Roost #44 Poop
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Dates to Remember:
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Today - Entertainment Committee Meeting, 6 pm
at The Crabby Pig.
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Tomorrow, - Monthly Roost Meeting, Ocean City Elks
Lodge. The meeting will begin at the
special time of 7 pm and will be very brief due to the Ravens/Pan
thers game @ 7:30 pm. If you know
of any members that do not receive these emails please let them know.
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Friday – WCS Meeting
@…
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Friday, November 4th
- Casino Bus Trip to Harrington. Pickup at Montego Bay at 8:30, and Rose’s
Millsboro at 9 am; Return leaving Harrington at 3pm. Cost: $20.00 per person with $15.00 Free Slot
pay and $7.00 credit towards luncheon buffet.
Please contact Mary Kendall to sign up via phone: 302-236-9617 or
email: mary.kendall@merck.com. Any questions please
let me know. Mary.
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Members please bring plastic
or paper shopping bags to the monthly Roost meetings. The bags will be taken to Diakonia by Eric
for use in distributing food donations to the community.
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Ticket Exchange:
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Season tickets for sale:
4 seats Section 506 Row 10 Seat 1-4, $3080.
Please contact Geof Storm at 443-241-4858
or Kathi Storm at 410-596-0810.
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Season Tickets For Sale:
Section: 530, Row 14, Seats 24 & 25.
Cost $1544 (face value). Contact Mike Grimes at 410.251.6821 for further information.
Note: These tickets are not mine.
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PSL'S AND
TICKETS. PSL'S sec 539 row 17 seats 1,2
and 3 (1 is the aisle seat) $1,200 ea per PSL $3600 total for PSL'S. Season tickets for these seats also
available. Bill C 443-513-1697 or billycords558@gmail.com.
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Opening Day Tickets
& Bus Seats For Sale: The seats are located in Section 540/Row 10/Seats 11
& 12. The cost is $200 for the
tickets & seats. Call Ken Taras at
443.235.3437.
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Road Trip: Please see this month's Ravens Caw for trip information, or call
Gary, 443-618-9972. You do not have to be
going to the game in order to buy a shirt.
Please see/call Gary for more information.
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Penguin Swim: SAVE THE DATE!! Wednesday Sept 7th. OC RR44 2016
Bar-Hop Cruise to benefit the Ravens Roost #44 Penguin Swim Team in support
of the Atlantic General Hospital Penguin Swim.
ALL MONEY RAISED IS DONATED TO AGH.
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Meet at MR Ducks. HH prices on food and drinks till 6 pm.
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5:45 pm board “The
Explorer” with Capt. Jack. Boat leaves
PROMPTLY at 6 pm, will return about 10 – 10:30 pm. Cash bar on boat - $3 Beer, $4 Wine, $5 Mixed
Drinks.
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First stop TBD
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Second stop is OC
Fish Company (formally Captains Galley).
Happy hour prices on select drinks and food. Start boarding @ 8:10 pm, leave @ 8:20 pm.
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Third stop is Sunset
Grill. Happy hour prices on drinks
and food. Start boarding 9:30 pm, Leave
9:40 pm.
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10 pm-ish return to MR
Ducks.
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$35/pp. LIMITED TO 65 PEOPLE. This sells out fast so please sign up early. All checks should be made out to “Ravens
Roost #44”. Send an email to garywm@mchsi.com to reserve a spot.
Checks can be mailed to: 15 Winward Ct., Ocean Pines, MD 21811 or give
to me at the August Roost meeting. Gary.
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Roost Apparel: Maggie has Hawaiian
shirts that have not been picked up by the following people: Leslie Viands,
Nancy Dalesio, Audrey Fohner, and Moe Parrish.
Please bring a check to the meeting made out to Ravens Roost 44 to pay
for your shirt. The cost is $40 ($42.50
for 2XL shirt). If you are not going to
make the August meeting, please contact Maggie at 410-208-2756 or millermaggie@mchsi.com
to make arrangements for pick up.
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Entertainment
Committee:
All members are welcome
to join the committee! We need more participation from all members.
2016 Roost Entertainment Activities
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Boardwalk
Bike Ride/ Walk -
2nd Saturday of August, September & October. Meet at 27th Street at 9 AM. Afterwards some of us go to breakfast at the
Sahara on Johnny Unitas Way (19th Street).
Come join us for breakfast whether you did the Boards or not. Another opportunity to see old friends and
make new ones.
