I was reading in the newspaper that night time cross country skiers in Bangor have been subjected to owl attacks! Ouch! Personally I don’t understand why anyone would cross-country ski at night! I enjoy cross country skiing, but I want to ski during the daylight hours thank you very much! It’s much easier to be “found” if I run into trouble. Anyway, this territorial owl is swooping down on unsuspecting skiers and slashing their heads with it’s claws! I wonder if these people are wearing hats with pom-poms on them and the owl thinks they are rabbits!?

Posted: March 11th, 2009 under Entertainment/Fun, Life, News, Sports.
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I’ve started shopping for my own clothes in the men’s department.  I like wearing men’s cargo pants because they have so many great (and deep) pockets!  Lugging a baby around is difficult, you have to lug a diaper bag in addition to your own purse and the baby too!  So I’ve started wearing men’s cargo pants and loading up the pockets with my personal stuff so I can forgo having to bring my purse with me!  I love them!  I may never go back to wearing women’s pants again!

Posted: September 24th, 2008 under Life, Sports.
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Guys are all into the fantasy football teams. I don’t see the attraction to that contest. It’s all about numbers and statistics, and even though I’m very good with numbers, I’m just not that interested in all the football players and all the different teams.

To me, a true football fan picks one team and cheers for that one team every year - whether they have a good season or a losing season, a true football fan will cheer for their team through thick or thin.

When I was growing up, my father and grandfather were devoted Redskins fans. They watched the game on TV every Sunday afternoon. Throughout the fall and winter months we always went to church and then over to Grandma and Granddad’s house to eat Sunday dinner and watch the Redskins play football. It’s been a long time since I’ve watched a Redskins game. I wonder if they have a good team this year?

Posted: September 11th, 2008 under Entertainment/Fun, Family, Sports.
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Last week I read a story about how the beaches on Martha’s Vineyard were closed due to a shark scare. Today I was reading on MSNBC.NBC.com that the reason they were closed was that a 60 year old man had claimed to see two large great white sharks swimming near the beach while he was working on a fishing boat. As a precaution the beaches were closed to swimmers. Upon further investigation, the authorities asked the man what boat he was working on. The man told them the name of a boat and the name of the boat owner; neither one exist. So that has been determined to be a hoax, and the man has been charged with disorderly conduct.

Posted: July 21st, 2008 under Blogs, Entertainment/Fun, Internet, Life, News, Online, Sports, Travel.
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Just before I came on my blog this morning I was reading my emails and after that a page from yahoo popped up that showed a headline about an airline flight diversion involving a soccer team.  Well, of course I had to click on the story and see what was up.   From what I understand an American Airlines flight was on its way to Los Angelas from Boston when one of the passengers just totally flipped out.  He started crying and talking gibberish, then went into the restroom and stripped naked.

The coach of a soccer team that was on the flight went up the the man when he left the restroom and told him to put his clothes back on.  The naked man complied, but upon leaving the restroom he bolted to the emergency exit door and tried to open it!  Now keep in mind the plane was in flight; opening the emergency exit door while the plane is flying is NOT a good thing to do!  The man was then subdued by several members of the soccer team and then flight attendants tied him to one of the airline seats to keep him contained until the plane landed.  The plane was diverted to land in Oklahoma to remove the man, who was taken into custody by the police and taken to a psychiatric facility.

Now that’s one adventure I’m glad I missed!

 An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger stripped nude and later tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a professional soccer team and others, the FBI said.

Posted: July 19th, 2008 under Blogs, Business, Internet, Life, Sports, Travel.
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