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Ok, 2012… let’s do this!

furiousBall — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:01:37 +0000

Happy 2012 everybody! This has been quite a year for our home: I ran my first marathon, I proposed to Abbe, Bubs played his first ice hockey games, Viv made some amazing art, I turned 40, the kids went camping for the first time ever in a real tent in the woods, Bubs got his first straight A’s report card, I got health insurance, Viv and Van both got baseballs at a Phillies game, Abbe and I were in the newspaper, Abbe, Bill, and I raised over $11,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and we adopted Titan. So 2012, I think you’ve got some great stuff in store for us as well – let’s do this.

Oh and before our 10 mile run (the last big one before next weekend’s Goofy Challenge in Disney World!)… Abbe discussed black toenails that we runners are prone to get… and I react…

And before I forget, here are some pictures from NYE with the Mecks, we had a blast!

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furiousBall — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:12:56 +0000

Short Run Video – Our team has now raised over 50% of our goal of $11,000!!! Long way to go, but we’re on our way. If you can donate, please consider even a small donation ($5 or $10) – if you can not afford a donation, how about clicking one of the Share, +1, or Tweet links at the bottom of this post to help us raise money to fight blood cancers? Just a click!

Our team page for donations - http://pages.teamintraining.org/nj/wdw12/AllForLayna

Movie Review…

Atlas Shrugged Part 1 – with all of the occupy movements and the economic crisis, you would think that this movie would have received more fan fare. Ayn Rand‘s tale of the good of capitalism and bad of Marxism should be a very close parallel to the demonstrations and hullabaloo we all see in the media. But the problem is, this movie is pretty terrible. Such a shame, Ayn Rand was one of my favorite authors in college.

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run all day, why hockey players are the best, and THANKS We Should Be GMs!

furiousBall — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:47:34 +0000

I had a monster run yesterday. 11.13 miles and I felt very strong; could have run all day long! Abbe and I are coming Disney, get ready!

As Bubs and I pulled into the rink parking lot, we noticed a long line of folks on the sidewalk. I asked what was going on and a nice lady said the Flyers had just finished practice and some stop to sign stuff. So Bubs and I had some time before his game and sure enough, Sergei Bobrovsky showed up and signed Bubs’ t-shirt. A little while later, Max Talbot pulled up where everyone was, got out of his car and signed stuff until the line was gone. Both players were incredibly nice and that really put a big smile on Bubs’ face.

Oh and before I forget, look at this… the folks at my favorite Phillies’ blog, We Should Be GMs put up a nice article promoting our Stand-Up to Cancer comedy night with Mo Mandel (Helium Comedy Club in Philly, December 1st – if interested in tickets, they are $15, please contact myself or Abbe for details). Thanks Corey and Carson, you guys rock!

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where we try to eat all of the oysters in Cape May…

furiousBall — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:10:35 +0000

Well, yesterday was a bad day for Philly sports – the Eagles and Phils lost, but we got to spend a day with Big Tom, Aunt Cis, and my mom down at Cape May. And yes, we got to get some seriously great grub at the Lobster House. After filling our bellies and stopping for Tom to do a little shopping, we stopped in at Penza’s Pies in Hammonton on the way home.

That night, we had our first fire of the season and Tom and Mom came over to watch Breaking Bad with us. Abbe and I have been waiting 2 years to watch Breaking Bad with our big buddy from New Mexico, when he introduced the show to us during our visit out in Las Cruces and Cloudcroft.

Tonight, we are having dinner at Mom’s with more great friends, the Oates and tomorrow night we’re heading to see The Gourds, one of Tom’s favorite bands.

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hockey, giant homecoming, and doggie update

furiousBall — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:17:58 +0000

Bubs had his first hockey game on full ice today. The white team got trounced but, he had a blast. The boys in white did not have a lot of offensive opportunities, but Bubs did a good job on the faceoffs he took while playing center. Viv and I spent most of the game chatting with Dr. Koren, the father of one of Bubs’ buddies who was on the opposing team. Next week, 7am game in Atlantic City! Yikes that’s going to be early, but I couldn’t be happier than waking up to take my son to the game.

Big Tom arrives tonight! We can’t wait to see him. We missed our big gentle giant from New Mexico. Hopefully, he will come watch Breaking Bad with us Sunday evening.

