The Old Soldier was walking around Bloomfield (Little Italy) yesterday, enjoying the warm weather when he stopped in front of this shop that had some books in crates on the sidewalk. And there among the books were copies of a free newspaper: The NewPeople. On the front page was this article by Francine Porter.
Mark your calendars for this year’s Thomas Merton Center New Person Award dinner honoring Occupy Pittsburgh…
The Thomas Merton Center New Person Award is an annual celebration and fundraiser that honors a local activist or activist group that has made a significant impact in strengthening our communities through the fight for social justice and peace…
You can’t beat that with a stick. Occupy Pittsburgh is still alive.
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How’s everyone doing? The high will be 86 degrees in Pittsburgh today, partly cloudy with the possibility of scattered thunder showers. The Old Soldier finally got a can of rug cleaner and will be working on his rug over the next few days to see if he can’t make his grubby apartment more livable.
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I stopped in yesterday at Del’s in Bloomfield, where I sing karaoke on Friday nights, and John, one of the owners, asked me where I was last Friday night. That the place was packed. I told him it was a cash flow probably; but that I would be there this Friday night.
The Old Soldier might start off with Bad Company by Bad Company.
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Occupy Pittsburgh, The Huffington Post And Andy Warhol
Schenley Park – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Photo credit: GiorgioAntonio)
The Old Soldier is happy to report that Occupy Pittsburgh is still kicking. I picked up a Pittsburgh City Paper yesterday and buried on page 40 was a little article about Occupy Pittsburgh. The group will be active in Schenley Park near the University of Pittsburgh today and at the Modern Formations Gallery on Saturday.
This is good news.
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Fragment Arianne Huffington, Huffington Post Creative Commons licentie BBC / The Virtual Revolution (Photo credit: wilbertbaan)
The Huffington Post As A Business Model
The Old Soldier discovered the Huffington Post a couple of years ago. It’s an online daily newspaper. I was impressed with its editorial makeup: celebrity bloggers, aggregation of online material and investigative reporting.
The Huffington Post gave the Old Soldier a lot of good ideas about publishing an online magazine.
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Andy Warhol’s Home Is Still There
English: Andy Warhol’s childhood home located at 3252 Dawson Street in the South Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 30, 2010. “Andy lived on Dawson Street from 1934 until he left for New York City in 1949. These fifteen years were the most formative years of his life.”http://www.warhola.com/warholahouse.html (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I finally got to see where Andy Warhol grew up in Pittsburgh. He grew up at 3252 Dawson Street in South Oakland, a neighborhood near the University of Pittsburgh. There’s no plaque there or anything. Andy Warhol has also had a great impact on this magazine.
I just wanted to see where he grew up.
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