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Teah, the game was everything a championship game should be. The Canes blitzed the heck out of the Indiana front line on the first two sets and Mendoza couldn’t get the ball close to a receiver. zi was thinking that if Miami keeps it up for the game, Indiana won’t be unable to move the ball. Then Miami shut it down. I’m with you, not a fan of…[Read more]

The game tonight should be a good one. Indiana has had a magical season. It’s amazing to watch this coach take the worst team in the B1G to the national championship in just 2 years. He was basically an unknown coach when Indiana hired him. He didn’t pick up much in the portal when he was hired, most players were already at Indiana. Now he’s…[Read more]

Similar story. My wife asked me to put some white lights and wreaths along a fence in the front. No problem, had a nearby outlet. I added a timer and was done with it. The first night they came, then I noticed the solar flag light was out. I started cussing a bit, then realized the light sensor was tricked into sensing there was daylight.…[Read more]

Are they new solar lights ? I installed a new solar light for my flag. For the first few days it would only flash, so I called the manufacturer. He told me to wait a little longer for the batteries to fully charge. Sure enough, it took 7 sunny days, but the lights are now working. I have another small light that I’ve had for about 10 years…[Read more]

Every town has its own administration and there are many towns that only operate grades K through 6 or 8, then contract with the next town over to receive their 0-12 kids. But those small districts still fund a superintendent, assistant superintendent and their support staff. Many are starting to talk about school districts including 3 or 4…[Read more]

Back in 2021, the incumbent governor won his reelection by 2% points. That was a huge change from when he won his first term at 13% margin. Research showed nearly 100% of those 60and older voted Republican to get him out. It took him 4 years and not surprisingly in October just before this year’s election that he announced the 50% property…[Read more]

We’ve had an income tax for years. I don’t recall not paying a state income tax. It’s basically a flat tax with the exception they amended it about 10 years ago to allow for medical expense deductions, insurance costs + out of pocket expense. 2.25% up to $1,000,000 and 7.5% of income over $1M.

NJ also has an Exit Tax that applies if you sell…[Read more]

The one concern I always had before pulling the trigger was, what am I going to do? Wifey settled that. We were in a townhouse. The first year was OK, I renovated the inside but had no maintenance to do outside. Coming off 2.5 screes, that was a lot of free time. The first year was fine, probably because I was bust renovating the interior.…[Read more]

I got to live that final year twice. It was during COVID when the majority were working from home. I was supposed to terminate in 2020 when COVID hit. The plan was to indoctrinate my replacement with my clients, but that was all shot up when they instituted a hiring freeze. They asked me to stay an added 6 months, then another 6 months when…[Read more]

Merry Christmas Eve. packing the house with GK families and a few aunts and uncles. It’ll be crazy, big late lunch and then late dinner with leftovers before everyone heads home for Xmas morning. We get clean up but will catch up with the kids tomorrow PM. Hope you have a great day with your families.

The cold blitz is over. It hit 50 today and will hang around through Friday. With it comes a fierce storm with lots of rain. It should melt the snow but not before the road piles block the flow and cause some backup flooding.

No’1 grandson is playing a hockey game at Prudential Arena tomorrow, home of the NJ Devils. He’s pretty excited. Not…[Read more]

I read about the state flooding. I hope you aren’t impacted and that stream out front doesn’t take out any crossing.

Tat snow we had was the typical wet stuff we get and the temp dropped to 17F. 2 days now of sub 25F so everything is ice. The streets are clear but everything plowed to the curb is block ice. The temp is supposed to rise to +50…[Read more]

The final snow prediction as it started falling was 3-5″. We got 11. I spent the afternoon shoveling out and finished as the sun and temp dropped. We won’t be seeing anything above 32F until Wednesday. Then mid 50’s Thursday and Friday. 11F this AM. More of the same tomorrow.

48 hours of misery, but it’s gone now. Upside, it’s a great diet tactic, lost 4 lbs. 1st snow is predicted to hit. The weather guessers are back at it. 1 – 6 inch forecast. Nuisance or big headache. 2 weeks ago they predicted 7 inches in the state but by passing us. The Gov declared a snow emergency the day prior which triggers slating the…[Read more]

That much rain would cause a bit of flooding around here. Been down with a bug for the past few days. Cold and extremely tire. Slept 14 hours yesterday off and on. Feel better today but not 100% Didn’t eat a bite yesterday, woke up hungry and gorged myself.

We’re experiencing one of the coldest Decembers on record. It seems the El Nina weather flip is real. Last December was one of the warmest. We’re not going above 30 until Wednesday. I pulled my horseradish roots just in time. It made for some wickedly hot cocktail sauce

Buffalo hides and fires in the wigwam I guess with lots of dried buffalo and deer meat. What’s surprising is that they didn’t 19 or 20 kids. That’s a lot of snuggle time in a studio apartment.

Kids tourneys can be brutal. Stands are packed with parents, friends and wrestlers. Kids crowed the edge of the mat. You haven’t a clue when your kids next bout will be on deck so you fear going for a bite to eat, and when you do, nearly all the food is gone. You can’t leave to eat because you’ll never find a parking space. This year it looks…[Read more]

Smoking a turkey is my favorite way to cook it. It just takes a really long time. If haven’t tried a fried Virginia ham you should. It’s not greasy at all if you the tempo high enough.

They do a 30-30-30 for tournament overtime, but no OT in dual meets, ties if even at the end.
Age 4-7 its 1-1-1, 8 and up 1-2-2 for bouts. The wrestling…[Read more]

Hope you had a feasty Thanks giving with the family. We had 26 including the parents of the in laws. Tables all over the place. No.1 son fried a turkey and Virginia ham and one in-law made lasagna, meatballs, sausage and spaghetti. 26 and we still had a ton of leftovers.

They plow ever snow here too, but then leave a slick layer of compacted…[Read more]