Franktuary is closed on the weekend. Normally, so is this blog. Today, however, it brings you some bonus content. First, an observation. Recently I have spent a lot of time in the city where I grew up. Its downtown is a little bit similar to the area around Forbes and Murray. As a child, there were three shops targeted specifically for people like me. Two were toy stores and one was a bookstore. Today all three are gone. Two of these three formerly kid-centric storefronts now house specialty pet boutiques. What, exactly, does this say about our society?? Second, a childhood memory. Today one can modify a Game Boy into a musical instrument. Pretty cool, right? Well, the Game Boy has a long history of wacky accessories and back in 1990 THIS was...
One of Franktuary’s favorite websites is that of Good Night, States. Franktuary particularly likes how the web interface mimics the appearance of a synthesizer. All the knobs and keys serve as links to different pages on the site. Franktuary is now thinking about changing its website to resemble its cash register. It would look something like this. A BIG improvement, yes?
Well slap me silly and paint the barn red! We’ve started TWEETING on TWITTER. Is Franktuary with the times or what? If not for this restaurant I wouldn’t know a thing about Twitter.com or blogging. Anyway, visit our contact page and become a follower of Franktuary on Twitter. You’ll learn very special things about us.
Franktuary is on You Tube. Did you know? Also, people read the Post-Gazette. Thanks to that great review from Munch, we’re coming off our best week ever. We wouldn’t be here without you, Pittsburgh, and we know it. Here’s to many more weeks like the one just passed! In other news, the writer of this blog, currently away from Franktuary everyday, works as a cashier in a grocery store in New Jersey. His first customer yesterday declared, as she was checking out, her voyage to the supermarket to be an “emergency trip.” Will someone please explain how an emergency grocery run partially consists of purchasing 48 cans of cherry Pepsi??????????????????????????????????? I’ll tell you, the world we live...
Hi folks. Slow going on the blogging side these days. Sorry about that. Anyway, Franktuary has reintroduced the sausage poll. Come on down and eat your vote! Also, Franktuary has been active on Facebook of late. Consider yourself invited!