Thursday, August 7th, 2008
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Sometimes the stars align and good fortune shines upon you. I don’t know much about that, mind you, but it is said to happen. 
I met up with my buddy Ken for another exploration day. We do these on a regular basis. We played in his area today. He had been perusing my Help Wanted list and had planned some stops during our Blitzkrieg. Early on he brought me to the Flyers SkaeZone in Pennsauken. I asked why we were here. He said I needed a Zamboni. D’oh! Sometimes I can be so dense.
But to be truthful, this Zamboni hunt was not on my mind. I had long ago figured I would eventually make it to a hockey game (who cares if it’s been 20 years since I saw a game live?) and take the necessary photograph then.
Yet, here we were. There are two ice rinks and a Zamboni available. We asked and the one guy working there didn’t know much. He just said after the current skate was over it would come out. How long that would be no one knew. We left.
Later in the day as we doubled back for some things we made another stop. No one was around at all. After a pit stop we decided to look for the Zamboni. Some guy came out and we explained what we were looking for. It was no problem whatsoever. I even got to sit in one.
They actually have two ice resurfacers. One was being worked on. That was the larger of the two. The smaller one the guy took out and resurfaced one of the rinks for us. I am pretty certain if I had pushed he would allowed me to ride the thing, but I backed off.
This was really kewl. The things one does for this game never ceases to amaze me.
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Why does a march against gangs happen on Father’s Day? How about honoring Dad instead? . . . TwitterLocal is pretty kewl. Here is the feed for Millville and 20 miles out . . . I am getting old. My students had physical education today. Whilst picking them up, I took a couple swings with the “Nerf” covered bat. I swung so hard on the second pitch I hurt my wrist. Even so, the ball slammed off the far wall. My students were impressed. I’ll pay for this for a few days, I am sure . . . Haven’t been watching The Factor much recently. The more air time Dick Morris gets, the less I am inclined to tune in. He’s been wrong with his analysis throughout the campaign. Why does this john still get a platform? . . . Not that I am following this at all, but the headline caught my attention. “Because of this case, I have been financially crippled,” McGreevey told the judge. Oh please. The divorce hasn’t harmed you, your corrupt nature has affected your earning power. I am fine him not paying his wife millions. She seems to want servants, helicopters, and the like. But “the Gay American” should be forced to pay a certain percentage of his income, just in case he is not playing it straight in the trial. History says it’s a fair bet he isn’t . . . Hey, Sen. Obama, I understand your use of sweetie. I use sweetheart several times a day. Of course, I say it to nine- and ten-year old students . . . Just in case anyone thought government does not overstep its purview, check out what New Jersey is pushing through the legislature. Citizens apparently no longer have the right to not purchase health insurance . . . Oh, I can’t believe suing is going to help Carla Katz with the union . . . I have to say I agree that the NJ DOE should seek to recoup squandered tax dollars from school districts who misused the funds . . . FWIW, playoff hockey is exciting . . . Forget closing the state parks. I just found $143 million to cut from NJ’s budget. This money comes with no strings attached. I thought Corzine got rid of the Christmas tree fund. I guess not. Really, Garden State voters: how long are you going to vote for corruption? . . .
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