(Update: I removed the embeded videos and put back in the links)
This year in Maryland there is an interesting race for Senate. Things have been getting going since the day after the primary between Michael Steele and Ben Cardin. I thought with Steele's first TV ad that things would be different this year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7wjJyMDUH0
I thought that this was a good, positive advertisement to start the season. Maybe things would be different than every other year. But the Democrats took that one and rolled out this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjm_QfNAh8M
And knowing a politician, though claiming to not be one of the Washington Crowd, retaliated within days with the current ad that's running. (Saw it for the first time this morning)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pHe2NfQ4kM
I'm sure that it is no different than in your area.
Our governors race in the state has yet to heat up, but I think it will soon. For anyone who reads that actually lives in this area I would like to share an observation. I have been going out of my way to look at the drivers of cars with Erlich (Republican Candidate for Governor) bumper stickers and have made an interesting observation. EVERY SINGLE ONE of the drivers fits the same profile: White. 40-60 Years old. Men. Moustaches?! That's that one thing that has really stuck out to me. Every one of the folks who claim support of Erlich has a moustache.
And that, my friends, is reason enough for me to shave every day!
September 29, 2006
September 25, 2006
Approaching A GRAND!
Okay, so I have a Site Meter on my website. (For those who have not noticed, it's on the bottom of this here screen you're reading!) I check it from time to time, to see how people arrive at my little spot on the web. As I am quickly approaching my 1,000th visitor, I thought I would put up a short post about .... well about my silly little blog.
Shout outs go to Jason's New Class, Presbyterian Bloggers, and Yeah, But did Houdini have these Hips, for being the three largest sources of visitors! By looking at some of the IP addresses or locations I can guess who is reading my blog from time to time, but others of you I don't have any idea. I think that's what is cool about the web.
For those coming from Presbyterian sources, I hope to cross paths with you some day. I am really hoping to get to the next General Assembly. San Jose in 2008, right?!
Some of you have stumbled my site by doing a google search for some strange things that I have mentioned over the seven months that I've been online.
Some searches make sense: Potluck Lunch. (I apologize for those looking for a good recipe! My post was about an event at church) I will post a GREAT Tuna Fish salad recipe if anyone is interested.
Some searches I don't know what to do with. I would say that the search that brings people here most often is for Bleached Denim Paint. That's weird, people! You will get a much better idea of how the color looks if you go get a sample from the Home Depot. But if you're looking for a recommendation, I do recommend the Bleached Denim. I have it in three rooms in my house!
So, with this short post, and a recipe offer if anyone is interested, I close this post. Whoever is my 1,000th visitor I would love for you to comment so that I can give you a shout out next time!
Shout outs go to Jason's New Class, Presbyterian Bloggers, and Yeah, But did Houdini have these Hips, for being the three largest sources of visitors! By looking at some of the IP addresses or locations I can guess who is reading my blog from time to time, but others of you I don't have any idea. I think that's what is cool about the web.
For those coming from Presbyterian sources, I hope to cross paths with you some day. I am really hoping to get to the next General Assembly. San Jose in 2008, right?!
Some of you have stumbled my site by doing a google search for some strange things that I have mentioned over the seven months that I've been online.
Some searches make sense: Potluck Lunch. (I apologize for those looking for a good recipe! My post was about an event at church) I will post a GREAT Tuna Fish salad recipe if anyone is interested.
Some searches I don't know what to do with. I would say that the search that brings people here most often is for Bleached Denim Paint. That's weird, people! You will get a much better idea of how the color looks if you go get a sample from the Home Depot. But if you're looking for a recommendation, I do recommend the Bleached Denim. I have it in three rooms in my house!
So, with this short post, and a recipe offer if anyone is interested, I close this post. Whoever is my 1,000th visitor I would love for you to comment so that I can give you a shout out next time!
September 19, 2006
My Shared "Moment of Zen"
Jon Stewart is awesome! Last Saturday night we went with my brother, his wife, and two of their friends to Meriweather Post Pavilion to see Jon Stewart (of the Daily Show fame) live. It was weird to go to a comedy show at an outdoor pavilion when we first got there, but it was an absolutely perfect night out, which made the show even better.
For an official account, read HERE.
As for me, I thought the night was great! Prior to 2006 I had been to exactly zero (0) comedy shows in person. I always have Comedy Central on when nothing else is on the TV. This Jon Stewart show was the third one that I have seen this year! (Blue Collar in March, Jim Gaffigan over the summer) If you have never been to a live, professional comedy show, I highly recommend that you go to one. Even if you have heard some of the material, the delivery is so much more genuine when you can see them, right in front of you.
