Finding Ulysses

Mike Arcuri long ago lost the support of the Democratic liberal base. With his many votes, like yesterday’s, in favor of wasteful spending, I don’t see how Arcuri will make up the difference with conservative voters.

Every year, as the Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance winds down, the YouTube representation of the event begins, with a wave of new uploads that lasts several weeks, well into the autumn. The first of these videos have now arrived, starting out with a touch of Zydeco.

I’m not saying that I know that Ranger the robot was actually en route to hear Donna the Buffalo, but it would provide some motivation for going the distance.

I went to a meeting of the Trumansburg EMS Privatization Task Force on June 24th, one month ago.  I blogged about it here http://findingulysses.com/2010/07/04/mr-disingenuous/ You can hear, on the audio that I posted, Kevin Romer complain  that there were no minutes being taken of the meetings.  You can hear Fire Chief Jason Fulton agree that minutes [...]

Visitors note Cayuga Lakes temperature at “a chilly 70 degrees”. Around here, that’s rather balmy.

A couple of days ago, the Washington Post published a fascinating resource, Top Secret America, which gives what information is available about a national government surveillance infrastructure that “has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist [...]

Amy’s parents are very proud of her work at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.  The Music Department at the Trumansburg Schools helped prepare Amy for NEC.  Thanks! Here’s a number from Amy’s Senior Recital.

A free tour and tasting at Trumansburg’s chocolate center: Life’s So Sweet.

On Thursday (July 15) at 7:30 PM, our Ulysses Philomathic Library will be hosting a lecture entitled Perceptions of Egypt by Dr. Phil Lempert. There will be refreshments served afterwards.

Tomorrow night at 7:00, Eric Aceto and Doug Robinson will appear together at the Ulysses Philomathic Library. Aceto will play the violin, while Doug sings, it is promised, in three different languages.