Tonight I met with Shannon Wade (neighborhood crime watch president), representative Ron Buxton, some local police, local firemen, and some neighbors to discuss crime and safety. We met at the Madeline Olewine Memorial Library on 3rd street which is less than a block from my house.
The Harrisburg Bureau of Fire has a program where they will come to your house and check the batteries in your smoke detector and will even install smoke detectors in your house for FREE! We heard from the Harrisburg Police about things they see in our community and about their patrols in the area. It was great to hear the citizens and the police both discussing what they see and what they deal with in certain areas.
And to stay on top of crime in my area, I signed up on SpotCrime.com. You can enter your email address and home address and be alerted of crimes that happen within a set distance from your home address. In fact, here is the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania crime map.
This song has moved to the top of my favorites list.
There was a time when my world was filled with darkness, darkness, darkness
And I stopped dreaming now
I’m supposed to fill it up with something, something , something
In your eyes I see the eyes of somebody I knew before long long long ago
But I’m still trying to make my mind up
Am I free or am I tied up
I change shapes just to hide in this place but I’m still, I’m still an animal
Nobody knows it but me when I slip yeah I slip
I’m still an animal
There is a hole and I tried to fill up with money, money , money
But it gets bigger to your hopes is always
Running,running,running
In your eyes I see the eyes of somebody of who could be strong
Tell me if I’m wrong
And now I’m pulling your disguise up
Are you free or are you tied up
I change shapes just to hide in this place but I’m still I’m still an animal
Nobody knows it but me when I slip
I’m still an animal
I change shapes just to hide in this place
But I’m still I’m still an animal
Nobody knows it but me when I slip, yeah I slip
I’m still an animal
I change shapes just to hide in this place
But I’m still, I’m still an animal
Nobody knows it but me when I slip yeah I slip
I’m still an animal
A few months ago I met Alisa (MotoAdventureGal) when her and a friend stayed with me as they were traveling from Connecticut to North Carolina where they would start their ride across the United States on the Trans America Trail. Alisa is an inspiration. She quit her day job to live outside the box and get out of the “comfort zone”. Now she gets paid to do what she truly loves, ride motorcycles and write about her experiences.
Alisa is now on her way through Mexico as she heads for South America. She is currently riding for cancer awareness and raising money to try to beat this dreadful disease that strikes so many people we may know. I’d like to ask my readers to follow Alisa on her site as she updates us on her travels. And if you can, please donate to this cause. Every dollar goes straight to research as she is paying for her own travel expenses.
Back in June I was kind enough to host Questor and Motoadventuregal as the travelled from Connecticut to Tennessee where they would start their journey on the Trans America Trail. I just recently received a post card from them thanking me for the accommodations. Here’s the entire post from Questor with photos detailing their entire journey.
her: “Don’t you like mike doughty? He’s playing the free at noon at xpn here on fri” me: “Im going to see him at harrisburg arts center next month with some friends” her: “Sorry. Just thought you’d want to know.” her: “Was just trying to be helpful. Sorry.” her: “I’m sorry I mentioned anything. Geesh.” her: “Why are you always so rude to me?” me: “Not being rude. You’re just taking it the wrong way. Lighten up.” her: “No, you’re always a jackass to me for no reason at all. I don’t have time to deal with this BS when all I do is try to be nice to you. Screw that.”
Good grief. Take your meds please. Maybe now that I blogged this crazy conversation you can call me a jackass. I can live with that.
I call Harrisburg, Pennsylvania home. I have a daughter. Politics and health care really annoy me. As do drunk people and facilities that allow smoking. I design web sites, take photos, and ride my motorcycle. I’m a Mac fanboy and dislike all things Microsoft. If you were to checkout my music library you would find [...]more →