Stewart was very up-to-date with his humor, even incorporating events that had happened as recently as Thursday! He opened by making fun of our region as a whole calling it the "non-descript crowd from the area between DC and Baltimore." When you open making fun of 10,000 people at once, it has to be a good show!
I also enjoyed his opening act, Mike Berbiglia. I had heard most of his stuff before, but he was very funny. I would have paid the $40 to go see him headline, so for me it was really two great shows in one.
And that's how I spent my Saturday night. Out past 10:30 for the first time in probably a month! (And yes, it was well worth it!)
For an official account, read HERE.
As for me, I thought the night was great! Prior to 2006 I had been to exactly zero (0) comedy shows in person. I always have Comedy Central on when nothing else is on the TV. This Jon Stewart show was the third one that I have seen this year! (Blue Collar in March, Jim Gaffigan over the summer) If you have never been to a live, professional comedy show, I highly recommend that you go to one. Even if you have heard some of the material, the delivery is so much more genuine when you can see them, right in front of you.
Stewart was very up-to-date with his humor, even incorporating events that had happened as recently as Thursday! He opened by making fun of our region as a whole calling it the "non-descript crowd from the area between DC and Baltimore." When you open making fun of 10,000 people at once, it has to be a good show!
I also enjoyed his opening act, Mike Berbiglia. I had heard most of his stuff before, but he was very funny. I would have paid the $40 to go see him headline, so for me it was really two great shows in one.
And that's how I spent my Saturday night. Out past 10:30 for the first time in probably a month! (And yes, it was well worth it!)
September 18, 2006
Life Cycle of a Dog Toy
Date: Sunday, September 17, 2006
This is the story of a dog toy. Thank goodness that we only shop in the clearance section anymore. After church we enjoyed lunch with new parents Eric and April. From there, we went tot he pet store. Here is the time line of the Stuffed Dog Ring.
1:30 pm - Dog Ring purchased. About eight inches around, stuffed with fluff and and squeaker.
2:45 pm - After the dogs trip to the back yard, we give her Stuffed Dog Ring toy.
3:15 pm - first successful tearing of stitching by Maggie of SDR toy.
4:15 pm - Tear large enough to get some of stuffing out, so now toy is HALF-Stuffed Dog Ring Toy.
5:40 pm - Ring completely emptied of stuffing and squeaker, and HSDR toy is declared dead.
The total life-span of a toy with out seven month old Beagle/Hound mix, Maggie, was just more than four hours. She is amazingly focused at times.
Next post: Jon Stewart Show last Saturday Night.
This is the story of a dog toy. Thank goodness that we only shop in the clearance section anymore. After church we enjoyed lunch with new parents Eric and April. From there, we went tot he pet store. Here is the time line of the Stuffed Dog Ring.
1:30 pm - Dog Ring purchased. About eight inches around, stuffed with fluff and and squeaker.
2:45 pm - After the dogs trip to the back yard, we give her Stuffed Dog Ring toy.
3:15 pm - first successful tearing of stitching by Maggie of SDR toy.
4:15 pm - Tear large enough to get some of stuffing out, so now toy is HALF-Stuffed Dog Ring Toy.
5:40 pm - Ring completely emptied of stuffing and squeaker, and HSDR toy is declared dead.
The total life-span of a toy with out seven month old Beagle/Hound mix, Maggie, was just more than four hours. She is amazingly focused at times.
Next post: Jon Stewart Show last Saturday Night.
September 13, 2006
My Kidney Story - Part Three
If you need a refresher, please check out Part 1 and Part 2.
Prednisone is a steroid in the best and worst sense of the stereotypes. I believe that I would be at a healthier weight if I had not been on them for so long. Prednisone is very effective in most cases of FSGS, but after being on it for 18 months or so, they had to change my official diagnosis to Steroid-Resistant Focal Segmental Glomerulonephritis. But that is getting ahead of the story.
The spring that all of the diagnosis process was happening was the spring that I proposed to Anny. It was also the spring that I (with Anny) made the decision to move from Maryland to Manassas, VA so that I could take a full time job at the Presbytery's Camp. Since she is a teacher, we knew that no matter where we went, there are jobs for her. I was unhappy with my warehouse job, and I think that working there certainly did not help my condition, and my dream job had opened up.
