We are heading back to Erie tonight and I am sure that by now all the snow is gone and the weather is beautiful, right?

I don’t talk much about social media here – it’s done better and in more volume by other higher ed bloggers and on Twitter, but the UCLA situation of the last few weeks piqued my interest. Alexandra Wallace, a student at UCLA, posted a video on YouTube making fun of Asian students in the UCLA [...]

It’s Mercy Week on the Mercyhurst campus.

You can’t please everybody. Legions of articles and books detail both the triumphal and disastrous with volunteers. But overlooked are the potential great volunteers we lose becasue our internal management systems are not set up to treat volunteers …

Definition of Respect:To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor.How many of you have respected yourself today? Have…

Works are currently being accepted for the Erie Art Museum’s 88th Annual Spring Show

Last week the Parade Magazine posted an article highlighting what people earn.  As I was going through and looking at earnings from across the country, it made me think…..what exactly do I want to do when I grow up?

Obviously if I was looking a…

No, I’m not talking about Aquarius or Gemini or even Scorpio. I’m talking about signs for the new rides in the North End! Each new ride finally has a great big sign to tell Guests which ride is which. Like I said before, it must be a sign tha…

The Erie BayHawks are heading to the post-season for the second time in three years and fans can now begin purchasing discounted “Playoff Packs” that include tickets for all six potential home playoff games the team could host.

It’s sugaring time!

Barbara Chaffee is coming home to Erie as the new President and CEO of the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership (ERCGP)

The North End got a taste of the Bronze Age today as six of the seven bronze statues arrived early this morning. The truck from Randolf Rose statues pulled up to the Skeeball building and out came girls, boys, turtles, puppies and an 8-foot tall white-…

Oh, Danny Boy.

Navigating the coming austerity is teh challenge for leadership in the nonprofit sector. To this end, ReTool is offering two special sessions in April for Board and Executive Directors only. Our April 4th session focuses upon Boards That Fundraise …

In 1926, native Pittsburgher and journalist with The Nation Haniel Long wrote “How Pittsburgh Returned to the Jungle” a humorous short story about political corruption which leads to everyone in Pittsburgh being forced to keep window boxes: &#160…

It’s a big frozen weekend ahead for Erie.

It was another exciting day in the Waldameer parking lot today. The final two containers arrived on time filled with tons of colorful paneling to fit on the Flying Swings. All the pieces had thousands of lights and were beautifully painted with bright …

One of the biggest struggles of losing my job is my health care coverage.  Ironically I was never one to go to the doctor, unless I was on my death bed.  I paid into my heath care plans for years and years and never used them. This past year …

Visited the sister and her family in DC last week. Thought I could stick it out on campus and get ahead of the work load for once, but a few days in, I found myself seeking the last one-way rental car out town, braving the public bus to Bellefonte, and getting the hellllll out of [...]

I’m ready for a howl of a good time.

Can Apple convince people to buy another tablet just a year later?

My friend Kurt Suhlmann has produced a great video for this group in Pittsburgh.  It highlights many of the things that Pittsburgh does right and Erie does wrong.  Let’s follow the lead of our “big brother” city.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ~Albert EinsteinBy now we have all pretty much seen the devastation that occurred recently in Japan. Nature at its worst. Destructive. Deadly. Scary.But nature is life. And many of …

Be safe this St. Patrick’s Day

It was a beautiful day to fly today. Fly the Flying Swings that is! The first container arrived this morning in Waldameer’s parking lot carrying the first batch of pieces to the third and final ride featured in the new North End.Blue seats galore! Some…

We spent 2 very memorable days in Istanbul

Some unusual residents have moved in on Erie’s bayfront.

It’s yet another Monday.  It’s been 3 weeks since I lost my job.  Although I have had both good days and bad days, Mondays tend to be rough.  I lose my job on a Monday. my basement floods on a Monday, I get a $5400 medical bill on a Mond…

This post is dedicated to my brother Frank who was kind, gentle and loving. He passed away two weeks ago and left us with a flood of memories we will always cherish. He was the favorite Uncle to many nieces and nephews transporting them to ga…

What’s a Gannon fan to do during the postseason? I guess we can check out what’s going on with former GU players and Golden Knight opponents. Here goes:Last summer there was tons of chatter on this site about a potential Gannon recruit named Dwayne Sod…