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Sunday, March 19th, 2028
Biodiesel Initiative
I mentioned a few days ago how I was going with some other CRR folks to meet with a local biodiesel manufacturer. As it turns out, we met with them at exactly the right time.
Unlike the ethanol craze in the late 2000s, biodiesel never saw a major spike in popularity, followed by a downturn–it’s always […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Green Pittsburgh by Frank
Saturday, March 18th, 2028
San Diego n’ at
Last week, Gretch and I went over to sunny San Diego for a few days. It was a nice trip–I have family out there, so it was nice to see them, and although Pittsburgh rocks my socks, it’s hard to beat San Diego weather.
Gretch and I went out one night with one of my cousins […]
9 Comments » - Posted in Life, Frank's Fam by Frank
Friday, March 17th, 2028
Vendor Outreach
For the past few months, I’ve been almost solely working on the community outreach portion of my internship at CRR. Last week I got a glimpse at another side, vendor outreach, and it’s a completely different animal.
The community side is a lot of canvasing, petitioning, meeting with people–things that any community organizer would be […]
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Sunday, March 12th, 2028
Spring Break!
Gretch and I are doing something we never ever do–have fun over spring break! Usually, mine is spent catching up on work that I didn’t do during the beginning of the semester, but hell, it’s my last one, so I might as well make it memorable.
Gretch also has some vacation time saved up (thinking about […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Life by Frank
Monday, March 6th, 2028
Updates
It’s that dreaded time of the semester again–midterms. This time around it’s not too bad, but I am afraid that my biotech test is going to royally kick my butt. There’s nothing like hoping everyone else in the class sucks at it as much as you do so that the curve will be enough to […]
No Comments » - Posted in South Side, Frank's Extracurricular Activities, Classes, Pittsburgh Development by Frank
Friday, March 3rd, 2028
The Moving Saga
Gretch and I were conspicuously absent from posting last week because my cousin Andrew, who had been living in DC, has moved to Pittsburgh. He graduated from American University the year before and had been working as a temp, but then he got a great finance job in Pittsburgh and he decided to make the […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Life, Frank's Fam by Frank
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2028
In the meantime
Hey Folks! Gretch and I are dealing with various real-life stuff for the moment, but will be back in full swing next week. In the meantime, check out our lovely cat Luna being especially coy.
1 Comment » - Posted in Life by Frank
Monday, February 14th, 2028
Directed Study
As you may know, in addition to my internship, the other big thing going on this semester is my Directed Study with Dr. Lemley. The project is on tracing the development of community in the South Side over the past 100 years, and it’s been difficult so far, but interesting. One of the first tasks […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Classes by Frank
Saturday, February 12th, 2028
Hitting the wall
When I was in high school, I had a habit of staying up all night just for fun from time to time. I would get these great bursts of creativity, get a whole ton of stuff done, and then be in a wacky mood the next day which didn’t really matter because it was […]
No Comments » - Posted in Bloomfield, Classes by Frank
Tuesday, February 8th, 2028
Ponderings on History
This semester has been going really well so far, so well that I’m actually amazed. At the beginning it seemed like I’d be overwhelmed, and I am busy and basically have no time, but it’s been really fun. One class I haven’t touched on much is my History of Peace class, which has […]
