http://ericles.com/news Homepage of The Mighty Ericles Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:14:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I failed to totally jinx myself! Here's the rundown: Midnight Stalkers: I got crushed. 2nd place isn't bad though. Stupid DeAngelo Williams. WW GNU League: Victory! The title stays with our department and I win the cashito! Multi-State Showdown: I actually hoped to lose, but I seem to have won. Oh well. :-) Open ... http://ericles.com/news/2008/12/24/final-football-wrapup/ Every year I post a report a few times during the season and unfailingly it jinxes me. This year shall be no different, except I'm jinxing myself as I play for the championship in 4 of the 6 leagues I joined. Midnight Stalkers: 2nd seed. Playing for the Golden Meatball.  9-4-1 WW ... http://ericles.com/news/2008/12/21/fantasy-football-report-2008/ After training for the past several months for no particular reason I decided I wanted to run an official race this fall. A race on a Sunday in which Heather could participate would be perfect. Enter the Navesink Challenge - a local race that featured a 15K & 5K along ... http://ericles.com/news/2008/11/30/navesink-challenge/ In the Summer of 1779 the land of Tatum Park near Middletown, NJ was a small farm owned by a family that was struggling to just keep the farm running. To make matters worse, British soldiers were occupying their land. Young Emily had a magnificent garden of native flowers, but ... http://ericles.com/news/2008/09/30/just-because-i-havent-shared-anything-in-a-while/ It's 6:50 AM, 69 degrees, it's raining... hard and I'm running up my street mentally typing up this blog. There's something refreshing about running in the rain, but from the looks on the faces of the people who saw me, most folks don't get it. Rather than try to explain it ... http://ericles.com/news/2008/07/24/running-swimming-rain/ Did you know that Geocaching is the only cache site the doesn't have an actual Latin prefix? It's true, it's clue! The other day I was driving home from work and the car hit 100,000 miles just as I was passing Holmdel Park. I took the opportunity to explore Historic Longstreet Farm ... http://ericles.com/news/2008/07/17/out-of-body-experience/ Captain William Kidd stood on the Gallows & a thin rain began to fall. He was dressed in the full splendor of a decorated colonial captain of the seas from the spotless coat to the new pair of boots. A list of crimes for which Kidd stood accused was being read ... http://ericles.com/news/2008/06/25/captain-kidds-treasure-found/ Ok, it's been months since I've typed anything into this spot so I'm way overdue (again). Today is probably not the best day to attempt creative (or accurate) writing as I'm recovering from a pretty bad bout of food poisoning. I wont go into details except to say that if ... http://ericles.com/news/2008/05/27/catching-up/ This past weekend I ran in the world famous Mount Penn Mudfest in Reading, Pennsylvania. It's a trail run that takes you up and down as many hills and through as many mud-pits & streams as the race designers could fit into 15 kilometers. When I first heard about the race ... http://ericles.com/news/2008/03/24/nine-a-third-miles/ A week ago today Heather & myself left for a trip to Florida. The main reason for the trip was to visit with some of Heather’s FL based relatives. A few live in Europe and would also be flying in this week. The plan was to hang out periodically through ... http://ericles.com/news/2008/02/16/florida-vacation-2008/ A while back I wrote about my difficulty getting Eagles tickets & mentioned that the only way to get them is to spend. So I spent. I spent a lot. But... I got to see the one football game that I've been trying to see for many years - the ... http://ericles.com/news/2007/12/09/philadelphia-eagles-game-2007/ After my rant about paying off the load early the banks took interest and did the only thing they could to prevent me from paying... they lost the check I mailed to them. This accomplishes several things: 1) They get to charge me $78 in fees. 2) They get to call and bug ... http://ericles.com/news/2007/11/28/why-i-dont-trust-banks/