April 2010

Dublin, Denver…Dayton? Bike Share

Bcycle won’t be coming to Dayton this summer- but, it’s still in my plans for next year. Unfortunately, the people at Premier Health Care still think that it’s better to waste their money on advertising and naming rights to high school sports stadiums than to sponsor a bike share program that would benefit the entire Read More

Veterans don’t need to commit suicide: message is clear

Friday morning was a little harder than most. Writing this post has taken 2 days, and I’m still not sure what to say. The Dayton Daily News closed comments- yet asked strangers to send condolences. Condolences don’t cut it. Neither did the headline of the DDN’s other story: Did war vet kill self to make Read More

Phase 1 of the “Big Bin” recycling program

Got a nice looking mailer today from the City for the new big blue 96 gallon recycling bins- an opt-in program. The neighborhoods listed are: College Hill DeWeese Eastmont Five Oaks Madden Hills Miami Chapel Northern Hills Patterson Park South Park University Row I’ll be opting in. Glad South Park made the list. And while Read More

Debating adding IntenseDebate to esrati.com

I’m thinking that my comments about the comments on the Dayton Daily News lame comment moderation system is making a hypocrite out of me. I moderate to the best of my abilities and try to keep it civil- yet allow all viewpoints on this site. Yet- while I advocate for comment moderation tools- I don’t Read More

Another South Park criminal caught by the DPD

It was 12:15 am and my former housemate was coming home to his cottage down the street. He saw a guy on a bike riding down the street checking door handles on parked cars. He went into his house- called the police and then went back out to see where our perp was headed. Just Read More

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