Perhaps it’s just because I’m now scouring Roadside America for tips on what to do in the 35 hours after the end of code4lib and my flight home, but I got a hoot out of this AP story about “Roadside Giants”:
A Pittsburgh-area couple find “Roadside Giants” historic, attractive, a boon to local economies… and silly.
Associated [...]
Posted February 12, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Questionable...funny. Pointless., Travel. Tags: Brian Butko, Cadet Restaurant, Cowboy Sam, George Morda, Kittanning, muffler man, Pennsylvania, pittsburgh, PITTSBURGH PA, roadside america, roadside attractions, roadside giants, Sarah Butko. One Comment.
In remembering James Henry Smith, a zealous Pittsburgh Steelers fan who died of prostate cancer in early July, his family asked the Samuel E. Coston Funeral Home to do things “as he would have wanted them to be.” For the viewing, the funeral home arranged a living room ensemble with the TV and recliner just [...]
Posted August 19, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: family, football, football fan, funeral home, game day, gold silk, james henry smith, memory, pittsburgh, pittsburgh steelers, pittsburgh steelers fan, prostate cancer, recliner, remeberance, silk pajamas, steelers, team colors, zeal, zealous fan. 26 Comments.