Category Archives: Sports

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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Happy New Year (2025)

Posted on January 2, 2025 by AverageAndy

Despite the tragedy in New Orleans, along with the craziness of a Tesla full of fireworks catching on fire in Las Vegas, and a bunch of yahoos shooting people at the nightclub in Queens, NY., I hope everybody was able … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year (Days 18 – 26)

Posted on December 26, 2024 by AverageAndy

Hope everybody enjoyed their Christmas / Chanaka and got to spend some time with friends and family Writing every day is much harder than I thought, especially if you throw in Christmas on a Wednesday. I’m going to try and … Continue reading →

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Seven, Eight, Nine

Posted on December 9, 2024 by AverageAndy

Realizing I have some sort of phobia about writing to this blog from home. Both Satuday and Sunday, I told myself I would find time to write, and both days, I came up with excuses — Don’t want to write … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Chicken, Christian Hubicki, Dalton Ross, David Grann - The Wager, Drew Basile, Everyday, Jeff Probst, Jesse Tannenbaum, Lehigh University, NY Giants, NY Mets, Parvati Shallow, Reality Shows, Sports, Ted Talks | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Day 6

Posted on December 6, 2024 by AverageAndy

One of the advantages of being unemployed is the free time you finally have to get things done that you kept putting off. On the other hand, one of the disadvantages is the feeling of dread having to start working … Continue reading →

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31 Days of December

Posted on December 4, 2024 by AverageAndy

Going to try and write something each day during the month of December. Since today is already the 4th, you will get 4 things today. 1. Big win for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks over Richmond last Saturday. This team is … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving (2024)

Posted on November 25, 2024 by AverageAndy

Turkey day is coming and I am looking forward to meeting up with long time friends as usual on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Been getting together for over 25 years and its always great to catch up with some of … Continue reading →

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Time Marches On

Posted on November 15, 2024 by AverageAndy

Its been about a month since I was let go from my job as a Data Center Administrator. After getting things that needed to be done (Insurance, Unemployment) completed, along with revieing finances, I have been able to take some … Continue reading →

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Keep on Moving

Posted on November 1, 2024 by AverageAndy

Been a strange few weeks as I am between jobs and dealing with things associated with being unemployed like getting my insurance straightened out (COBRA is expensive), Figuring out what to do with my 401K, Filling for unemployment, updating my … Continue reading →

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