Archive - 2008
July 23rd
Camping at Falcon Ridge
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 17:01
Fiona and I have arrived early at Falcon Ridge to get a good camp site. I set up the tent in slight rain. Cars can on longer drive up here because of the mud. We are lucky to have our site. If you are here stop by and say hi in the 10 acre camping
Preparing for Falcon Ridge
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 12:00Last night, I spent a bit of time reviewing the different performers scheduled to be in the Emerging Artists Showcase at Falcon Ridge this year. Each one of them has a MySpace Music page up where you can listen to their music and find out other information about them. With that, let me list the artists, with links to their MySpace pages, and a few different comments about each one.
Wordless Wednesday
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 02:06
July 22nd
One Less Primary
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 19:44This afternoon, I received a copy of the letter from Matthew Brennan that he sent to the Secretary of State’s office announcing that he was withdrawing from the primary in his district. Audrey Blondin wrote,
I would once again like to thank Matt for all of his commitment, dedication & efforts on behalf of our party and the residents of the 30th District, and wish him all the very best for his future endeavors.
Mike Renzullo, whom Matt was challenging said,
“I want to thank Matt Brennan. By challenging me, he has made me a better candidate, and I appreciate that. I also think Matt shows his character by putting the interests of the party, and of the citizens of the 30th District, ahead of his own. I know Matt, and I’m confident he will lend his support to our campaign, and help the Democrats take this seat in November.”
Matt is a good guy and I wish him well. Now, it is time to focus on Mike’s campaign. Those of you that have been reading me regularly know that I’m very excited by Mike’s campaign. He’s a great candidate.
Until I received the emails about Matt, I was torn about whether to help with Marilyn Moore’s get out the vote efforts on primary day in Bridgeport, Trumbull and Monroe, or if I should head up to the 30th district to help out Mike.
For more information about Mike's campaign, be sure to check Mike Renzullo for Senate.
Green Fatigue, The Laundry List and Marketplace
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 17:28While we were on Cape Cod we heard a report a report on NPR about Green Fatigue, people getting tired of all the efforts to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. My wife groaned and rolled her eyes saying that is a really bad meme which will hopefully never get off the ground.
I must admit, I hadn’t heard the phrase before and wondered if the dog days of summer had come early this year, perhaps thanks to Global Warming, and NPR was stretching for stories in July. Back home, I did a quick search and saw that in fact, people have been talking about Green Fatigue for months.
Yeah, there are times when I am hanging the laundry out to dry that I think about how much easier it is just to throw clothes in the electric drier, but overall I still get an important sense of satisfaction in my efforts to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle.
This evening, my favorite green lifestyle advocacy group, Project Laundry List will be on MarketPlace. For more about Project Laundry check out their recent blog post, Al Gore and Personal Virtue.
As for me, I’ll hang my green fatigues out on the clothes line next to my blue jeans.
