Archive for August 31, 2008

Don’t Feed The Crackers

Really?

I mean, geez. I know that Caucasians are the minority in Harrisburg but has it really come to this?

A Teaser Of Sorts (The Jersey Mike Fall Line Coming Soon)

So…if you haven’t noticed, allow me to point out to you all that nowhere on this site will you find a paid advertisement from any company or entity.

Therefore, what I do here is completely funded from the goodness of my own heart.

But because of the increased traffic on this site, I’ve come to a decision that I’ll need to figure out some way to earn a few bucks to at least cover costs- and maybe make a couple dollars at the same time.

That said- I’ve teased this before, but have decided it’s high-time for dis guy to get into the Tee Shirt business.

I’m not exactly sure of the frequency that I’ll offer new designs and such- and you’ll certainly see some limited edition-short run designs come election season (oh, is that another hint?) but here, for the first time anywhere, is the very first prototype of the very first offering of the Jersey Mike Clothing Line.

I’ll be (finally) upgrading to WP 2.0 in the next week or so; along with making some much needed and long-overdue upgrades to my site. And with those changes will be a store. My first stab at e-commerce.

I think we’re gonna have some fun with this- so for now, dig on my first idea- and feel free to let me know if you love it or hate it. (Trust me, be honest- you cannot offend me)

Hugs and kisses,

Jersey

Plugging A Fellow Blogger

Have you read @halushki’s blog yet?

I met the Mom-Blogger at last week’s Tweetup. Was sort of confused by the name (and I still don’t know the meaning of it- Halushki) but we exchanged pleasantries.

But then I came home and caught up on the required reading of meeting new bloggers and Twitterers from the area.

And the first piece I read had me absolutely enraptured. I emailed it around to a few people and that was that.

But TODAY, my friends, I plopped Halushki into my Google Reader and caught up on some of her most recent posts-

And, you may not find this as funny as I did, but her post- cryptically titled Creek Glass is absolutely hilarious.

So, in the name of sharing information and turning readers of this site on to interesting and enlightening bits of information they may have otherwise never have seen, I offer you the following- This Link is a link to one of the funniest laugh-out-loud blog posts I’ve read in quite some time.

It starts off nostalgic and wishy-washy, but trust me- about halfway through, it takes a comical turn that any parent can certainly enjoy.

So, in case you missed it- that link is right here and you should go read it.

(If you had the time to read this far on this site, I’m certain you’ve got an extra three and a half minutes in your day to read Halushki.)

What the hell are you still doing here? Go!

Here’s My Free Idea of The Day

I was watching television tonight.

Man vs. Wild, to be exact.

Have you seen this program? It’s on the Discovery channel.

Basically, it’s this guy with an Australian-ish accent who gets himself dropped in these remote locations- in the wild- and basically lives like a caveman for a few days; navigating this episode through some crazy swamp prone to hurricanes, tornados, alligators, killer mosquitos and nothing but knee-deep wetlands for landscape.

So the guy’s got nothing but the clothes on his back, a pocketknife, some arbitrary tools and…a camera crew. (Maybe it’s only one camera. But nonetheless. He’s not completely alone)

ANYWAY- during the episode, the guy came to a river and didn’t want to swim across because he was afraid of the alligators. (Pfft. Alligators, shmalligators) Incidentally, there was an old lean-to built conveniently along the riverbank which had been tattered after years of exposure to storms and, um…being in the swamp.

So, the Steve Irwin/Mac Guyver hybrid took some planks and plywood from the old, convenient lean-to and built a raft. It took him three or four times trying different combinations of planks, beams and two-by-fours, but eventually he got it. And paddled his way across the river.

Which lead to this summers version of last summers’ idea for the Great Midtown Kitten Hunt-

And here is my idea- up for the taking by anyone who wants to do it because I’m not much of an outdoors kind of guy but thought this could be a pretty fun activity for the right group of people to do. Hell- I might even participate.

ANYWAY- Put together a few teams of three or four people each and the goal is to cross the Susquehanna River- with a destination of either McCormick Island…or Wormleysburg…or City Island..wherever. But the only way you may cross the river is on a raft…constructed entirely of items found in the trash within the city of Harrisburg. Sheet rock, plywood, old cellar doors, front doors, back doors, two-by-fours…whatever. And you can’t use traditional tools like hammers or nails. (Mac Irwin didn’t have a hammer- he had a big knife and used a stick to pound nails into the raft)

Oh, and of course it would have to be safe. I’m sure that Harrisburg River Rescue would volunteer to monitor the participants. ‘Cause everybody’s gotta be a team-player, right?

So there you go. Who wants to start a new Harrisburg tradition?

John Brown’s Body – VENUE CHANGE

Just a heads up-

John Brown’s Body- scheduled for Friday November 8 at The Abbey Bar at Appalachian Brewing Company with support from Mishka and Clint Daub’s Polar Coda has been moved to Dragonfly Nightclub located at 234 N Second Street in Harrisburg.

All other info- tickets, times, ages- is exactly the same.

If you’ve already purchased tickets, they will be honored at Dragonfly- same date and time.

Tickets are available online, at Dragonfly Nightclub or Custom Blends in Camp Hill.

Thanks-