Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
John Mackey Dead @ 69
Mackey, whose off-the-field exploits were as important as his accomplishments on it, died Wednesday of frontal temporal dementia, a disease he had battled for 10 years, at Keswick Multi-Care Center in Baltimore. He was 69.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/bal-john-mackey-dies,0,5908899.story
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/bal-john-mackey-dies,0,5908899.story
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Weekly Poop 7/6/11
Roost #44 Poop
· Dates to Remember:
· Friday – Water Conservation Society Meeting @
· Sunday – Ravens Roost Annual Summer Picnic @ White Horse Pavilion in Ocean Pines from 1-6p.m. Roost #44 members are free, Adult guests $10 each, children under 12 $5.00. Menu: Premium burgers, hot dogs, sausage, jerk chicken, assorted salads and snacks, corn on the cob, watermelon, desserts and assorted beverages. Horseshoes. Music by Mr. OC. Call Tom Maly at 302-541-0780 to get on the list.
· October 21 thru 25, 2011 – Trip to Jacksonville, FL to see the Ravens take on the Jaguars. Rooms have been reserved @ the Crown Plaza Jacksonville Riverfront Hotel. For more details contact Mike Grimes. For those of you who were not at the meeting and would like to go on trip please contact Mike at montegomike@verizon.net and let him know how many rooms you will need. Please do not call the hotel before contacting Mike.
· Forthcoming Summer 2011: Boat Raft Ups – July 24, August 28.
Other events in the planning stages for Late Summer and the Fall are a Crab Feast, Oyster Roast, Bowling Party, Miniature Golf Tournament, Swim Party, Halloween Party, Bus Trip to Harrington/Atlantic City and our Holiday Party on Saturday, December 17th at the Cove.
· Look for Convention pics soon at the website (as soon as I can find time to do it—they have to be uploaded one at a time!). The further adventures of the plumber and the cheerleader are here.
Ravens Poop
· Good news notes and nuggets from Sarah Ellison’s Blog here.
· Tonight – Free Movie on the Beach, 118th St. on the Beach at Carousel Resort Hotel. View a free general audience movie with the beach as your theater on our 16 ft screen. Bring a blanket and enjoy the night beside the ocean. Tonight's Feature: "The Karate Kid" – show time 8:30 pm, rain or shine.
· Tomorrow – Sunset Park Party Nights - Free Concerts. Bring a chair! Ocean City's downtown bayside park hosts a night of entertainment and a series of free concerts. Come enjoy an evening beside the bay. For more information, call 1-800-626-2326. Located at Sunset Park on South Division Street and the Bay every Thursday from July 7 through August 25 from 7pm - 9pm. Tonight’s Entertainment: “Full Circle” (rock).
· Tomorrow – Free Movie on the Beach, 91st St. on the Beach at Princess Royale Hotel. View a free general audience movie with the beach as your theater on our 16 ft screen. Bring a blanket and enjoy the night beside the ocean. Tonight's Feature: "How To Train Your Dragon" – show time 8:30 pm, rain or shine.
· Tomorrow – Live at the Freeman Stage @ Bayside – Celtic Night with The Hunt Family, 7:00pm - 9:00pm. The Hunt Family is an award winning family of Irish step dancers, fiddlers and singers that entertain crowds across the country! FREE for all.
· Friday – Free Movie on the Beach, 27th St. on the Beach. View a free general audience movie with the beach as your theater on our 16 ft screen. Bring a blanket and enjoy the night beside the ocean. Tonight's Feature: "Shrek Forever After" – show time 8:30 pm, weather permitting.
· Friday – Live at the Freeman Stage @ Bayside – The Kitchen Sink : Music and Dance with Attack Theatre, 7:00pm - 9:00pm. Attack Theatre will present an evening of live music, stunning dance and quirky and quixotic relationships. This modern dance performance features tables, ladders, dueling typewriters, live music…everything but the kitchen sink. Escape into the world of imagination and humor, daredevil partnering and rockin' live music! $10 per person. Kids 18 and under are free.
· Saturday – Captain Craig Swim. Open to the public, competitors swim a measured mile with the prevailing current to a finish line located at 13th Street. Awards presented. Commemorative t-shirt included with registration. Ginny Craig half-mile swim also available. Registration fee. Begins at 5pm on 14th Street on the beach. For more information, contact Kristin Joson at 410-289-7556 or kjoson@oceancitymd.gov.
· Saturday – Live at the Freeman Stage @ Bayside – Leap into Action! Children's Interactive Dance Workshop, 10:00am - 11:00am. Attack Theatre leads an interactive and engaging dance performance which introduces children to the boundless creativity of dance. FREE for all.
