Monday, June 13: Road trip to Fort Erie Ontario 4 NEXIS Interview

Good morning everybody. It is now 8:50 AM I left Philadelphia at 5:30 AM. I just got up and went.

My Trip

The weather was sunny in Philadelphia and right now and Bossburg Pennsylvania it is

Along the Schuykill

most it is cloudy gray and cool outside. My car was running out of gas so I stopped in Blossburg to take

Near I-80

care of business get money and get a cold Starbucks drink since there's no coffee shops like Tom Hortons

The Open Road

around. Well the rest of the trip went  fairly smoothly. I got to see the route I took back from Buffalo in

Near Lock Haven Pa

the middle of the night. I caught more fun to drive during  day as compared to  the middle of the night.

In Blossburg Pa

The only thing that weird that happened was a bird bank into my windshield. He did no damage and

Heading North

I assumed  that he flew away I suppose. There is no markers black on the mayor. I did have to go pee in

Heading Towards Rochester

the grass at one point because I had such an urge after drinking that Starbucks Frapuccino drink

#57 Song in My Collection

I got in  Blossburg Pa. Well I crossed the border without getting told to go in. That's always a good

Warsaw NY

thing. I made it almost in the same time. I spent 25 minutes @ the Blossburg rest stop. On the way home

On the Road

like basically just need to fill up with gas and get the hell going. Fortunately there is a Tim Morton's right

They Were Numerious

around the corner from the Nexus place. I really can't use my phone except for texting while I'm over

Getting Close to Canada

the border. Are used up all my 120 MB so I am a Out here until about one and get the hell out of here.

On the Peace Bridge

The weather was more funny when I left Philadelphia then got very cloudy and had a 32nd for the brain

At Interview

and that's about it. Right now it's overcast but doesn't look like it's not going  to rain as

Lunch Near the Interview

of yet. It's 12:40 PM.

Mission  was accomplished.

I had 2 separate

Leaving Canada

people interviewing me and I had a retina scan and fingerprints. 

They were very efficient and called me about eight minutes before my check up

Going Thru Buffalo

at 1:15 PM time. They were pretty nice I must say. After the interviews, I

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immediately hopped in the car and let Google maps guide me back home. Originally the time

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that I would get there according to Google Maps would be 8:02PM. I knew then that I had to make

Can you Name This Car

up time while I was in the middle of nowhere and do my regular 80 miles an hour where there is little traffic. 

I-81 South to Pa Turnpike

I was very pleased with getting the car back in time. I got got it in the underground lot by 8 PM I

Lehigh Tunnel

brought it back with 4 minutes to spare!! I had to even go to 22nd and Walnut Hill up with gas and then

Near the End of the Turnpike

run back to 30th St. That was my biggest accomplishment all day. I  was at 30th St I want towards 22nd Street. As I was  walking up 22nd St. and a bus

Needed Gas Quick

went right by me. I gave up and decided I just walked home.

Tired but Happy I Made it On Time

I decided to go to Luigi Pizza Fresca  because I was hungry. Meanwhile  in the outside world, 

My Return Trip

I read that Pa. House gives first nod to state pension reform plan; "stacked hybrid" passes 150-41 AFSME didn't oppose the bill but teachers union did. It looks like a bill Gov Wolf might sign at the

Dinner

way of saying that he is being reasonable for the budget. But who knows

Saturday, December 19: Shopping and Party

Fairmount Ave

Well, I got up for my 10 at 10:30. I am rolled out of bed and cut the 48 just in time and met my friends at Café Ole. We had some little bits of breakfast

Riding the Bus

and had good conversation. We also have a phone

3rd and Market

list for the holidays. After next the meeting was pretty good and after that, I decided to Rent-A-Car

I went to enterprise Rent-A-Car and went to a garage on second and Lombard. Maressa and I went to the AC Moore store for frames. She got a couple of little

The Owner don't Take no Guff

items as well after we put the frames and her stuff

Hanging Out

in the car we went to body and bath works which is in the same mall near the Walmart. That's off of

Delaware Avenue. We each got two candles that were two for the price of one.

We then drove to photo lounge where I picked up my 20 photos that I made

Food @  Milk and Honey

there. I then drove

Lombard

back to my place dropped off my photos and gave Marissa my card so she could drop the car off near

5 of My Frames @ AC Moore

her house in South Philadelphia. I next got to the business of framing The photos for the next 2 hours. I also wrapped two with the photos 1 for

Roxy at the Window

Sharon and one for Darlene. I also used one of the candles as a $20 "unisex" gift. I

Where I got My Photos

gave Sharon the other one which will make the house smell a lot nicer. Sharon seems to like it.

In big news outside the Christmas Bible the house rejected the senates pension reform bill. It was a pretty whopping defeat. The bill only got 50

Happy Butters

votes out of the 203 representatives in the house. It looks like

At My Place

the budget framework that was worked out is going to go down to defeat and they're gonna have to

My "Studio"

pass a stopgap bill. The much discussed pension bill went down to defeat! Looks like no budget before Christmas.  It's now 6 o'clock this happened about four hours ago. I am really surprised at the

Back Yard Fire

At Our Front Door

house, which is more conservative shut down the pension bill that issue and the privatization of liquor

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were there to hobbyhorses to negotiate with the governor. I think I'm going to go to the store near Larry's after getting a ride via Uber, I get something 2 eat

Sharon Cleaning up

and get the chips and dip that's required at the

Penn Live Reports

party as well. When we went to the party up in Bridesburg. There is a ton of food. I really enjoyed the pirogies and the vegetarian Wawa sandwiches. We then had a Pollyanna game that was

Got a Slice Here

fun I basically my gift was a $20 bill. They were nice people.

Larry's

Well the state budget fiasco is still a fiasco. 

The bogus pension Bill

Darlene's Kitchen

failed and they really didn't report on why so many people voted against both Republican and Democrat.

Darlene, Daughter and Husband

I see why the Democrats voted against but a lot of Republicans did too. Darlene was an excellent host was

She was Pretty Fun

very nice and cooked up some really good food. I drove back to Larry's and I'm gonna head home

He Got a Gag Gift

it's now 

11:27 PM. I'm gonna go home get something to drink and go upstairs.