Needless to say, that added stress to my body. Moving out of my childhood home for the first time. Learning to live with another person, who was much more tidy than I was particularly used to. Learning to work a crazy system of a Retreat Center. It was stressful on the one hand, but stress relieving on the other. It was the best decision for me at the time, a less stressful job, living with Anny, learning the new things that I wanted to learn at work. (I'm a Microsoft Access geek now!)
After moving to Manassas, we made a conscious decision that I would retain my nephrologist up here in Maryland. Although I knew deep down that his methods were still a bit behind the times, things seemed to be progressing nicely toward the goal of minimizing the protein excretion that is my disease.
I continued to take prednisone for a total of 18 months. Everything that I read said to cut back after 12 months. We began to ween my body from the overpowering steroid, but because my protein count creeped back up, so I went back onto the prednisone! I got to bulk up, but never did the whole exercise thing, so I got fat instead of muscular.
During those months, I got married. So yes, all of my wedding pictures have me with my extra-pudgy face. Thank goodness that you could not see my legs, they were very very thick!
That brought us to the late spring of 2002. There was general consensus that my body was not responding the way it was supposed to be on the prednisone. That led to further clarification of my diagnosis to: Steroid-Resistant Focal Segmental Glomerulonephritis.
Once again I began to worry about my choice of doctor, but it just seemed easier to stay with him. We made a decision to stop taking the prednisone and go a completely different route. Bring in Cytoxan. (HERE is a link to WebMD. Bottom line, nasty stuff) The form of cytoxan that I was put on was intravenous. It was described to me as basically Chemo, but for kidneys and not cancer. That's exactly what it was.
Cytoxan meant an overnight stay at the hospital, which meant that I had to go up to Maryland to get the treatment done. After hearing about how bad chemo was (and having experienced the nasty things it does with my grandmother) I was a bit freaked out. The experience overall, was not as bad as I had prepared myself for. The collateral damage to other organs was never determined, and probably never will be.
Like most people, I remember the worst of the experiences. I had to go for three intravenous treatments of Cytoxan. For the most part, the whole experience was okay. The nurses at the local hospital was GREAT to me. (As they have been to the other folks in my family that have had to go there) The eternal problem with going to an Adventist hospital is that they had not yet begun to serve meat. Well, the 'meat' that was in the sloppy joe was.... just gross.
If that's the worst thing that I remember, I think it was an okay experience.
The Cytoxan treatments of my FSGS had little to no effect on my health. Not positive nor negative. I was disappointed to the extent that I decided to leave the Doctor that I had been seeing for most of two years. We were happily living 50 miles away from the doctors office and each of the hospitals that he worked at.
A longer title for clarification of my diagnosis: Steroid-Resistant, Cytoxan-Resistant Focal Segmental Glomerulonephritis. It does not mean anything more than the original disease diagnosis, except that it gives future doctors some direction.
This post is too long, but is an integral span for the overall story. In the next part of the story look for an update on a doctor change, another doctor change, and new medicines!
Prednisone is a steroid in the best and worst sense of the stereotypes. I believe that I would be at a healthier weight if I had not been on them for so long. Prednisone is very effective in most cases of FSGS, but after being on it for 18 months or so, they had to change my official diagnosis to Steroid-Resistant Focal Segmental Glomerulonephritis. But that is getting ahead of the story.
The spring that all of the diagnosis process was happening was the spring that I proposed to Anny. It was also the spring that I (with Anny) made the decision to move from Maryland to Manassas, VA so that I could take a full time job at the Presbytery's Camp. Since she is a teacher, we knew that no matter where we went, there are jobs for her. I was unhappy with my warehouse job, and I think that working there certainly did not help my condition, and my dream job had opened up.
Needless to say, that added stress to my body. Moving out of my childhood home for the first time. Learning to live with another person, who was much more tidy than I was particularly used to. Learning to work a crazy system of a Retreat Center. It was stressful on the one hand, but stress relieving on the other. It was the best decision for me at the time, a less stressful job, living with Anny, learning the new things that I wanted to learn at work. (I'm a Microsoft Access geek now!)
After moving to Manassas, we made a conscious decision that I would retain my nephrologist up here in Maryland. Although I knew deep down that his methods were still a bit behind the times, things seemed to be progressing nicely toward the goal of minimizing the protein excretion that is my disease.
