Entries by AlanPaul

Just like that, it’s gone again

As mysteriously as it returned, access to blogspot has vanished again, so I can no longer see the site. I was on the site yesterday morning and yesterday evening I couldn’t get on. Once again, I realized this thanks to Russ Bengsten’s hoops blog . I realized blogspot was back when I got on there […]

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Speaking of hair…

Here is a shot of me on the Kennywood Merry Go Round, circa 1975. Take that, Jesse Paul. I need to look at this whenever Jacob’s raggedy ‘do is driving me nuts. Mad props to DK, who took this picture, saved it all these years, scanned it and got it to me. And thanks for […]

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Hair sagas continue

The email keeps pouring in and the hair keeps falling off. Delaware Dave was next to the barber’s chair. Photo included here. His 13-year-old son Jesse did his part by trimming his Jewfro from insane to extreme. I am subject to ridicule for this haircut, which is short enough that when I walked in to […]

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Dixie takes it off

Well, now. Dixie is not one to wait around for anything to happen, including his hair to fall out. So, inspired by DK’s action and all of our chatter, he headed over to Raffaele on lower Murray, who has been cutting his hair forever, and took it all off. Here he is. When Raffaele heard […]

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Keepin It Real

Well, you guys keep me on my toes. It’s so easy to slip into boring and easy routine here in the compound. Take the kids to school, go to the gym, work, eat, read, work, pick the kids up. Play, eat, homework, out the kids to bed, work some more, read some more, go to […]

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Keepin It Real

Well, you guys keep me on my toes. It’s so easy to slip into boring and easy routine here in the compound. Take the kids to school, go to the gym, work, eat, read, work, pick the kids up. Play, eat, homework, out the kids to bed, work some more, read some more, go to […]

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Mad props to Dixie and DK

Dixie started his chemo yesterday and all reports are it went well. I spoke to him after he got home and he sounded pretty much fine, if a little tired. Dr. David Kann shaved his head this morning in solidarity. Brother Dave says he’s following suit. It was my idea so I guess I am […]

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Thanksgiving Report

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. We had 26 people here, 13 adults and 13 kids, mostly 5 and under. Several people were experiencing heir first Thanksgiving, and they all really enjoyed it. We had representation from China, Israel, Bolivia, Austria , Ethiopia and London. My Chinese teacher Wang Dong came as well as Shei […]

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Scary stuff

Peas in a pod… My interview with Jim mcGregor which I posted here last week ended up getting yanked from TBJ because the C-E-Nsor said so. I think I’ll just leave it at that at this point. Apparently, they just don’t like the book, thinking it too negative and don’t want to assist in its […]

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The other other China

Pictured here are my favorite hole-in-the-wall restaurant and my meal there, the kite market in two different shots and a pot I bought there. The market actually looks like kind of nice here, because the kites are so pretty. It is really grungy, though. The day after visiting “the other China,” land of high end […]

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