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Crab Feast - Saturday, October 1st at Shrimp Boat, 1-5 pm. $35 pp, which
includes tax and grat. Menu includes crabs,
fried chicken, corn on the cob, coleslaw, hush puppies, Coors Light and Miller
Lite draft, soda, iced tea, and water. No children please but non-members are okay. Checks only payable to Ravens Roost #44. Sign Up Sheet at the August and September meeting
and the cut off date is September 20.
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Dover Air Museum &
Dogfish Brewer Tours Sat. 10/15/16. Plan is to leave OC about 8:30 am , tour the museum for about 2
1/2 hrs, then go to brewery in Milton where lunch is on your own $. Tours &
tasting of 4 beers is free. We will leave for OC whenever everyone is done. Our
only pre-paid cost will be for the bus & that depends on how many we have
& what bus arrangements I can get. If the bus has no bathroom (last resort)
we will stop as needed because we have no real schedule to stick with. The event will be limited to a manageable size
of 25. We currently have 16. You can sign up by calling Ron at
302-436-4790. First come, first served:
we will start a wait list after 25.
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Bull & Oyster Roast - October 29th, 2-6 PM at the American Legion on 23rd
St. and Coastal Highway. This is our annual fund raising event! So bring your friends and family too. Tickets
are $40. The menu includes pit beef,
fried oysters, raw oysters, oyster stew, sausage & peppers & onions,
sides, dessert, beer and soda. Cash bar.
Live music by The Stims. Sign up Sheet at next Roost Meeting or send
checks, made out to Ravens Roost #44, for $40 PP to Eric Waterman, 311 S. Ocean
Drive, OC, MD 21842.
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Canned Food Drive - Bring canned goods to November 10th Roost meeting
for local food bank.
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Christmas Party - December 10th, 6-10PM at the Cove Restaurant at
Bayside.
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Last Game of the Season
Party – T/B/D
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Other Activities Under
Discussion
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Raft Up
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Tour of the Castle
(Raven Training Facility)
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Tour of M&T Bank
Stadium
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Day trip to Chincoteague
or Onancock
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Pub Crawl at Kent
Narrows
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Tour of Seacrets
Distillery
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Tour of OC Brewing
Company
Ravens Poop
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Good daily dose of Ravens
news notes and nuggets 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
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Today thru Friday - White
Marlin Open, World's Largest
& Richest Billfish Tournament, Harbour Island Marina.
Join us for the 43rd Annual White Marlin Open from Monday,
August 8 through Friday, August 12, 2016.
The fish are spectacular and the prizes are huge — totaling more than $2
million.
It's the World's Largest and Richest Billfish Tournament — held
in the White Marlin Capital of the World.
This year the stakes are high with over $1.1 million awarded in 2015 for
the biggest white marlin. Prizes are
also awarded for the largest blue marlin, tuna, mahi-mahi (dolphin fish), wahoo
and shark.
See if you have what it takes to catch the winning white marlin
and register today.
Spectators are welcome to watch, as 300+ boats from Florida to
New England take more than 1,500 of the world's best anglers out to pursue some
of America's largest fish.
Then check out the spectacular weigh-ins every evening from 4:00
p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Harbour Island Marina, 14th Street and the bay.
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NOTE: Parking is not
available at Harbour Island. The
Presbyterian Church on 14th Street, just a block away, offers parking for a
small donation. You can also park free
at the Ocean City Convention Center, then catch a shuttle to the weigh-ins.
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Tonight - Free Movies on the Beach - Carousel Hotel on
118th St., On the Beach at the Carousel Hotel. Enjoy free movies on the
beach every Wednesday from June 1 to August 31 at the Carousel Hotel on 117th
St. in Ocean City MD. Each week, a
general audience movie is presented free of charge on our 16 foot projector. Bring a beach chair or blanket & enjoy
the night beside the ocean. Movie starts around 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 800-626-2326.
Save the Date - Complete Season Schedule:
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August 10: The Blind
Side
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August 17: Hotel
Transylvania 2
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August 24: Minions
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August 31: Star Wars;
The Force Awakens
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Tonight - Free Concerts on the Beach, On the Beach at the
Caroline Street Stage. Free, live entertainment
while you relax on the beach Wednesday nights from July 13 to August 31 from
8:00pm - 9:30pm. Enjoy tribute bands and
local favorites. Treat yourself to a
collection of summer beach music, watch the sun set, view the sparkling blue
ocean and dance by moonlight. There is
no better setting for relaxing than Concerts on the Beach. The beach beat will have your hands clapping
and your toes tapping to the variety of entertainment. For more information about Concerts on the
Beach, call 410-250-0125. Entertainment subject to change without
notice.
