Today, I have begun to research options for a get away trip to Killington, Vermont. In 2000, I went to Killington for the first time for a high school ski club trip. We stayed at this amazing place called the Cortina Inn. 8 years later I am trying to get back to this place which gave me so many good memories and stories.
The story I like the best was our first day at Mt. Killington. The temperature at the summit was 20 degrees below zero and the wind was to pick up during the afternoon hours. As I was snowboarding in the terrai
n park, EJ Cockraine wanted to do the back country free ride course on the other side of the mountain. We got to the top and be began following the red and yellow markers through the trees. We got split up but we both knew we had to be at the bus by 5pm. It was now around 2pm and I was still continuing on the trail that led out into the long green trail the leads down the main slopes. As I make my way down I notice that there is hardly an
yone on the trails and the lifts stopped working. The temperature dropped steadily and it began to snow at a decent pace. As I continued down I noticed I was passing Chalets and also noticed the ski patrol setting up the snow guns to put more pow-pow down as the afternoon went on. All of a sudden I realize that its almost 4pm and I have really no idea where I am or for that matter how far away from the bus pickup. I unclip from my board and begin to look around for any sign of life. As I walked around I noticed large animal tracks and then blood. Like an idiot I followed the blood to a half eaten deer carcass. Now I begin to panic! I wanted to dump some built up heat so I unzipped my jacket and vest and when I went to move my oakley sunglass to the other side of my jacket, they cracked from the cold to heat exchange and I thought I broke a rib. Five minutes later the ski patrol found me and wanted to know how the hell I got over here to this side of the mountain since all the lift were down due to the wind. I told them what had happened and they put me on a snowmobile and took me all the way across to the other side of the mountain where my teachers and classmates were waiting worried that I got injured on the back country trail since EJ made it back and I did not.
The best part about this place is the rooms with the hot tubs! You literally w
alk from your bed onto your deck and into your hot tub which over looks into the mountains. The other great thing about this place in the winter is that they do sleigh rides right from the Inn right into town and back.
I feel that January will be a pretty good month, and the snow began falling early so it looks to be shaping up to be a great ski season.
Well Black Friday is here again and the highways and by-ways are alive with angry people who really do not want to shop but feel compelled to do so on this one day. I for one love black friday, especially to window shop, which really pisses off the employees that have been up since 4am! 
This is the watch that I will purchase after my completion of the Philadelphia Police Academy. Very Very exciting I know.
HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY SEAN (MALT-MAN) NULL
This is dedicated to my Home-brewing Homie, Sean at Wissinoming Brewing Co. 
What a fitting statement from such a great character as Darryl Hammond playing Sean Connery. It is fitting because it is a statement from one of our country's great craft beer breweries, ROGUE! There is nothing quite like the taste of a Rogue Ale. For those of you who like the taste of Samuel Adams Boston Lager will definitely become a Rogue convert. Not taking anything away from Sam Adams and their line of craft beers, Rogue seems to have the right balance of flavors in all of their lines of beer, especially if you are pairing beer with food. For me, I like a great bar bq anytime of the year and I especially love bar bq'd pork and seafood. If you are like me, and love pairing beer with your meals, I would say for bar bq pork and seafood I would go directly for either a Rogue Dead Guy Ale or Double Dead Guy. The complexity of this beer and the great balance between the malt and hop profile makes this beer easy to drink and when drinking with pork or seafood, just pulls all the wonderful flavors from the meat without taking anything away from the meal itself. 
Today, I have begun to research options for a get away trip to Killington, Vermont. In 2000, I went to Killington for the first time for a high school ski club trip. We stayed at this amazing place called the Cortina Inn. 8 years later I am trying to get back to this place which gave me so many good memories and stories. 
"By the Power oF Grey Skull!" This is why Vagina will always beat Paper, Rock, or Scissors hands down!
There is something about a good IPA on a cold winters night in Philadelphia that makes one think about not going out to the movies but pirate them! Tonight I watched a Porno with Carey (my esteemed other half) and it was pretty enjoyable. (Got your attention now) The Porno was a in essence a porno but it was Zack and Miri ... and I must say it was pretty good. There was only one thing that sucked, and that was that the site got shut down when the movie was 3/4 finished. The up shot was that I was just getting turned on.. (hahah.ohhhooo.heehahh ho.)
I have worked as an educator/administrator for the Philadelphia Charter Schools for two years and have been out of a job since September because of new state legislation regarding para-professionals in charter schools. During these past few months I have applied to more than 75 jobs and have either been rejected because of not enough experience or being over qualified for being a college graduate. After thinking long and hard while examining my strengths and what I see as a rewarding profession, I have decided to enroll into the Philadelphia Police Academy for 2009. After weighing in all the pros and cons this seems to fit best for me. The plus side is now when I want to play cops and robbers with Carey it will be a bit more real!
