Archive for the 'General' Category

A bit of emphasis

by Hella ~ July 1st, 2008

I’ve had several requests recently from blogs that have a single short post or only a very few recent and also very short posts. Please be aware that I will not add these type of blogs right away. From my last post:
I regularly trim the list so that the server doesn’t continuously query up and [...]

Spring cleaning on the blog lists

by Hella ~ April 3rd, 2008

It’s that time of year again … I’m cleaning up the MBA blog lists. Slowly, I’m going through and looking to see which sites are still active. For those that are not, I’m marking them as inactive so it doesn’t slow down the feeds. Let me know if you need to be added back by [...]

Server move, blogger issues

by Hella ~ December 6th, 2007

I’ve moved my webhost from Australia to America but most of the issues have been ironed out (save a few timezone peculiarities). However, there is an issue with ATOM feeds, so I mass updated all blogspot.com blogs and a few others to use RSS instead.
In order to be listed, you need to have a valid [...]

Hella blog subtitle updated

by Hella ~ May 26th, 2006

Now that the Wharton and Philadelphia days are over, this blog’s subtitle has been renamed from “Running, Wharton, and Philadelphia living”. These days I enjoy trail running much more than road running, hence that change. I’m no longer doing my MBA at Wharton — I graduated this May. But I’ll soon be working as a [...]

Wawa is for celebrities

by Hella ~ May 5th, 2006

Several days back I mentioned that I liked some of the prepared foods at Wawa (notably their Hoagies). Well apparently the place is popular with local celebreties, too. I just came back from my neighborhood store and who was walking out as I entered?: former mayor of Philadelphia and now governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell. [...]

Whole Foods Line

by Hella ~ August 1st, 2005

I walked to Whole Foods in Columbus Circle tonight after work (I was actually off in time to eat at a normal hour). I was jonesing for some hot food from the Indian bar. Well, I loaded up my green bowl and journeyed towards the prepared foods area. And then it was there … or [...]

Chocolate Brownie Deluxe

by Hella ~ May 30th, 2004

It’s that time again at Krispy Kreme. The featured doughnut is scheduled to change over to Chocolate Brownie Deluxe on Tuesday. This is the first time in 4 months or so that they’ve had a non-filled featured doughnut. Recently, they’ve had Cookies & Kreme and Strawberry Shortcake, which were both filled, so I think this [...]

Going Batty

by Hella ~ April 3rd, 2004

I guess it’s silly that I haven’t done one of the most popular things in Austin even though I’ve lived here almost seven years. Tonight, just before sunset, I went to my first official Congress Avenue bat viewing. Earlier in the week I saw the bats from my kayak while I was on Town Lake, [...]

Lake Out and Back

by Hella ~ March 30th, 2004

I took the kayak out late this afternoon for the first time in a long time. The sun was just about setting when I put the boat in the water. I made a lazy stroll down under 4 bridges and back to where I came.
There were several rowers out and their support boats were creating [...]

Strawberry Shortcake

by Hella ~ March 30th, 2004

Well, it’s that time again. Krispy Kreme changed their featured doughnut from Cookies & Kreme to Strawberry Shortcake. The last featured doughnut was good, but I prefer this one. While it does have the shortcake flavor, it also has a hint of cheesecake, mostly due to the strawberry flavor and the creamy texture of the [...]