I continued to take prednisone for a total of 18 months. Everything that I read said to cut back after 12 months. We began to ween my body from the overpowering steroid, but because my protein count creeped back up, so I went back onto the prednisone! I got to bulk up, but never did the whole exercise thing, so I got fat instead of muscular.
During those months, I got married. So yes, all of my wedding pictures have me with my extra-pudgy face. Thank goodness that you could not see my legs, they were very very thick!
That brought us to the late spring of 2002. There was general consensus that my body was not responding the way it was supposed to be on the prednisone. That led to further clarification of my diagnosis to: Steroid-Resistant Focal Segmental Glomerulonephritis.
Once again I began to worry about my choice of doctor, but it just seemed easier to stay with him. We made a decision to stop taking the prednisone and go a completely different route. Bring in Cytoxan. (HERE is a link to WebMD. Bottom line, nasty stuff) The form of cytoxan that I was put on was intravenous. It was described to me as basically Chemo, but for kidneys and not cancer. That's exactly what it was.
Cytoxan meant an overnight stay at the hospital, which meant that I had to go up to Maryland to get the treatment done. After hearing about how bad chemo was (and having experienced the nasty things it does with my grandmother) I was a bit freaked out. The experience overall, was not as bad as I had prepared myself for. The collateral damage to other organs was never determined, and probably never will be.
Like most people, I remember the worst of the experiences. I had to go for three intravenous treatments of Cytoxan. For the most part, the whole experience was okay. The nurses at the local hospital was GREAT to me. (As they have been to the other folks in my family that have had to go there) The eternal problem with going to an Adventist hospital is that they had not yet begun to serve meat. Well, the 'meat' that was in the sloppy joe was.... just gross.
If that's the worst thing that I remember, I think it was an okay experience.
The Cytoxan treatments of my FSGS had little to no effect on my health. Not positive nor negative. I was disappointed to the extent that I decided to leave the Doctor that I had been seeing for most of two years. We were happily living 50 miles away from the doctors office and each of the hospitals that he worked at.
A longer title for clarification of my diagnosis: Steroid-Resistant, Cytoxan-Resistant Focal Segmental Glomerulonephritis. It does not mean anything more than the original disease diagnosis, except that it gives future doctors some direction.
This post is too long, but is an integral span for the overall story. In the next part of the story look for an update on a doctor change, another doctor change, and new medicines!
September 07, 2006
Over the Limit, Under Arrest - REVIEW
See my PREVIOUS Post to see where this all began.....
So, the 18 days of enforcement of the "Over the Limit, Under Arrest" campaign are over. I heeded to the warnings of TV and radio, and indeed did not drive under the influence of alcohol in any way.
So, here are how the statistics broke down, from where I sat:
0 - Number of minutes spent drunk driving by Rob
700 - Approximate number of miles driven by Rob during the 18 day period
1 - Trip to and from Rehoboth Beach, DE, quite a party town during the summer
0 - Number of Checkpoints driven through during the last TWO YEARS, which include the 18 days of "strict enforcement" of drunk driving laws under the Over the Limit campaign.
For those who only know me through cyberspace - I live just outside the University of Maryland. When I say just outside, I mean that I have restaurants that I avoid during the school year around the corner because they're invaded by students. (Actually, during the winter, we can see the Chapel on Campus)
Overall, I think that I really need to hear some solid statistics from someone, anyone, about arrests and citations. I went back to their website, and cannot find ANY follow up information. Maybe it's too soon, but you can be sure that I will keep an eye on that.
Did you pass through any checkpoints? Do you know anyone who did?
To be honest, I don't know why this is the particular bee in my bonnet. There are more pressing issues in the world, and I know that. I hate being targeted, I guess. I am hoping that my next post will be My Kidney Story Part 3, so keep an eye out for that by the end of the weekend!
So, the 18 days of enforcement of the "Over the Limit, Under Arrest" campaign are over. I heeded to the warnings of TV and radio, and indeed did not drive under the influence of alcohol in any way.
So, here are how the statistics broke down, from where I sat:
0 - Number of minutes spent drunk driving by Rob
700 - Approximate number of miles driven by Rob during the 18 day period
1 - Trip to and from Rehoboth Beach, DE, quite a party town during the summer
0 - Number of Checkpoints driven through during the last TWO YEARS, which include the 18 days of "strict enforcement" of drunk driving laws under the Over the Limit campaign.
