Friday, July 25, 2003

 
The Bong Bong Hotel

We're staying at the Holiday Inn Independence Mall in Philadelphia. The elevators here have an interesting bug. The "going up" and "going down" chimes sound on every floor as the elevators pass, whether they're stopping at that floor or not. And the chimes are very loud. And our room is not far from the elevators. So, when two of us wake in the night and hear the chime, we echo "bong" (if it's going up) or "bong bong" (if it's going down). It's funny, but you have to be there. Then you fall back to sleep.

7/25/2003 05:40:00 AM
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Sunday, July 20, 2003

 
Aglow

We avoid the turnpike and main roads whenever possible. While driving down Pennsylvania State Route 441 outside Harrisburg yesterday, on our way to the National Watch and Clock Museum in Columbia, Barbara spotted several large conical familiar-looking buildings nearby. "Where's Three Mile Island?" she asked. None of us knew. Jess was using the hiptop to Google it when I drove right past one of the buildings and a sign: Three Mile Island Power Generating Facility. "Roll up the windows, kids!"

7/20/2003 06:54:00 AM
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