http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog site updates. life updates. interesting links. random thoughts. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:15:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here in New Jersey when we think of a delicious breakfast, the mind immediately conjures images of a diner. I'm particular partial to a bacon and cheese omelet, with hash browns, some toast and a bottomless cup of diner coffee. However, sometimes you don't have time to spend in a ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/03/27/the-father-of-the-egg-mcmuffin-dies/ In an attempt to slowly start trying to get caught up with life, I've started posting stuff on eBay again. Check out what I'm selling and feel free to bid on something at members.ebay.com/aboutme/michaelgatti. http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/03/26/catching-up-on-ebay/ Whether you agree or disagree with the opinions of these people that are protesting the presence of Canadian troops in Afghanistan, you have to check out the pink protest sign on the right side of the photo. For those of you who don't know HTML, that's a close tag, like ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/03/24/geekiest-protester-ever/ You might remember that I went to a Christmas show at the American Music Theatre in Lancaster, PA at the end of last year. We went back last week to see Jack Hanna and his menagerie of wild animals. The show was fantastic. It was a lot of fun to ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/03/24/jack-hanna-show-photos/ I was in Newport Rhode Island on business recently. While I was there, the Newport Winter Festival was going on. It was the weather was beautiful for the two weeks that I was there. Of course, on the one day that I had free (the day I travelled home) there was ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/03/23/newport-ri-photos/ After a very difficult few months, I'm finally trying to start getting caught up with things. That includes updating my site. I just posted some photos that I took when we took my grandfather to the annual Christmas show at the American Music Theatre in Lancaster, PA. It was a ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/03/23/lancaster-christmas-show-photos/ Every so often you find a website that is absolutely hilarious. Maybe it's the stress, but I couldn't stop laughing at this site. It's got a crazy long URL (www.howmanyfiveyearoldscouldyoutakeinafight.com). You'll no longer need to wonder how many 5 year olds you can defend yourself against. I went to a ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/02/10/fighting-five-year-olds/ I like the cold weather. I enjoy getting all bundled up and going out in sub-freezing weather. Sometimes I don't even get bundled up. However, even I have a limit. After reading this interesting article about Yakutsk, a city in Siberia, I'm pretty sure it's WAY past my limit! Read the piece ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/02/02/now-thats-what-i-call-winter/ I think the post title really says it all. What else can I say, really? Check it out at the Emeril Blog. http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/02/01/cheeseburger-in-a-can/ Words can't even begin to tell you how difficult the past three weeks has been for my family and me. It has only been made easier by something equally indescribable. That is the overwhelming support that we've received from family, friends, coworkers and even folks who never even knew my ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/01/30/thank-you-for-your-kindness/ For the past thirty years, I've spent my New Year's Eves with my grandfather watching the ball drop in Times Square. This year, however, I was able to send a message to those brave souls that will spend the evening watching the ball drop in person. You can too. Read about ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/12/29/drop-your-message-on-nyc/ Here's wishing you have a jous and healthy Christmas. Hopefully you are as lucky as I am to be able to take the week off and spend it with family and friends! http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/12/25/wishing-you-a-merry-christmas/ When you you hear about Cheyenne Mountain Complex, you probably think about a super secure military facility, men & women of our Armed Forces protecting us from attack from the sky, and maybe even the TV show Stargate SG-1 (a personal favorite of mine). On this special day every year, the ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/12/24/track-santa-with-norad/ You probbaly know that I've worked with computer's all my life. What you might not remember is that the first computer my parents bought for me many years ago was the venerable Commodore 64. With it's 64 bytes of RAM we played games like Choplifter, Tooth Invaders, Clowns & Bruce ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/12/08/commodore-64-lives-forever/ You've seen my photos from Peddler's Village taken during the summer. (If not, view them here.)  Their annual Christmas Festival was this past weekend, so Kelly and I went back to see what it's like in winter. It's a whole different experience. The sub-freezing temperature was made bearable by marshmallow roasting ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/12/03/peddlers-village-christmas-festival/  I just happened to read that the Discovery Channel is is going ot start airing Season 4 of The Deadliest Catch in only a few months. I know I've talked about this show before in the blog so I won't describe it again, but check out the Deadliest Catch Blog to learn ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/12/02/deadliest-catch-returns-soon/ In version 2.3 Wordpress addedtagging to their blogging software. I finally have updated my custom template to support this new feature. So now you can search my blog by tag. I've been slowly going back through old posts and tagging them. You can see the tag clod right there oever ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/11/24/now-with-tagging-goodness/ After many planned but postponed trips to Lehigh County, PA to go on a self-guided tour of the area's covered bridges I finally made it there a few weeks ago. I tried to time it so the leaves would be changing but excessive heat this year didn't do much to ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/11/12/covered-bridges-are-so-cool/ Most people might think the summer is the best time to go down the shore. I much prefer to go in the fall or winter. The crowds are smaller; the weather is so much nicer and much less smog. I just added some photos from Atlantic City that turned out ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/11/12/a-fall-day-on-the-ac-boardwalk/ I just added a bunch of new photos to the photos sectoin of the site. The first group is from July and is just a few snaps of flowers in the yard and a baby bunny rabbit in the yard. The next contains photos from a Camden County Board of Freeholders ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/11/12/big-photo-update/ Back "in the old days" when you were lost you'd stop at a gas station and ask the attendant for directions. Here in New Jersey we still have the luxury of having an attendant come to our car when we pull in, but in the rest of the states where ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/11/07/ask-a-gas-pump-for-directions/ My little website reached another milestone today. I received my one-hundred thousandth piece of comment spam. Spam is a problem on the Internet. I'll give you a minute while you recover from that shocking revelation. If you think spam in your inbox is annoying, you should try dealing with comment spam ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/10/10/100000-spammers/ If you've never heard of Batsto, it's an historic village in New Jersey. It's an old 18th/19th century bog iron and glass industrial center. I've been there many times through the years and took some photos on a recent trip. Check them out here. http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/09/18/batsto-photos/ I've updated the album featuring our cat Fluffy. It includes photos from his entire life including photos that were taken before digital cameras were around. We lost him recently and I figured this was a fitting tribute to his memory. View them here. http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/09/17/lots-of-fluffy-photos/ Just when I thought the Gatti family tree was up to date Debbie's branch of the tree has sprouted yet another new leaf. OK, maybe I'm taking the tree metaphor a bit far! Please welcome Micah John Bowling to the family. He was born August 24th to Wendy and Michael ... http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/08/27/and-then-there-were-6/