For those who only know me through cyberspace - I live just outside the University of Maryland. When I say just outside, I mean that I have restaurants that I avoid during the school year around the corner because they're invaded by students. (Actually, during the winter, we can see the Chapel on Campus)
Overall, I think that I really need to hear some solid statistics from someone, anyone, about arrests and citations. I went back to their website, and cannot find ANY follow up information. Maybe it's too soon, but you can be sure that I will keep an eye on that.
Did you pass through any checkpoints? Do you know anyone who did?
To be honest, I don't know why this is the particular bee in my bonnet. There are more pressing issues in the world, and I know that. I hate being targeted, I guess. I am hoping that my next post will be My Kidney Story Part 3, so keep an eye out for that by the end of the weekend!
September 06, 2006
Fun on a Long Weekend
Since we will be in Saint Louis this Christmas, Maggie (our 5 month old Beagle) will be staying with family here locally. My family is a dog family. We need to make sure that Maggie will be okay with the other dogs and not freak out, so this was a test run. I'm sure we will have several more before the holidays are here.
Saturday morning we took off early in the rain, headed for the family house in Delaware. We were greeted with the most diplomatic of the dogs, Joey. Joey is a female Golden Lab, about seven years old. She's the most docile big dog I have ever met, going so far as to not flinch when receiving injections of Cortisone for allergies. It took a little bit of effort on everyone's part, but soon Joey and Maggie were cool.
Next was two of the standard poodles. (The third is basically a crack head as it is) After some intentional meet and greet time in the garage, we released all of the dogs into the back yard while we two-legged folks worked on the patio enclosure that was damaged in some nasty wind that had passed through the day before.
The dogs got along very well, even chasing each other for quite a while. Glad to have each of them getting the exercise too! I think that Sunday Morning was the most sleeping-in done in our house in a long time. (Maggie is not yet an alarm-waker, she likes to be up at the same time every day, and it's earlier than I want to be!) I think that they will all be fine at Christmas!
Sunday we went to church, and afterwards met with our pastor to talk about Confirmation Class. I somehow volunteered to co-lead with our Pastor and our Seminary Intern. I have not led confirmation classes before, so this is an exciting proposition! There are only about ten active 8th and 9th graders, so it will be a small class, but mine was only seven! I'm looking forward to a slower-paced youth activity than the every-Sunday that I was used to at my last church.
The afternoon was spent at our friends house. They moved in a few weeks ago and everything that can be in order, is. (They want to get the pool fence redone, and have to rebuild the deck, but those can wait!) Their son is almost two and just as adorable as ever.
Monday (YAY for holidays!) was spent cleaning the house and doing other general stuff. I bought a new pair or running shoes, since I have put several more miles on my cruddy shoes than they ever asked for. I have avoided Nike for many years for silly reasons, but when all is said and done, nothing beats Air Max shoes! We went for a walk last night through the puddles, so I've given a good workout. (and Maggie LOVED playing in puddles)
I'm now to the point of taking two days to write, and I'm feeling like I'm rambling.
Okay, Bye.
Saturday morning we took off early in the rain, headed for the family house in Delaware. We were greeted with the most diplomatic of the dogs, Joey. Joey is a female Golden Lab, about seven years old. She's the most docile big dog I have ever met, going so far as to not flinch when receiving injections of Cortisone for allergies. It took a little bit of effort on everyone's part, but soon Joey and Maggie were cool.
Next was two of the standard poodles. (The third is basically a crack head as it is) After some intentional meet and greet time in the garage, we released all of the dogs into the back yard while we two-legged folks worked on the patio enclosure that was damaged in some nasty wind that had passed through the day before.
The dogs got along very well, even chasing each other for quite a while. Glad to have each of them getting the exercise too! I think that Sunday Morning was the most sleeping-in done in our house in a long time. (Maggie is not yet an alarm-waker, she likes to be up at the same time every day, and it's earlier than I want to be!) I think that they will all be fine at Christmas!
Sunday we went to church, and afterwards met with our pastor to talk about Confirmation Class. I somehow volunteered to co-lead with our Pastor and our Seminary Intern. I have not led confirmation classes before, so this is an exciting proposition! There are only about ten active 8th and 9th graders, so it will be a small class, but mine was only seven! I'm looking forward to a slower-paced youth activity than the every-Sunday that I was used to at my last church.
The afternoon was spent at our friends house. They moved in a few weeks ago and everything that can be in order, is. (They want to get the pool fence redone, and have to rebuild the deck, but those can wait!) Their son is almost two and just as adorable as ever.
