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Many years ago, I sat next to a gentleman who had printed out the NATO Phonetic Alphabet and kept a copy at his desk. He used it during phonecalls where he had to read out long strings of numbers and letters. I

I went for a drive this morning and ended up at Mount Pisgah State Park. Of all the state parks in Pennsylvania, this is one of the most remote. It was an hour-and-forty-five-minute drive from Scranton on Route 6. Unless

During my freshman year of college, I spent some of my parents’ money on lots of junk watches on eBay. When I say lots I mean that the timepieces were literally sold in large groups and that I ended up with a

Continuing my exploration of places to run in Northeastern Pennsylvania, I was surprised when I found out about Prompton State Park. It’s about the same driving distance from my home as Lackawanna State Park. Twenty-six miles of trails surround a 290-acre

Having little contact with other humans over the last few months allowed me ample time to start running again. I just finished my first 40+ mile week since 2015 and capped it off with a run at Salt Springs State Park here in

I grew up about a mile away from Nay Aug Park. I learned how to ride a bike there. I spent my early teenage years cruising on my K2, exploring every nook and cranny of the park. The first pictures I ever took

I went to college in Bethlehem and decided to run a marathon during my senior year. I credit my three hour twenty minute marathon finishing time entirely to the D&L Trail. I ran almost all of my mileage on this trail

When I was a freshman at Lehigh, we started a fraternity. I became a founding father of Phi Delta Theta – Pennsylvania Eta. More specifically, I became a re-founding father, seeing as the fraternity had been around for a long time but

On a Christmas morning many years ago, I received a box of Yu-Gi-Oh Elemental Energy packs. I constructed a really cool Dark World deck from the cards I pulled. But I don’t think I ever dueled anyone with those cards,