Season Concert Schedule:
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August 10 - Anthony
"Swamp Dog" Clark (Blues / Funk)
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August 17 -
Zydeco-a-Go-Go (Creole Zydeco)
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August 24 - The Beach
Bumz (Beach Music)
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August 31 - Funk Shue
(Funkiest 4 on the Shore)
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Tonight - The
Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Mama at Freeman Stage, Freeman Stage. Since
2000, the Silk Road Ensemble has been redefining classical music for
21st-century audiences. Representing a
global array of cultures, Silk Road Ensemble members co-create art,
performances, and ideas. Cellist Yo-Yo
Ma established the nonprofit organization Silkroad and the Ensemble to explore
the role of the arts in fostering cross-cultural understanding, deepening
learning, and promoting innovation. Silk
Road Ensemble performers and composers hail from more than 20 countries. Passionate about learning from one another’s
traditions, these rooted explorers perform on a wide-range of worldly
instruments. Under the artistic
direction of Yo Yo Ma, these storytelling musicians celebrate the multiplicity
of approaches to music from around the world. They also develop new repertoire that responds
to the new realities of our global society. In engaging, high-energy performances, the
Silk Road Ensemble draws on a rich tapestry of traditions that make up our
shared cultural heritage, creating a new musical language — a uniquely engaging
and accessible encounter between the foreign and the familiar that reflects our
many-layered contemporary identities. $55
- $110. Assigned seating.
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Tomorrow thru Saturday
- Poor
Girls Open - Ladies Only Billfish Tournament,
Bahia Marina. The Poor Girls Open
is a ladies only billfish release tournament benefiting breast cancer research.
There are also added entry levels for
tuna and dolphin. This tournament was
started by Capt. Steve Harman as a way for local waitresses and bartenders to
have an affordable and fun competition while raising money for a very important
cause. The tournament continues to grow
with over 100 boats entering. Participation
is not limited only to anglers as there are silent auctions, 50/50 tickets,
T-shirts for sale, and other fun events helping to raise money for breast
cancer research. In the past 3 years
alone, the Poor Girls Open has raised over $100,000 that was donated to the
American Cancer Society. Each angler or
team may fish one out of three days.
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Tomorrow – Sunset Park Party Nights - Free Concert, S. Division St. &
the Bay. Free Concerts Open to the Public Every Thursday Night in July and
August from 7pm – 9pm.
Enjoy a free concert while watching the sun set over the Isle of
Wight Bay...the perfect location in Ocean City! Sunset Park is located along South Division
Street between Philadelphia Avenue and the Bay, next to the US Coast Guard
Station in downtown Ocean City MD.
All concert admissions and parking are free and open to the
public. Beverages, including beer, are available for purchase.
Please bring your own chair.
2016 Schedule
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August 11 - Full Circle
(Blues / R&B / Jazz)
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August 18 - Eastern
Electric (Progressive / Blues)
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August 25 - Sir Rod (Rod
Stewart Tribute)
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Tomorrow - Summer Concert Series at Indian River Inlet, Delaware Seashore State
Park at the Indian River Inlet. Join us at the North Inlet Day Area Gazebo for live music
performances every Thursday this summer! Bring a chair and a picnic and watch the sun
set over the Indian River Bay while enjoying a variety of local performers. A park naturalist will offer a hands-on
activity, making this fun for the whole family!
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August 11 - Matt Young:
Acoustic Folk Rock
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August 18 - Twice
Removed: Classic Rock
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Tomorrow - Bumper
Jacksons at Freeman Stage, Freeman Stage. The Bumper Jacksons are hot and sweet,
painting America’s story from New Orleans’ brothels to Appalachian hollers. Unafraid to scrap together new sounds from
forgotten 78′s, the Bumper Jacksons boldly and elegantly balance paying homage
to the traditions while fashioning their own unique, DIY style. Recognized as DC’s “Best Traditional Folk
Band” at the 2013 and 2014 Washington Area Music Awards, the Bumper Jacksons
are playfully creative with their originals and re-imagining American roots
music with both power and tenderness. Bursting
at the seams with some of the richest threads of old America, Bumper Jacksons
bring you into the center of a party where everyone’s invited and the dance
floor never sleeps. Free. Assigned seating.
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Friday - ABBA
the Concert at Freeman Stage, Freeman Stage. ABBA The Concert brings one of the
greatest pop phenomena back to life. 21st
Century Artists, Inc., has presented its ABBA tribute show throughout North
America for well over a decade, known as ABBA The Music, ABBA The Concert, and
ABBA The Hits. The ABBA tribute show has
sold-out shows across the nation, including at the Hollywood Bowl in Los
Angeles and Highland Park in Chicago as well as Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia. ABBA The Concert continues to be the top ABBA
tribute group in the world, dazzling all who see with their fantastic
performance while playing the most iconic hits from ABBA, including “Mamma
Mia,” “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme,” and “Dancing Queen.” Many critics agree, ABBA The Concert is the
most amazing and authentic ABBA tribute show in the world. Come dance, come sing, having the time of your
life at the ultimate tribute celebration.
