http://cnylink.com/blogs Editor of The Advocate. en-us 60 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:30:34 -0800 Aimless When I heard the one-line news "story" yesterday on the radio that a new poll had been published metering Gov. David Paterson's popularity, I wasn't sure whether the http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1236195034 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1236195034 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:41:45 -0800 Aimless I haven’t had much time lately to sit down in front of the TV, let alone turn it on and spend a few minutes watching. I’ve come dangerously close to canceling the cable http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1235767305 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1235767305 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:02:53 -0800 Aimless Let me preface this column by saying, for the record, that I’m not even all that crazy about wine. Which helps explain why Gov. Paterson’s proposed legislation that would http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1234980173 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1234980173 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:56:21 -0800 Aimless I know exactly what I expected when I headed to the North Side Sunday evening for the vigil at the Snyder home on Lilac Street, the site of the Jan. 4 shooting of Casimir Snyder http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1231959381 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1231959381 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:38:27 -0800 Aimless Maybe it is a sign of my youth and inexperience in following political elections, but I was floored with the speed with which the news media went from President-elect Obama's http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1230680307 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1230680307 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:03:15 -0800 Aimless For two weeks, Miranda Pennock, editor of the Skaneateles Press and Marcellus Observer and I have been digging deeply into the apparent epidemic of middle and high school students http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1227891795 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1227891795 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:21:26 -0800 Aimless The peak of farmer's market season has certainly passed, but I do like a good challenge. That's why I'm all gung ho about cooking up a homemade and home grown Thanksgiving feast http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1226096486 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1226096486 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:21:45 -0700 Aimless I learned last week that Howie Hawkins frequents the regional market downtown and although I never encountered him throughout my summer of Saturday visits to the market, it struck http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1225585305 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1225585305 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:53:57 -0700 Aimless After I'd had my dog for a few months and he became the vicious hunter he now is, I became acutely aware of how many squirrels there are in my neighborhood. On an average spring http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1225295637 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1225295637 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:32:56 -0700 Aimless The 4th Annual 40 Below Summit last weekend brought together young professionals for the common goal of finding out what Syracuse has to offer and germinating ideas for how to tap http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1224714776 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1224714776 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:13:30 -0700 Aimless I have always loved driving. My parents kept my leash relatively short when I was growing up, so when I finally got my license and my own car at 17, I knew I was going to http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1224202410 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1224202410 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:05:08 -0700 Aimless Don’t worry. I’ve solved the economic crisis. The big news is still the bailout. The first package may not have passed Congress, but there will undoubtedly be a second attempt, http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1222787108 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1222787108 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:39:54 -0700 Aimless While I hesitate to take a general side in the consolidation argument, the prominence of the discussion both regionally and within the communities I cover has lead me to ponder http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1222267194 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1222267194 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:39:29 -0700 Aimless Two weeks ago, I switched my checking account over, from Massachusettes to New York, and was presented with a catalogue of themed debit card and check options from which to http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1221863969 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1221863969 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:18:13 -0700 Aimless I admit, maybe sometimes I take things too seriously and allow my emotions a little more control of my mouth than they ought to have. That being said, I was shocked and quite http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1218550693 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1218550693 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:48:55 -0700 Aimless When we were younger and my sister and I would accompany our do-it-yourself parents to hardware stores, we would usually pass the time perusing kitchen appliances, gazing at the http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1217947735 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1217947735 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:51:26 -0700 Aimless Not long ago, the Time Warner Cable viewership was introduced to the Planet Green channel - probably one of the reasons I decided not to cancel cable and save $40 a month, whether http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1216738286 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1216738286 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:48:52 -0700 Aimless They call it the Music Genome Project, which seems anything but modest. But in truth, Pandora Radio is striving towards an encyclopedic database of music to stand as the musical http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1216302532 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1216302532 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:10:20 -0700 Aimless Last week I had the opportunity to meet with Diana Sleiertin, who operates Maxman Reptile Rescue in Jordan, currently home to 35 different reptiles in need of care. The rescue http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1214410220 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1214410220 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:07:23 -0700 Aimless Because, eventually, I'll have to bike back home. I don't live very far, geographically, from the Eagle office, a convenience that is sometimes lost on me as the nature of my http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1214327243 http://cnylink.com/blogs/aolson/view_blog.php?blog_id=1214327243