Archive for August, 2007

Unfairness in New Jersey

Recently, the PCN Bank Arts Center has recently banned alcohol from their parking lots, supposedly because too much underage drinking was going on. This came to a head when two people (neither of which were underaged) died during a recent concert. Banning alcohol from the parking lots (ie, tailgating) does absolutely nothing to address this, […]

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Moving day

At the end of last summer, my mother wrecked her car coming home from my cousin’s wedding. We had to take our oldest girl, Desiree, who was riding with her, to the hospital to be checked out. While we were there, our youngest, Heather, was delighted by the large fish tank in the hospital waiting […]

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A sad day at the ballpark…

Part of my childhood died today. Hall of famer, Yankee legend Phil Rizzuto has passed away at the age of 89. While I’m much too young to ever have witnessed the amazing feats credited to him on the ballfield, his announcing, both on radio and TV, was part of my life from the 70’s until […]

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Mommy, make it go away!

Like a recurring nightmare or bad toothache, the Van Halen family picnic has once again reared its ugly head. Fresh out of rehab, apparently Eddie is ready to hit the road once more, probably literally and figuratively. Still touting Jaba-the-hut wannabe Wolfgang Van Halen on bass instead of actual bass player Michael Anthony, the only […]

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Big head Barry and the monsters

Remember the band “Big head Todd and the monsters”? Well, now we’ve got Big head Barry, the home run champion of the freak world. Just goes to show, give a man enough juice, and he can do anything; provided, of course, that he gets it done before his head explodes.
Just look at the guy. Put […]

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