· Saturday – Live at the Freeman Stage @ Bayside – The White Party, 8:00pm – Midnight. Michelle Freeman and Joan Vassos invite you to a White Party with lush white cocktails, fabulous food, live auction, and dancing under the starts to benefit the Joshua M. Freeman Foundation! Tickets are $150 each, and reserved tables are available in quantities of 8 and 10. Casual white beach attire requested. A "white party" is a theme used in appreciation of the summer season, where the decorations, food, and attire are typically white in color. The RSVP date has now passed. To inquire about attending the White Party, please contact Trish Schechtman at 302-436-3555, or at trish@freemanfoundation.org
· Sunday – Sundaes in the Park – Free Concert and Family Entertainment. Tonight's Entertainment:
- Live Band: Captain Quint (Tropical Rock and Roll)
- For the Kids: Mike Rose Magic
- For the Kids: Mike Rose Magic
Bring your picnic basket and beach chairs to Northside Park, located at 127th Street and the Bay for ice cream sundaes and live entertainment. The lineup of entertainers this season will make you stand and cheer, however, the spotlight will be on you creating your own ice cream sundae with delicious toppings. Sundaes in the Park is a family concert series offered Sunday evening in July and August from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. For a small fee enjoy your own ice cream sundae creation as you listen to your musical favorites and watch the sunset over the beautiful Assawoman Bay. 1-800-OC-OCEAN (1-800-626-2326)
· Sunday – Radio Disney Free Concert Series featuring Allstar Weekend: Radio Disney "Sizzlin' Summer of Stars" Concerts on the Beach. Free concert with meet and greet afterwards (artists can only meet with as many fans as time allows). On the beach at North Division Street in Downtown Ocean City. Allstar Weekend was featured on Radio Disney's "N.B.T.," a daily multi-platform programming feature that puts the spotlight on young recording artists, and is now signed to Hollywood Records. The group is currently on a headline tour in the U.S. and Canada, and will be touring with label mates Selena Gomez and The Scene later this summer.
· Monday – Free Movie on the Beach, 27th St. on the Beach. View a free general audience movie with the beach as your theater on our 16 ft screen. Bring a blanket and enjoy the night beside the ocean. Tonight's Feature: "Megamind" – show time 8:30 pm, weather permitting.
· Monday thru Wednesday – Kid's Camp by Salisbury University : Arts in Motion. Arts in Motion - children will use music, dance, song and color to express movement contributing to personal well-being 9am to 1pm. For children 5 to 10 years old. Bring brown bag lunch. Camp t-shirt provided. $80 per camp session. For more information or to register for camp please contact: (410) 677-5416.
· Tuesday – Family Beach Olympics. Enjoy fun on the beach! Each Tuesday evening features a variety of contests for all ages. Events may include sand castle contests, tug-of-war, relays and more. All activities are free and are offered from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 1-800-626-2326.
Funny Poop
· Moe fell asleep on the beach under the noonday sun and suffered a severe sunburn to his legs. He was taken to the hospital. Moe had turned a bright red. It was very painful and had started to blister.
The doctor prescribed continued intravenous feedings of water and electrolytes, a mild sedative and 100 mg of Viagra.
Rather astounded the nurse inquired, "What good will Viagra do him in that condition?"
The doctor replied, "It will keep the sheet off his legs"
The doctor prescribed continued intravenous feedings of water and electrolytes, a mild sedative and 100 mg of Viagra.
Rather astounded the nurse inquired, "What good will Viagra do him in that condition?"
The doctor replied, "It will keep the sheet off his legs"
·
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 @ www.ravensroost44.com or our blog @ http://ravensroost44.blogspot.com/ for the latest news, notes and nuggets.
· 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
Friday, July 1, 2011
Boxing in OC
AMATEUR BOXING COMING TO OC
‘Future champions and Olympic hopefuls’ slated to battle it out at convention center...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Weekly Poop 6/29/11
Roost #44 Poop
· Dates to Remember:
· Tonight – Entertainment Committee meeting, Blue Ox, 6:30 pm.
· Friday – Water Conservation Society Meeting @
· Sunday, July 10 – Ravens Roost Annual Summer Picnic @ White Horse Pavilion in Ocean Pines from 1-6p.m. Roost #44 members are free, Adult guests $10 each, children under 12 $5.00. Menu: Premium burgers, hot dogs, sausage, jerk chicken, assorted salads and snacks, corn on the cob, watermelon, desserts and assorted beverages. Horseshoes. Music by Mr. OC. Sign up at the June Meeting or call Tom Maly at 302-541-0780 to get on the list.
· October 21 thru 25, 2011 – Trip to Jacksonville, FL to see the Ravens take on the Jaguars. Rooms have been reserved @ the Crown Plaza Jacksonville Riverfront Hotel. For more details contact Mike Grimes. For those of you who were not at the meeting and would like to go on trip please contact Mike at montegomike@verizon.net and let him know how many rooms you will need. Please do not call the hotel before contacting Mike.
· Forthcoming Summer 2011: Boat Raft Ups – July 24, August 28.
Other events in the planning stages for Late Summer and the Fall are a Crab Feast, Oyster Roast, Bowling Party, Miniature Golf Tournament, Swim Party, Halloween Party, Bus Trip to Harrington/Atlantic City and our Holiday Party on Saturday, December 17th at the Cove.
· Look for Convention pics soon at the website (as soon as I can find time to do it—they have to be uploaded one at a time!). The further adventures of the plumber and the cheerleader are here.
Ravens Poop
· Good news notes and nuggets from Sarah Ellison’s Blog here.
