Halloween

Quiet Halloween. I took my daughter dressed up as Cinderella trick or treating in some nearby neighborhoods.  Didn't appear like as many folks were participating this year as normal. So she brought home a modest amount of candy, but considering she lost a tooth yesterday it probably is just as well. The best part of it all was a chance to spend time with her. Combined with the trip to the pumpkin patch, a Fall Festival, a special movie, and a couple of costume parties I think she had a good Halloween season.

I don't have a bunch of Halloween related articles that I have written. I wrote one about a Ghost tOur in Harpers Ferry. These are fun and a great way to learn about the local history. I also took one in Gettysburg. You can read my Harpers Ferry review here.

I did a review of the vampire movie "Blood and Donuts on Disturbing Films you can read the review here. Hopefully by next Halloween I will have more reviews up. Oh well I hope every one had a great Halloween!

The Sandy Experience

Well the blunt of Sandy has passed. Thankfully no damage here and the power stayed on except for some few minutes of flickering. We made out much better with this storm than we did with last October's snowfall or this summer's Derecho. Any way we are fortunate both the Shenandoah Rivers and Potomac were on the rise today, we live on a big hill. A lot of people in the area lost power we were spared this time. What a year for storms this year I have been through Sandy, Derecho and a Tropical Storm. Some places just a couple hours west of me in the higher elevations got a lot of snow.

Here is a video of the snow in the southern part of West Virginia...

Another video of the snow...

Here is some local coverage from the Hagerstown NBC station...

Safe and sound here. The kids got a couple of days off from school and a two hour delay tomorrow.

San Francisco Giants World Champions

I'm happy the San Francisco Giants won the World Series..I am related by marriage to one of the players so I have a rooting issue and it is nice to watch the game with family. It is fitting the last game went to extra innings and went back and fourth. It was a great reminder of the great October baseball played this season. I am saddened for the Detroit Tigers for being swept. However, they had a great season and a lot to be proud of...I will post some highlights starting with game one..

Game two...

Game three,,

and finally game four..

Now is an interesting part of the year the off season moves, then Spring Training, then a new season will start and we will see who can play Center field...

Last Football Post of October

The end is near.well I hope not with Sandy on the way. However, this is the last football blog post for October. I think I can restrain myself from posting on the subject before the end of the month. Hopefully, the weather will come thru and clear out with out any problems.

Fantasy Football

My team is well on it's way to winning this week.My team could have beaten any team in the league this week which feels better than knowing every team can beat your team. So, I should work my way back in the pack as I even my season record out. It has been fun, since I have been forced to make a lot more moves than I generally do so it isn't all bad.

NFL

I cover the Jacksonville Jaguars and they aren't that good. They did play better today and kept it close with Green Bay. You can read my recap here.

College Football

You can read my new college football rankings here. I have been putting a new poll in the article letting people pick who they think is number one. Thanks for those who participated last week.

It stinks when the team you cover is the team you root for and they lose. Well that happened to me with the Florida Gators and the Georgia Bulldogs. You can read my recap here.I will give Georgia credit the stepped up to the challenge and won the game. Sloppy game for both teams.Here are some highlights from that game:

Then I also covered the BYU-Georgia Tech game. The Cougars beat the Yellow Jackets and you can read my recap here. Here are some highlights from that game...

What a weekend for football all the teams I cover lost. At least there was baseball! Stay safe if you are near the storms and as long as the power is working I will be back with a new post soon!

Rainy Day Music...

A hurricane is brewing in the Atlantic and a storm with a cold front is coming in from the west so much of the east coast of the United States is going to experience a lot of rainy days and in some places snow. I thought I would share an article of 25 rainy day songs so you can start setting up your MP3 setlist. You can read it here.

Here is a song by Deep Purple that wasn't on my list but is perfect for the forecast..

This storm Sandy plans to rock a few people like this...

Hopefully like REO Speedwagon I will be riding the storm out...

Yes it Feels like Rain...

The videos are from songs that were not on my list.I will end it with one more song that is fitting for the new storm. It isn't hurricane season anymore but there is one out there,,,

Well I hope everyone stays safe in the storm...

Washington Nationals 2012 Rewind

What a season by the Washington Nationals! They had the best record in baseball, they had their first winning season, they won their division for the first time, they went to the playoffs for the first time, they had their first twenty game winner and their manager won a well deserved manager of the year award.

I put a list together of ten great moments from this season. You can read my list here. I limited myself to 10, but I am sure in the 167 games the Nationals played this year there are a lot of moments that deserve mentioning. See if you agree with my list, if you have moments you want to share please do so..

Washington's season ended so dramatically too. It was an interesting game to watch and I was rooting for them but the Cardinals come back was just heartbreaking, here is the ending....

This was the best play I have ever seen in person at a baseball game, Bryce Harper stealing home..

I have one more video on my article so check it out. Have fun and I will be blogging on until the storm hits then I might be in Kansas or Oz or somewhere...

Ski Resorts: Mid Atlantic

Hard to believe winter and more importantly ski season is just around the corner as I enjoyed a wonderful Indian Summer day. But to switch gears a bit I thought I would share some articles I have written on ski resorts.

Liberty Mountain Resort

I think I will always call it by it's old name Ski Liberty or just plain Liberty. I wrote a review on this resort that is so close for people living near Washington, D.C. or Baltimore. It was published on Yahoo! Sports and you can read it here.

Below is a fun video with their mascot...

West Virginia

A couple of years ago I wrote a quick article on the four ski resorts in West Virginia. You can read that here. Wow it is hard to believe it has been five years since I wrote this review of Snowshoe which is probably the most popular ski resort in West Virginia. You can read that here.The scenery by the ski resorts in West Virginia are hard to beat, rangoing from the highlands of Snowshoe, the Northern Mountains of Canaan Valley and Timberline, to the Southern Mountains of Winterplace.

Below is a video on Snowshoe...

Wisp

A month after I wrote the Snoeshow review I wrote one about Maryland's only ski resort Wisp. The ski resort staff noticed my article and you can read it here. Below is a video with more info...

Beginners

Three winters back I wrote an article suggesting six resorts for beginner skiers in the Mid Atlantic area. Having skied all six and a bunch more in the area I think it is a pretty good list. You can read it here. Below is a video from Virginia's Bryce Resort...

I think this post along with my articles and the videos might get some people to start thinking snow! The leaves are already falling and soon the flakes will be falling....