http://ericles.com/news Homepage of The Mighty Ericles Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:33:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok, so I'm like hanging out with some friends at a pizza place and someone says they want a cannoli and the next thing I know we like all have one and I'm eating it and I don't know what happened but it was crispy and so like it broke ... http://ericles.com/news/2010/02/28/score-cannoli-2-chompers-0/ It had been a few years since I was able to "win" one of Woot.com's infamous Bags o' Crap. They focus on tech stuff and typically sell just one item/day but every once in a while their warehouse fills up with crap they just can't sell ... so they sell ... http://ericles.com/news/2010/01/19/bag-o-crap-2/ One of the reasons I haven't been adding many new posts here in 2009 was that I've been doing more on Facebook. Yeah, I know, as stated on the homepage: I suck. I wont proclaim that I'll post more updates here in 2010 but I will aggregate some of my ... http://ericles.com/news/2009/12/29/the-12-days-of-christmas/ My favorite use for this site is venting when I'm pissed so here goes: I'm through with Citibank. They were my first credit card and the only ones who took a chance on the stupid kid with no credit but at some point they got complacent. They made deals with ... http://ericles.com/news/2009/08/31/throwing-away-15-years-for-2-10/ I had the bright idea to do one substantial project for the house each month. So far it's looked like this: January: Re-arrange the living room so the TV could be on an adjacent wall. This involved installing a new wall outlet and re-wiring the cable in the basement. We got ... http://ericles.com/news/2009/03/31/monthly-projects/ Around Christmas late last year I started into a cluster cycle of headaches. It’s been a long while since I wrote about these so I’ll retell my tale of the pain in the brain. Cluster Headache is in the migraine family. A typical day in the life of a Clusterati ... http://ericles.com/news/2009/02/28/the-cluster-of-2009/ I only seem motivated to drop a post here once a month so I'll make it a tradition. This has been a turbulent month for me in a lot of ways. It all started when I returned to work after the New Year's break and discovered our parent companies had filed ... http://ericles.com/news/2009/02/01/monthly-update-januar/ 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/