$25. Assigned seating.
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Saturday (morning) - Mike
Rose - The Magic Kinda Guy at Freeman Stage, Freeman
Stage. Magician Mike Rose’s show is
very interactive and features lots of off-the-wall comedy and unique magic. This show is fun for all ages. Mike simultaneously entertains your young
audience members and your adult guests. While
the kids are caught up in the magic and off the wall interactive comedy, the
adults are entertained on a second level with inside jokes, situational humor,
and obscure references. The performance
consists of impossible magic tricks, weird mind reading stunts and stuff — lots
of stuff! And the show features tons of
audience participation, too. Many
children will become part of the show. So
if you want a no-holds-barred comedy show suitable for the whole family, rest
assured Mike will meet, and exceed your expectations. Free. Seating
Provided.
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Saturday (evening) - The
Company Men at Freeman Stage, Freeman Stage. The Company Men are a nationally
recognized pop vocal group who have appeared on numerous national and regional
television shows, including “Hallmark Home and Family,” “Good Day New York” and
PBS to name a few.
Unlike any other four-man vocal group touring today, The Company
Men uniquely interweave today’s Top 40 hits with re-imagined classics of the
last six decades by blending songs by your favorite artists, including Sam
Smith, The Four Tops, Michael Jackson, Katy Perry, Adele, The Temptations,
Billy Joel, Prince, Meghan Trainor, Bruno Mars, Michael Bublé and more. Their show “A Night of Hits” brings you a
staggering 50-plus songs in just 90 minutes.
Featuring performers from the Broadway and National Touring
companies of “Hairspray,” “The Lion King,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Camelot”
and the Emmy Award winning NBC mini-series “The Temptations,” The Company Men
bring a signature throwback sound, contemporary look and an all-star band,
which has the widest demographic appeal of any touring act.
$20, Children are free. Bring
Your Own Chair.
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Sunday - Somerset Plaza - Free Live Concerts & OC
Cruzer Classic Car Display, Somerset Plaza between the Boardwalk and Baltimore Ave. Enjoy a new series of
FREE special events and concerts on Somerset Plaza, located on Somerset Street
between the Boardwalk and Baltimore Avenue in downtown Ocean City. All events start at 3pm. OC Cruzer cars will be on display during all
music events. Somerset Plaza is a
semi-pedestrian street that is closed to all vehicular traffic during these
special events.
Save The Dates... 2016 Concert Schedule:
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September 11: British
Invasion Experience (Beatles tribute)
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September 25: TBA
Entertainment subject to change without notice.
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Sunday - Sundaes in the Park - Free Concert, Family Fun
& Fireworks, Northside Park. Outdoor live music, children's activities, ice cream and
fireworks...what could be better?
Bring your picnic basket and beach chairs to Northside Park,
located at 125th Street and the Bay for ice cream sundaes, live entertainment,
children's activities and fireworks. All
entertainment is free. Create your own
ice cream sundae with delicious toppings for a small price. Listen to your musical favorites and watch the
sunset over the beautiful Assawoman Bay. Fireworks start at 9pm. For more information call 410-250-0125.
Live Music Schedule
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August 14 - Quiet Fire
(Soul Show)
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August 21 - The Groove
Train (Disco Party)
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August 28 - Jesse
Garron's Tribute to Elvis
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September 4 - The
Janitors (Variety)
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Sunday - OC
Beach Lights Spectacular - Lasers, lights,
video, music and special effects, The Beach at North
Division Street. Returning to Ocean City this summer is the fun and exciting free
event for the entire family, OC Beach Lights Spectacular! These shows featuring lasers, lights, video,
fireworks, music, special effects and audio production all displayed on a 5
story tall giant beach ball will light up the beach at North Division Street. The show is visible along the south end of the
beach and boardwalk with the best viewing area on the Boardwalk at North
Division Street. Show times are 9:30pm,
10:00pm and 10:30pm. Each show is
approximately 8 minutes in length.
Funny Poop
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Men 1845: I just
killed a buffalo.
Men 1952: I just fixed the roof.
Men
2016: I just shaved my legs.
Etcetera
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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.
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Our website is up and
running. Be sure to bookmark our address
- www.OCRavensRoost44.com or go to our blog @ http://ravensroost44.blogspot.com/ for the latest news,
notes and nuggets.
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Life is short. Focus on
the good.
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
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