How Millennial are you? A quiz.

Pew Research Center has put together a quiz with a few carefully selected questions based on their survey research that they feel will allow you to determine how similar to the millennial generation you are. I scored a 51 while a typical millennial would score a 73 and a typical GenXer, of which I am supposedly a part, would score 33. So I am slightly ahead of the curve of my generation.I suppose that the score moving me further along than my...

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Freaking out about flash mobs and the war on children

I heard a story on WHYY this morning that a Philadelphia city official wants to restrict the use of Septa TransPasses to before 4:30pm to stop students from being able to cause mischief after school. It turns out this story is true. City Controller Alan Butkovitz yesterday called for a crackdown on student TransPasses. He thinks that the TransPasses, which allow students to travel an unlimited number of times in center city between 5:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., let students travel to areas to cause mischief and especially refers to flash mobs.The other...

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This morning's Shellpot Creek is calmer

The creek this morrning is lower than last night's high but still flowing. Now it is also filled with flood borne branches. I suspect that some of the branches that broke off of trees due to the heavy snow got the chance for a trip down the creek and got stuck on these roc...

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Last Night's Shellpot Creek was raging

As predicted, the creek rose as the rain and melting snow filled it. This short video is from last nig...

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Melting snow and rain fill Shellpot Creek - video

Think of the snow as a few inches of rain sitting on the ground and then add the rain that is falling to it. The creek isn't too high today, but I expect it to get high...

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The snow is melting slowly - Shellpot creek goes up and down

The USGS has a hydrological station on Shellpot Creek in Delaware near Wilmington down stream from my area of the creek. I have noticed the creek rising during the day the last few days. But don;t just take my word for it. Here is the chart from the station.Up, as the snow melts during the day, and down, as the melting slows. It is interesting that the stream lags the day. I suppose the sun has to rise and melt some snow and the water must travel...

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How to and not to drill in glass tile

Eventually I hope to post about the bathroom remodel that Lynn performed on second bathroom on the second floor. It had been my bathroom and will remain my bathroom and Linus' as he gets old enough to use it. It turned out wonderfully.One of the defining characteristics of the new bathroom is 1 inch blue glass tile in various shades in the tub surround and as an accent back splash all the way up the wall behind the sinks. It looks beautiful. ...

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XCHANGE license plate in Delaware

Perhaps the owner of this car with an XCHANGE personalized Delaware license plate deals in the foreign exchange markets. Or perhaps they want CHANGE EXTRE...

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Snow pictures #7 A sneak peek at Shellpot Creek

I know that pictures of a snow covered Shellpot Creek water fall are very common this year, but it is amazing how much snow is piled on these rocks. This looks more like some snowy mountain stream, than a creek in Delaware.Upstream from the waterfall.Top of the water fall.The waterfall.Base of the water fall.Downstream of the waterfa...

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Snow pictures #6 The trees, the trees.

Except that the heavy snow is potentially breaking all of them, the snow sticking to the trees has turned the world into a magical snow streaked wonderland. I have tried to capture some of the views, but it is more spectacular to stand under these trees or look across a clump of them, all painted whi...

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Snow pictures #5 second snow!

This was the view looking from Stoney Creek Lane up Baynard towards Marsh Road at 8am this morning.This is the view looking up Baynard across the Shellpot Creek bridge towards Shipley Rd. It's all uphill from Stoney Creek lane.Stoney Creek lane itself (a cul-de-sac with four houses) looks just as good.Obscured road sign.Our house is cover...

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I am the mighty snow conqueror!

I am the mighty snow conqueror, wielding my shovel of power to clear driveways and raise mountai...

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Suffering Junipers - this last snow did it!

The most recent snow storm (Feb 10, not the one before that!) was so heavy and sticky that I feared for some of the evergreens and plants in the garden and yard. It looks like we have lost a juniper due to the heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain (and then snow again).The juniper, the bottom left limb should be pointing up, and the two right limbs should also be pointing up.A close up of the right limbs shows the bottom one peeled down the trunk....

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I'm in the money - Second Place in the Playoff Fantasy Football Pool

My roster (RDK 1) came in second in the the RKB Playoff Fantasy Football pool!I predicted a significant chance (18%) that roster RDK 1 would be in the money! And it happened. I just want to take some time to gloat. My acceptance speech:"I want to thank the Drew and the Saints for winning the Superbowl, especially their defense for that critical touchdown and Garrett Hartley - kick away Garrett. I also want to thank Joseph Addai for getting that...

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Colors test reveals the deepest truths about your soul

A color test reported in USAToday purports to reveal the truth about your deepest soul. Actually, they take the fun out of it and turn it into a career recommendation test like we all took in high school. Just pick which colors you like the most and the least and it does the rest for you.You can take the color test here.I am a "CREATOR",Keywords: Nonconforming, Impulsive, Expressive, Romantic, Intuitive, Sensitive, and Emotionalor second best I...

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Snow pictures #4 - This driveway is clean!

Remember in Poltergeist when they rescue Carol Ann from the other world and at the end of it the short exorcist/medium lady says, "This house is clean"?This driveway is clean.Last night I cleared just enough snow to get my car out for church today. We were one of the few families there this morning.Today I finished the rest so that both cars can get out of the driveway. Why take a picture? Because that is a lot of snow and it never took me two...

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Snow pictures #3 with more measurements 20 to 24 inches!

The measurements in the pictures below might not reflect the "official" amount of snow that fell yesterday, but they certainly represent the "official" amount of snow I had to shovel. For the purposes of my back they are the measurements that count.20.5 inches at the top of the driveway....down to 18.5 in the middle......and back up to 24 inches at the end of the drivew...

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Snow pictures #2 with measurement

The snow was about 15 inches on the front walk at about 10am. This measurement could be low or high depending on the drifting either into or away from the spot. As to the practical application, it still means that 15 inches of snow have to be shoveled!Lynn shoveling. You can clearly see the height of the snow in that cleared area at the turn in the walkw...

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Snow day pictures, snow pillows, snow hammock, snow chairs, snow table

Remember that big snow we had on December 19th? This is more.Snow hammock.Snow chairs redux (the last time.)Snow tableSnowy cre...

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