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Cops and Cameras Don’t Mix

Rob

I enjoy photography. I’m not good at it, but the hobby is fun. I’ve been reading some rather disturbing stories of citizens being arrested for photographing or video recording the police. Apparently, wiretapping laws are being used to arrest and hold citizens. Of course, if the footage is favorable, then no arrests. But if the footage shows cops in a bad light, then arrest is what you get. Making matters worse, is these charges are being upheld in court! Interestingly, anyone can photograph or video record anyone else when out in public.  If you go out in public, you automatically … Continue reading Cops and Cameras Don’t Mix

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Sorry Melt, 3 Strikes and You’re Out!

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We’ve been recommended to to Melt and the food there is good. We’ve been to Melt in Lakewood twice and both times, the food is good, but it comes at a price. So tonight we tried Melt’s new location in Cleveland Heights (east side). First, our issues with Melt on the west side (Lakewood): You have to plan in advance when you go to Melt. Expect a wait of at least 1.5 hours (on top of our 30 min travel time to get there). Now, Melt on the west side only has about 10 tables so they are going to … Continue reading Sorry Melt, 3 Strikes and You’re Out!

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New York City

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For Olessia’s birthday, I took her to New York city.  We had a great time.  Traveling by Amtrak is always fun.  We went and saw: NBC Studios MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) featuring Tim Burton and Pablo Picasso Almost made it into Central Park Brighton Beach Walked across the Brooklyn Bridge Eat pizza at the very first pizzeria in the USA Visited Times Square Hung out for the Easter Day celebration on 5th Ave Pictures have been posted… Continue reading New York City

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I’m a U. Akron student again!

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Akron kicked me out about this time last year. I had taken some classes at Tri-C, like Russian, which has never been offered at U. Akron while I’ve been a student there. I also took my calculus classes there (calc 1 to get a refresh, then calc 2). Because of this, Akron thought, “I left the college and wasn’t interested in a degree.” Either that, or they were jealous I took classes at another school and didn’t get their permission. No biggie. I figure U. Akron was going to reset my degree requirements and with that possibility, I figured out … Continue reading I’m a U. Akron student again!

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IT Party

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I asked Olessia, “when was the last time I took you to a company holiday party?” “Never” “Doh!” When I worked at Keithley, they always charged us $25 or so, per person (including the employee!) to go to their holiday party.  They almost always had their party on the same day Olessia’s company would have their’s (and their’s were free).  National City would have a small department party (30 people or so) which was fun.  This is my first year at Progressive and this was a holiday party just for their IT folks.  They rented out the Rock and Roll … Continue reading IT Party

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John’s Solo Cross Country Flight

Rob

I’m a little behind on getting the news posted. It was a crazy couple weeks at work. John did his first solo cross country flight.  I met him at Carroll County airport (in Carroll county).  It took me about 1 and a half hours to get there and drove about 76 miles.  John only needed 45 minutes to get there and he was flying out of Burke in downtown Cleveland.  John’s instructor was right, the “on base” restaurant servers great pie (the burger was great too).  John let me borrow his hand-held scanner.  I was able to use that to … Continue reading John’s Solo Cross Country Flight

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B Spot

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Olessia and I tried B Spot.  It is right to the point.  Burgers.  Brats.  Beer.  Olessia and I tried the burgers.  Pretty tasty.  The shakes are bad ass as advertised on the menu.  I would highly recommend checking it out…  Just plan a head, the wait can be kind of long. Continue reading B Spot

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Two Airshows in Two Weeks

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Went to the MAKS 2009 Russian Air Show two weeks ago.  That was AWESOME!  Lots of aircraft there that I will not see in the states any time soon.  The airshow grounds are huge and can take quite some time to walk around.  The performances were back-to-back too so there was always something in the sky to watch. Yesterday, friends and I wen to the Cleveland Air Show.  It was good.  It was much smaller than the Russian show and dare I say, maybe smaller than I remember seeing at previous Cleveland air shows.  The performances were great.  I hadn’t … Continue reading Two Airshows in Two Weeks

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Vonage

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It has been about a week or so on Vonage and so far it has been awesome! Once the gadget came in the mail (took about 3 days), I had it plugged in and set in about an hour (including the time it took to unplug the land line).  I wanted to have Vonage enabled at all the jacks in the house so I was able to follow a pretty easy tutorial online.  My router handles a lot of stuff and I wanted the Vonage gadget behind it and that is working great too.  I had a slight hiccup with … Continue reading Vonage

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Pictures from Russia

Rob

Ok, I had issues getting pictures up on rsbauer.com so I put them up on Pathfinder instead (files are probably too big).  Here’s the link: http://pathfinder.rsbauer.com/gallery2/v/MoreRecent/Russia2009/ Watch this gallery instead of the other one. The first picture is of Olessia and we are enjoying breakfast at a London airport restaurant.  The rest are of Dubna and a party at Olessia’s friend’s house. Continue reading Pictures from Russia