On the dog adopting front, things are moving along with Brookline Lab Rescue. We have inquired on a few pups and it won’t be long before the pitter patter of big dog feet will be heard in our home again.

Oh and before I forget… GO PHILS!!!!!

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Inspired By… SunRay Kelley – thanks Koo for sharing this! What a cool, cool guy. Here’s more info on SunRay.
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baseball, The Duck Song, and some hockey up close

furiousBall — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:00:48 +0000

First off… what an amazing night of baseball last night! The Phils knocked the Braves out of the playoffs, got their franchise record 102nd win of the season, and made Charlie the winningest manager in Phillies history. I do feel bad for my BoSox/Bravos friends out there, that is just a crushing way to end a season.

At our last visit to Longswamp, Abbe’s mother, Jane shared The Duck Song with us and I knew I had to get a copy of the book for Viv to read. Lo and behold, what arrived via intralibrary loan yesterday? Oh yeah… and I think someone else is enjoying the book too…

Tonight, Bubs and I are going to the Flyers-Devils preseason game. I got really lucky on some incredible seats – we are going to be right behind the player benches, 2nd row! They haven’t announced the line-ups yet for tonight’s game, but I really hope we get to see Jagr skate tonight.

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a day of victories

furiousBall — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:50:15 +0000

Yesterday was a day of victories! First Bubs and his Lakers teammates soundly won their game 3-0… Here’s Bubs in goal…

And meanwhile, the ghost of Justin Bieber (in purple below) was haunting Barbie…

Oh and then there was this victory… CONGRATS PHILS ON 5 STRAIGHT NL EAST DIVISION TITLES!!!

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a muddy, perfect day

furiousBall — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:27:46 +0000

The Mud Run kicked butt! Really enjoying running with all of my teammates. No bad injuries to report – Kara and Abbe got scraped up on a couple of obstacles, that’s about it.

Afterwards Abbe and I headed down to Cape May for quite possibly my favorite dinner ever at the Lobster House. We devoured everything and left with full bellies. Riding home on the Parkway and AC Expressway… there is just something so cosmically right about riding home from the shore in the evening with a Phillies game on the radio. That regular thump of the highway and sounds of baseball – it’s a man-made zen, but a zen, none-the-less.

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annoying headphones, good teeth, and retweets

furiousBall — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:31:03 +0000

Well, I would have had a great run yesterday afternoon if it wasn’t for my damn headphones. See, I sweat a lot and sweat really does some weird shit to iPhone headphones like… change songs suddenly, get louder suddenly, get really quiet suddenly, fast forward for no reason, repeat the beginning of a song about a million times in a row, turn on voice controls… you get the picture. It was incredibly distracting and although my pace was good and again, another good run with no pain – I was ticked off when I was back home. I felt like I was sitting in traffic with a carful of whiny kids, not like I just got home from a great run on a beautiful day. So, I ordered a pair of decent sweat proof/running headphones last night. Really hope this doesn’t happen again, because that sucked.

Now the good news of the day, my kids had their 6 month check-ups and no cavities! Well, the better news is that Viv did not ask me to come back with her to the room while she had her teeth cleaned. This is a big deal for her, after having her bridge knocked out when she slipped on water at a daycare, she went through a lot at a very young age. To say the least, she and the dentists really got off on the wrong foot. But Dr. Braatz has won her over and she did great.

Oh and one thing I forgot in all the Irene stuff, Saturday night, I got retweets from both Hunter Pence and Jamar Chaney. And here are pics from the Phillies game that was rained out…

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looks like we’re gonna get some weather….

furiousBall — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:21:17 +0000

Last night Abbe and I got a dinner date in before Irene’s arrival messes everything up. We went to Scotch Bonnets, a newer Jamaican on Main Street in Medford. We started off with the Caribbean crab cake appetizer and it was perfect, the sauce was really, really good. For our meals, I got the jerk chicken and Abbe got the red snapper (pics below). Both dishes were pretty spicy and super yummy. Great portions t00. The show stealer was the coffee rum cake we shared for dessert. I’m going to have dreams about that slice of cake for years I’m fairly certain.

Well, Bubs and I still have a Phillies game to go to today. We are going early for batting practice and will most likely leave early to avoid craziness. Lots of folks are wondering why the game is still on, but hey, maybe some baseball will help us relax before Irene hits us.

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