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Yes, you may envy me now… tomorrow is the annual Pocono Garlic Festival here in downtown Stroudsburg (again, I ask… is there an “uptown” Stroudsburg???)
Come on… I whine, complain, and make fun of this festival every year…
…where have you people been?
Continue reading “Pocono Happenings”
Considering we’re only 60 miles away FROM New York City, we’re pretty fortunate to have not lost power… but then again we ALWAYS go without lights during every thunderstorm.
Today on the Pocono Record: Bill Doolittle recalls the Blackout of 1965 in NYC. Pretty cool stuff, as he had to share his space with the staff of The New York Times.
I was only two or three months old during that Blackout… so I don’t remember much. I do remember Bushwick turning INTO a war-zone in 1977. That sucked.
Continue reading “Blackouts, Bob Dylan, & Life in the Poconos”
Vote for Tammie! fun-loving Tammie would like all of us to take a minute and vote for her on Funjunkie. She has two entries, but the very last one on the bottom stands a better chance of winning. (not work safe). Come on, it only takes a few seconds to vote!
Continue reading “A few brief notes.”
End the Liberal Voluntary Extinction Movement:
“I have a degree in philosophy, so I get increasingly tired of some self-consciously Liberal snot-wad who has memorized a list of logical fallacies lecturing me about going ad hominem. Sorry, but in politics the fact that someone is a scumbag isn’t ad hominem, it’s relevant. That’s not to say that their claim that, say, Madison is the capital of Wisconsin is untrue because they are a proven lying and dishonest scumbag. However, when they claim an abstract such as their HAVING the moral authority to lead this nation, the fact that they are a lying and dishonest scumbag counts.Conservatives have one thing going for them: Conviction. This is not to say they are in the right, but that they have the drive and attention to detail of the organized serial rapist. As wrong as it may be, they are sadists dedicated to their craft.”
Just kidding there. He was a perfect gentleman, and wanted to clarify that his book about blogging is more of a technical/informational nature, and the only rule is to have fun. He has several books on Amazon, and I would encourage you to buy them all.Nay! Buy SEVERAL copies! And I’m not saying that because I fear Matt and the MetaFilter Mob™, or getting beaten up and crying like a bitch, or nothin’ like that.
In the news: Trisha Meili, aka “The Central Park Jogger” is coming out with a book about her 1989 attack called “I Am the Central Park Jogger: A Story of Hope and Possibility“.
I remember the story all too well. On April 19th, 1989, she was grabbed while jogging in Central Park, brutally raped, her head bashed in with a rock, and left for dead as she lost 3/4 of the blood in her body. It was one that outraged New Yorkers We prayed, we worried… but mostly we saw red…we wanted justice to the point where we wanted to see it served at all costs.
Continue reading “Central Park Revisited”
I think it’s a smarter move, as I am seriously debating taking comments off this page (I like the input, and I love hearing FROM people here, but this is SO short-term. Plus people feel obligated to “check in”, and they feel there is a time LIMIT on when they can share their thoughts. It’s not fair to you.).
In learning FROM my past mistakes, my zeal in promoting the hell out of something good, to the point where it looks like I’m taking over, I’m simply going to point my finger in that direction and say LOOKIE! Go support a brother….
There. I’m done.
Continue reading “Newz Briefs (or Newz Boxers, take your pick)”
Moving on to bigger and better things…
It’s probably too late to mention this, but if you’re planning on coming up for The Pocono 500, don’t bother. It’s raining really bad and everything has been cancelled until probably Monday.
To the NASCAR fans who are already here, I have been asked to kindly remind you to keep your campers, pickup trucks, and motor homes as far off to the side of the road as possible… and please place all of your empty beer cans in the proper receptacles. Don’t think of the rain as an obstacle… but rather as an unexpected opportunity to bathe this week.
Thank you.
So please take the following tips FROM your Friendly Neighborhood WarMeister™:
Kindly read the previous post before giving me your “bad karma” bullshit. The high holy Imam Eric® has declared a Fatwa (holy war), and bad karma will come to those who sit idly by as good people in our community are abused by cruel outsiders.
Thank you. Remember to tip your waitress on the way out.
And the prodigal son comes home…
Here’s 2-Tag trying to climb in our windows as he smells dinner cooking. He’s just too cute!
(What were you expecting… a widdle puppy or a kitty cat…ON MY SITE??? That’s it. Fuck you, you’re banned FROM this site for 3 months and two 1/2 days. LEAVE NOW!)
Continue reading “Summer’s here”
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