Monday (YAY for holidays!) was spent cleaning the house and doing other general stuff. I bought a new pair or running shoes, since I have put several more miles on my cruddy shoes than they ever asked for. I have avoided Nike for many years for silly reasons, but when all is said and done, nothing beats Air Max shoes! We went for a walk last night through the puddles, so I've given a good workout. (and Maggie LOVED playing in puddles)
I'm now to the point of taking two days to write, and I'm feeling like I'm rambling.
Okay, Bye.
September 01, 2006
People Watching is More Fun with Sports!
My boss has season tickets to the Washington Redskins, but could not go to last night's game, so My Brother and I got her tickets! (for FREE!!) Since Jason is a teacher, and I'm a bum who needs/likes his sleep, we ended up leaving at halftime with a score of Ravens a lot, and Redskins zero. It was the final preseason game for both teams, so by the time we left, the guys on the field are third string, so basically I could have played cornerback. If I could run.
So, we spent a good amount of time people watching. I really do think that people watching is better at sporting events than pretty much anywhere else. You have a good mix of people. Some passionate about one of the teams, some just dragged there by their friends. Some there to drink beer, some driven crazy by the noise level.
PW#1 - For those unaware of the NFC East, there are several rivalries, but none bigger than the Cowboys and Redskins. The game we went to was against the Ravens, but there was a 'Boys fan in the next section over causing a ruckus. It was funny because there was a woman several rows in front of him actually SCREAMING back at him, spouting off last seasons records of both teams, and going back into the glory days to spout off championship years and such.
PW#2 - Sports unite people who you would not normally think. The old are teaching the young. There were several people in front of us who obviously did not know each other at 8:00, but were having football conversation by the end of the first quarter. Last season at a hockey game, Fantasy Hockey became the focus of several people around me, so I joined in on their conversation too. (Had to set them straight!)
PW#3 - Completely a personal one here - I saw a pair of Air Jordans that had to have been custom made for a team because they were NEVER released in stores. Tarheel blue soles and red uppers is not a nice combo, but they were unique!
PW#4 - Tailgating. I have never understood this phenomenon. I guess it's cheaper than buying tickets, but there were folks with a TV and grill set up in the parking lot when we went in, and when we left. Again, folks talking to them left and right. But they were in their lawn chairs, probably for the whole game. Part of me think "how cool to meet and greet with complete strangers for hours on end." Part of me thinks "how much cooler to use a flush toilet inside the stadium.
On all fronts a good time. It was my first game at FedEx Field, and my first Redskins game live in a dozen or so years. On a side note - if you're in the are and need to catch up on some hockey this season, let me know. We're going to order the Center Ice package again, so I will get to watch hockey every night of the week, if I'm so inclined!
So, we spent a good amount of time people watching. I really do think that people watching is better at sporting events than pretty much anywhere else. You have a good mix of people. Some passionate about one of the teams, some just dragged there by their friends. Some there to drink beer, some driven crazy by the noise level.
PW#1 - For those unaware of the NFC East, there are several rivalries, but none bigger than the Cowboys and Redskins. The game we went to was against the Ravens, but there was a 'Boys fan in the next section over causing a ruckus. It was funny because there was a woman several rows in front of him actually SCREAMING back at him, spouting off last seasons records of both teams, and going back into the glory days to spout off championship years and such.
PW#2 - Sports unite people who you would not normally think. The old are teaching the young. There were several people in front of us who obviously did not know each other at 8:00, but were having football conversation by the end of the first quarter. Last season at a hockey game, Fantasy Hockey became the focus of several people around me, so I joined in on their conversation too. (Had to set them straight!)
PW#3 - Completely a personal one here - I saw a pair of Air Jordans that had to have been custom made for a team because they were NEVER released in stores. Tarheel blue soles and red uppers is not a nice combo, but they were unique!
PW#4 - Tailgating. I have never understood this phenomenon. I guess it's cheaper than buying tickets, but there were folks with a TV and grill set up in the parking lot when we went in, and when we left. Again, folks talking to them left and right. But they were in their lawn chairs, probably for the whole game. Part of me think "how cool to meet and greet with complete strangers for hours on end." Part of me thinks "how much cooler to use a flush toilet inside the stadium.
On all fronts a good time. It was my first game at FedEx Field, and my first Redskins game live in a dozen or so years. On a side note - if you're in the are and need to catch up on some hockey this season, let me know. We're going to order the Center Ice package again, so I will get to watch hockey every night of the week, if I'm so inclined!
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