Category Archives: Fun and Games

Survivor 49 – Thats a Wrap

Posted on December 18, 2025 by AverageAndy

Congratulations to Savannah Louie for winning Survivor 49 and taking home the $1,000,000.00 grand prize. She played a solid game and was able to sway the jury to vote for her to win. The vote was a slight deviation from … Continue reading →

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Stranger Things 5 / Guns and Roses / Survivor 49

Posted on December 5, 2025 by AverageAndy

Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving. Starting with my Birthday last Wednesday, the 26th, it was kind of a whirlwind. Started by meeting some friends out for our annual Night Before Thanksgiving. Came home and watched the 1st two episodes … Continue reading →

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The Good, The Bad, And A Needed Change

Posted on November 17, 2025 by AverageAndy

THE GOOD Lehigh Mountain Hawk Football continued their winning ways and are now 11-0 after defeating Colgate 27-7 over the weekend. They now hold the 5th longest regular season winning streak at 17 games and look to extend their record … Continue reading →

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On and on we go. Where we stop, nobody knows

Posted on October 31, 2025 by AverageAndy

Here are some updates since the last time I wrote Happy Halloween. Hope everybody has fun and enjoys dressing up and collecting candy Every year on Halloween, I take some time to listen to the following two songs. Good stuff … Continue reading →

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Short Update

Posted on October 7, 2025 by AverageAndy

Going to return my rental car and pick up my car from the show this afternoon. It took 2 weeks to replace the undercarriage (wires were all chewed up by a rodent that had made a nest in my car). … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts for a Friday

Posted on August 22, 2025 by AverageAndy

A little late, but sad to see that Terrence Stamp passed away last week. I remember him as General Zod in the original Superman and Superman 2. He also played Chancellor Valorum in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. The Mets … Continue reading →

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Time for another post (RIP Anne Burrell)

Posted on June 20, 2025 by AverageAndy

Very sad to see that Celebrity Chef Anne Burrell passed away this week at the age of 55. I have been a fan of the Food Network and all of their past and present chefs, and this one hit hard. … Continue reading →

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3 Days until Survivor 48 (Wednesday, February 26th)

Posted on February 24, 2025 by AverageAndy

Survivor 48 premieres this Wednesday, February 26th, 2025) at 8:00 PM on CBS. As a runup to this, the Survivor held a Beach Drop on Saturday in NYC as well as a preview screening of the 1st Episode of Survivor … Continue reading →

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Sad to see the Star-Ledger Go (plus some good things)

Posted on February 3, 2025 by AverageAndy

As of today (Monday, February 3rd, 2025), the Newark Star Ledger is no longer printing a printed version. The paper has moved to a digital online only edition. Even though it had become expensive, (before going all digital, the Sunday … Continue reading →

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Time flies when your …

Posted on January 24, 2025 by AverageAndy

Some days time feels like it is flying along (usually when you are trying to get lots of things done). Other days it feels like time is crawling along at a snail’s pace (usually when you are in a hurry … Continue reading →

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