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My Sister’s New Home

October 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Pete and I spent our weekend helping my sister and brother-in-law begin the process of renovating their newly purchased home. The house needs some work before they can move in, so we volunteered to clean, to paint, and to keep our two nieces and one nephew occupied when necessary. I am so excited for my [...]

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Global Warming Creates Driving Hazards

February 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Note: If you expect validation for the theory of global warming, this may not be the blog entry for you.
I like to drive. I am a good driver who hates bad drivers. You know who you are. You like to drive in the left lane 10 miles under the speed limit. You like to talk [...]

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Tags: Gripes · New Jersey

New Jersey blaim your increasing water rates on the subprime crisis.

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

So my water rates are probably going up to the tune of 1 to 23%. I am a lucky customer of New Jersey American Water. NJAM submitted a request to the State Board of Public Utilities to increase their rates by 23%. Over the last 9 years their rates have increased by 30%. Just last year a 13.5% [...]

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Post Secret

January 17th, 2008 · No Comments

I was reading everyone’s secrets on postsecret.blogspot.com and I died laughing at the one above. I could not do this because I lack the ability to recognize a strip club when I see one. There is a strip joint called Pumps on Route 36 here in New Jersey. I drove by this place almost daily for [...]

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Tags: Humor · New Jersey

New Jersey Voters

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Tommorrow, January 15th, is the last day to register for the February 15th Primary Elections. It is not too late to jump ship and change your party affliations! If you are not a registered voter, get off your butt and get registered.
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New Jersey Toll Increases

January 11th, 2008 · No Comments

 
 
 
 
 
 
Click on the image above to figure out how much it will cost you to use the NJ Turnpike in the future. 
Gov. Jon Corzine gave his state of the state speech the other day and I think he is proposing changes that are too late and too little. Currently New Jersey has $32 billion dollars [...]

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Tags: Current Events · New Jersey

Why the Reverand Al needs Vonage and If you are vacationing in Mexico be on the lookout for…

January 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Last month Otis Blunt and Jose Espinosa escaped from the Union County Jail. Their escape has been compared to the Shawshank Redemption escape.  They used pictures of women to cover holes they dug through cinderblock walls.  Jose Espinosa was captured last night a mere 6 blocks from the jail. He clearly was not the brightest person in [...]

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Tags: Current Events · New Jersey

The best NJ bumper sticker ever!

January 6th, 2008 · No Comments


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Tags: Current Events · Gifts/Products · Gripes · Humor · Interesting · New Jersey

Can Atheists Be Parents? Time Magazine 1970

January 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Okay people, this article came from a TIME Magazine article from December 1970. Could you please look at dates before you blog. I think from reviewing blogs and their comments that many people still have definte views for and against atheists, so the article still has relevance in 2008. I think people don’t know much [...]

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Route 36 Bridge to Sandy Hook

January 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

(Photo by Ticalian)
By Terry Gauthier Muessig
“Two more lawsuits have been filed opposing the state Department of Transportation’s planned replacement of the Route 36 drawbridge over the Shrewsbury River.
The suits, filed by Citizens for Rational Coastal Development and the borough of Sea Bright on Dec. 20 in federal District Court in Trenton, seek an injunction [...]

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Tags: Current Events · New Jersey