcott Beach State Park.
We went to Henderson for a beer at what they call “the bakery” which is really just an awesome bar / brewery that I simply don’t know the name of. Back to the campsite where I started reading Snow [...]

June 17th, 2008

Starting The First Job

Your Money – A Primer for Young People Starting Their First Job – NYTimes.com
So below, I offer a proper primer on health insurance, taxes and retirement plans for employees starting their very first jobs. Please pass it out with my regards.
When I first started, it was all confusing. I needed someone to tell me [...]

February 24th, 2008

Bowling

Olympic Lanes Bowling Center – Rochester, NY – AMF Bowling
We went bowling last night at around 11:15, because we had things we were doing earlier, and because the website said they were open until 2am.
We get there, bowl a bit, then go to the snack bar to get a snack.  All the lights were on, [...]

February 12th, 2008

Candidly Open

I tell my friends everything and anything. I can’t keep secrets about myself for long. Whether or not they wanna know, I will tell them, forget and tell them again (wink wink).
One of the reasons I tell people my secrets for strength in resolution.
When people know, there are no go backs
It can’t be [...]

February 10th, 2008

Morning Skiing

Bristol Mountain Resort -
Trail Conditions
SNOW SURFACE: Machine Groomed-Packed Powder-Frozen Granular
ALPINE BASE DEPTH: 18-44″
NORDIC BASE DEPTH: 2-12″
NEW SNOW: 1-2″ in past 24 hrs
I finally managed to get a friend to go skiing with me.  It gets boring fast to go by myself, so we are leaving “early” today to try to get a bunch of skiing/snowboarding [...]