Joan's randomness: October 2007 Archives

We (OK, our trademark York County smell) got bashed in this Dan Rodricks column in Sunday's Baltimore Sun.

Speaking of southbound traffic from northern Baltimore County and southern Pennsylvania, I must admit: It has been years since I've been out there - in the Hereford Zone - on a weekday morning to see this spectacle. It looks like a hurricane evacuation route every day, between 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Bumper to bumper to bumper in two lanes. It's nuts. You'd think there had been another meltdown at Three Mile Island, or that the sulfuric-sauerkraut stench from the paper mill in Spring Grove had finally sent everyone from around there packing. Amazing.

Maybe it's just me, but I barely notice the paper mill smell any more, and I don't think it smells bad when I do notice. Death of olfactory senses after too many years here? I don't know. What do you guys think?

(P.S. - He's right about the traffic, though. I noticed when I went to Baltimore on Saturday for a friend's wedding. Wow.)

Meanwhile, if you're curious about how that whole paper-making thing works...

See how Glatfelter turns trees into treasure

We have recently launched York Wiki, an online encyclopedia for all things York County.

What's a wiki? To quote Wikipedia, it's "a medium which can be edited by anyone with access to it, and provides an easy method for linking from one page to another. Wikis are typically collaborative websites."

York Wiki is fledgling site. There's not much content at all there right now. That's where you come in. Post a YorkWiki page for your business, your club or organization, your school, yourself or even your favorite local hangout. Link to your own site and to other people's wikis to share even more information. It's free, and anyone can make an update.