hurricane fortification
- Determine sources of information about storm, if any exist
- Replenish stock of non-perishable chocolate
- Replenish stock of non-perishable vodka
- Ensure flashlight works so chocolate (more…)
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hurricane checklist
Posted: October 29, 2012 in Humorous BitsTags: checklist, chocolate, humor, humour, hurricane, hurricane Sandy, Jim Cantore, life, list, not so funny, preparations, storm, vodka, weather
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developing story
Posted: September 18, 2012 in Humorous Bits, New JerseyTags: bulk retailers, central New Jersey, construction, Costco, humor, humour, life, New Jersey, NJ, Route 1, shopping, stores
Several years ago Johnson and Johnson, the enormous multi-national manufacturer, closed a facility located in central New Jersey along the northbound side of Route 1 and sold the 200+ acres to the local township. The township dithered for a long time before finally agreeing upon a plan to construct a new town center on this acreage. Now how you can suddenly create a new town center in a 230 year old township is baffling. Especially when the township is (more…)
phoning it in
Posted: September 13, 2012 in Humorous Bits, Observations and CommentaryTags: communication, conversation, future, humor, humour, iPhone, life, phones, progress, smart phones, society, technology, telephones
Smart phones. Just the name tells us we’re dealing with something designed to dispel any antiquated notions we may have about telephones and their original purpose. Had we been told 20 years ago that such a lightweight, rectangular chunk of technology could do the things smart phones routinely do many of us would have scoffed, imagining a Jetsons-like future which (more…)
simply stated
Posted: September 10, 2012 in Humorous Bits, New JerseyTags: Alabama, California, Crimson Tide, geography, humor, humour, Indiana, Kentucky, Mint Julep, moonshine, New Jersey, NJ, silly rivalries, thin crust pizza, USA
Being from New Jersey can be downright challenging. The constant barbs and insults are enough to make one think spending three hours a day at the gym, an hour in a tanning bed and another hour sculpting your hair is, perhaps, not the best use of one’s time. Pretty ridiculous, right? Yet it seems as if people everywhere are putting Jersey down, making fun of this cute little profile-shaped state. Let’s face it. Something is amiss when Alabama (more…)
preparing for the future
Posted: June 25, 2012 in Humorous Bits, Observations and CommentaryTags: 2003, dance, education, humor, humour, life, The Hustle, Wheaton College
Thousands of truckers descended upon Wheaton, Illinois this week. They came from places far and near, places like Missoula, Waco, Teaneck and Cicero. They pulled their 18-wheelers into town united in a cause, joined together with a crackling energy not often seen in this country outside of tax evasion season. They arrived to help the students of (more…)
siriusly can’t avoid the punny title
Posted: June 19, 2012 in Humorous BitsTags: change, humor, humour, life, music, radio, Sirius, XM
I recently got a free three month subscription to SiriusXM Radio, recently being last week. I am currently heart-deep in the honeymoon stage. You know how it is. Just thinking about your new beloved gets the adrenaline zipping through your veins like Gary Busey through a residential neighborhood. A mere passing thought makes you wonder how you ever possibly managed (more…)
in our defense
Posted: June 13, 2012 in Humorous Bits, Observations and CommentaryTags: Cosmopolitan, humor, humour, life, men, society, war of the sexes, women
Cosmopolitan magazine recently published an online article asserting “tons of studies” have proven women are better than men at some things, specifically 12 things. Whether the 12 studies they referenced actually constitute “tons” is question for another time, one involving basic math skills. I suppose it doesn’t much matter seeing how math skills were not on their list. What is concerning is Cosmo has apparently taken the perspective that equality is no longer the issue, no longer “the cause”. What was once a noble quest has now become a full-fledged campaign to (more…)
the swedish workout
Posted: May 29, 2012 in Humorous BitsTags: exercise, humor, humour, IKEA, maze, retail, shopping, Sweden, workout
Forget running the Boston Marathon. Forget power walking the stairs in the Willis Tower. Forget dashing up and down the face of the Grand Canyon. If you want exercise, if you want to get the old ticker ticking, if you want to burn calories like a fitness arsonist, you need go no further than your local (more…)
family tree
Posted: April 30, 2012 in Humorous BitsTags: ancestors, family, history, humor, humour, life, Trask Avenue
The Trask Avenue family has a long history. We share with you some of those who came before us.
Traskulus? Who knows?
Traskulus Bargainus (285-330)
Traskulus Bargainus was a noted tapestry merchant in Rome during reign of Constantine I. He became widely famous for promoting the use of advertising slogans to popularize subpar and shoddy merchandise. He is alleged to have invented the concept of selling overstocked items at largely discounted prices by invoking the phrase “Everything Must Go!” However, several significant scholars claim the original phrase was actually “Everything must go before the nasty centurion bastards crash through my door and steal my goodies for the greedy Emperor”. Traskulus was commonly known to Roman citizens of the era as “Crazy Trasky”. (more…)
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