Weekly Poop 1/4/12

Roost #44 Poop

·         Dates to Remember:

·        Friday – Water Conservation Group Meeting @

·        Wednesday, January 11 – Ravens Rap @ the Blue Ox.  From Eileen: “Since Ravens won & don't play until Sun 1/15, we will do the Ravens Rap show Wednesday, January 11th - thus skipping this week.  But we need to get a count from you all a.s.a.p., please.  And it's fine if you update the number 2-3x, but by Tuesday morning, January 10th, Steve needs a pretty accurate # of how many will be at the show.  As he told Gary, he can't afford to have Bruce come down, if a majority of you won't be coming; like last week in particular, but we've been told, the #s have been dropping.  Eileen.”  Please email Gary by Tuesday, 1/10 at the latest if you plan to attend.

·        Sunday, February 5 – Raven's Roost #44 Annual Jim Martin Super Bowl Party @ The Blue Ox.   Cost: $23 pp.  Time: 5:30 till?  Wings, pork BBQ with mini rolls, crab dip, meatballs, buffalo chicken dip, steamed shrimp, hamburgers/hot dogs with fixings, cheese/veggie tray, cole slaw, potato salad, brownies and lemon jello cake.  Alcohol/beverages included: Miller and Coors light on draft, iced tea, coffee, soda.  All other alcohol will be charged to individual per happy hour prices.  Give your checks or mail them by next meeting to Larry or Marie Gerst (36843 West Pond Circle, Selbyville, DE 19975, 302-436-1767) made payable to Raven's Roost #44.

·        Saturday, February 18 – Raven’s Roost #44 Post Football Season Dance, 7-11 p.m. benefiting Roost 44’s charities and featuring the band TRANZFUSION!  Ocean City Elks Lodge Hall – 137^th Street Bayside.  $25 pp includes beer, chips, cash bar and money wheel.  For tickets contact: Mary Kendall 302-236-9617 or Ron Apperson 302-436-4790

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Ravens Poop

·        The Ravens beat the Bengals 24-16 to sweep the division, win the AFC North, and earn a first round playoff bye and home playoff game.  The Ravens next game will be at home, Sunday January 15, 1pm against Houston, Denver or Pittsburgh.  Here’s how it shakes out:

Saturday, Jan. 7
AFC: No. 6 Cincinnati Bengals (9-7) at No. 3 Houston Texans (10-6), 4:30 p.m. ET (NBC)
NFC: No. 6 Detroit Lions (10-6) at No. 3 New Orleans Saints (13-3), 8 p.m. ET (NBC)

Sunday, Jan. 8
NFC: No. 5 Atlanta Falcons (10-6) at New York Giants (9-7), 1 p.m. ET (FOX)
AFC: No. 5 Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4) at No. 4 Denver Broncos (8-8), 4:30 p.m. ET (CBS)

In addition to wild-card games, the NFL also released the schedule for divisional games:

Saturday, Jan. 14
NFC: Highest remaining NFC seed at No. 2 San Francisco 49ers (13-3), 4:30 p.m, ET (FOX)
AFC: Lowest remaining AFC seed at No. 1 New England Patriots (13-3), 8 p.m. ET (CBS)

Sunday, Jan. 15
AFC: Highest remaining AFC seed at No. 2 Baltimore Ravens (12-4), 1 p.m. ET (CBS)NFC: Lowest remaining NFC seed at No. 1 Green Bay Packers (15-1), 4:30 p.m. ET (FOX)

·        Ravens running back Ray Rice was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time in five weeks.
Rice led all NFL running backs last weekend with 191 yards rushing in Sunday's 24-16 win at Cincinnati.  He scored on runs of 70 and 51 yards to set the team single-season record with 15 touchdowns this year.
This marks the eighth time this season that a Ravens player has been named a player of the week.  Rice has won twice to join wide receiver Torrey Smith and linebackers Terrell Suggs (three times), Ray Lewis and Jarret Johnson.

·        The Ravens 2012 away games: Kansas City, San Diego, Philadelphia, Washington, Houston (and of course Cleveland, Cincy and Pittsburgh).  Where do we want to go?

·        Good news notes and nuggets from Sarah Ellison’s Blog here.  It’s getting to the point where I can hardly stand ESPN, but I do go Jamison Hensley’s Blog here to stay up to date with all of the AFC North news.

Local Poop

·        Nothing to see here…move along…

Funny Poop

·        A business man got on an elevator in a building.  When he entered the elevator, there was a blonde already inside and she greeted him by saying, "T-G-I-F" (letters only).

He smiled at her and replied, "S-H-I-T" (letters only)."

She looked at him, puzzled, and said, "T-G-I-F" again.

He acknowledged her remark again by answering, "S-H-I-T."

The blonde was trying to be friendly, so she smiled her biggest smile and said as sweetly as possibly, "T-G-I-F" another time.

The man smiled back to her and once again replied with a quizzical expression, "S-H-I-T."

The blonde finally decided to explain things, and this time she said, "T-G-I-F, Thank Goodness It's Friday, get it?"

The man answered, "S-H-I-T, Sorry, Honey, It's Thursday."

Etcetera

·         Got poop?  Let me know!  I’m going to try to get this out every Wednesday so if you get it to me by Tuesday I’ll try to include it.  Your input is appreciated.

·         Be sure to visit our website @ http://www.ravensroost44.com/ or our blog @ http://ravensroost44.blogspot.com/ for the latest news, notes and nuggets.

·         Life is short.  Focus on the good.

·         Congratulations, Ravens Roost #44 on your 3rd place win for AGH Penguin Swim!!

·         Playoffs?!?  Playoffs?!?  Damn right!!

Frank

Baltimore Ravens, let’s go

And put that ball across the line

So fly with talons spread wide

Go in and strike with Ravens pride

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Ravens dark wings take flight

Dive in and show them your might

For Baltimore and Maryland

You will fly on to victory