· Tonight – Free Movie on the Beach, 118th St. on the Beach at Carousel Resort Hotel. View a free general audience movie with the beach as your theater on our 16 ft screen. Bring a blanket and enjoy the night beside the ocean. Tonight's Feature: "Megamind" – show time 8:30 pm, rain or shine.
· Tomorrow – Live @ the Freeman Stage @ Bayside – The Chesapeake Brass Band, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Formed in 1996, the Chesapeake Brass Band is comprised of amateur and professional musicians from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. The band performs a varied repertoire of contemporary and traditional brass band music. FREE for all.
· Friday – Live @ the Freeman Stage @ Bayside – Words and Music – Gershwin Favorites, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Clear Space Theatre does Gershwin! Through a series of six vignettes in the vein of the classic movie musical, four actors explore the beautiful song catalog of George Gershwin. Including favorites such as “Embraceable You,” “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” and “Someone to Watch Over Me.” $10 per person. Kids 18 and under are free.
· Friday – Free Movie on the Beach, 27th St. on the Beach. View a free general audience movie with the beach as your theater on our 16 ft screen. Bring a blanket and enjoy the night beside the ocean. Tonight's Feature: "Yogi Bear" – show time 8:30 pm, weather permitting.
· Saturday – Live @ the Freeman Stage @ Bayside – The Dirty Sock Funtime Band, 10:00 am – 11:00 am. Voted the BEST KIDS BAND by the readers of TIME OUT NY KIDS, they’re “infectious”, they’re “irresistible,” they’re the DIRTY SOCK FUNTIME BAND, the highest energy kids’ rock band ever to break out of NYC!!! FREE for all.
· Saturday – Live @ the Freeman Stage @ Bayside – The Delaware Symphony Orchestra: Where Stars Align, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm. The Grammy-nominated Delaware Symphony Orchestra is Delaware's only fully-professional orchestra. Under the artistic leadership of Music Director David Amado, the DSO performs to over 50,000 adults and 10,000 children annually. $10 per person. Kids 18 and under are free.
· Monday – July 4th Downtown Celebration - Fireworks & Concert @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Free concert begins at 8:00 pm, followed by fabulous fireworks at 9:30 pm. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy the evening beside the ocean on the beach at the inlet in downtown Ocean City. For information: 1-800-626-2326 or 410-250-0125.
· Monday – July 4th Uptown Celebration - Fireworks & Concert @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Free concert begins at 8:00 pm, followed by fabulous fireworks at 9:30 pm. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy the evening at Northside Park on 125th St. For information: 1-800-626-2326 or 410-250-0125.
· Tuesday – Family Beach Olympics. Enjoy fun on the beach! Each Tuesday evening features a variety of contests for all ages. Events may include sand castle contests, tug-of-war, relays and more. All activities are free and are offered from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 1-800-626-2326.
Funny Poop
· What’s the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer?
The taste.
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 @ www.ravensroost44.com or our blog @ http://ravensroost44.blogspot.com/ for the latest news, notes and nuggets.
· Life is short. Focus on the good.
Frank
Monday, June 27, 2011
The Declaration of Independence
In Congress, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Training Camp
No training camp in Westminster this year. Bummer.
http://www.baltimoreravens.com/News/Articles/2011/06/Press_Release_-_Ravens_Move_Training_Camp.aspx
http://www.baltimoreravens.com/News/Articles/2011/06/Press_Release_-_Ravens_Move_Training_Camp.aspx
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Aerial Tram
An aerial tram @ the boardwalk? Really?
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-06-20/travel/bal-ocean-city-md-aerial-tram-20110620_1_roosevelt-island-boardwalk-trey-winstead
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-06-20/travel/bal-ocean-city-md-aerial-tram-20110620_1_roosevelt-island-boardwalk-trey-winstead
Weekly Poop 6/22/11
Roost #44 Poop
· Dates to Remember:
· Friday – Water Conservation Society Meeting @
· Friday – OH BOY! Tribute to Buddy Holly at The Freeman Stage at Bayside, located at the intersection of Route 54 and Route 20. Raven Roost fans meet and set up your lawn chairs on the right side of the stage. Look for a Vertical Ravens Banner. No banner will be displayed during the performance. There is a ten dollar ($10) admission for the show. Come early (5pm) and park your chair, then visit the Cove Bar until just before show time. Cove Bar has no cover charge. Freeman Stage sells beverages (beer, wine, sodas) also. The Freeman Stage gate opens at 5pm, show starts at 7pm. Purchase show tickets on-line or at the Freeman gate. The Freeman Stage Website is www.freemanstage.org. Great website! Info: Paul Neal 302-436-9017.Saturday,
· June 25 – Bus Trip to Camden Yards to see the Orioles play Cincinnati Reds at 7p.m. CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST.
· Wednesday, June 29 – Entertainment Committee meeting, Blue Ox, 6:30 pm.
· Sunday, July 10 – Ravens Roost Annual Summer Picnic @ White Horse Pavilion in Ocean Pines from 1-6p.m. Roost #44 members are free, Adult guests $10 each, children under 12 $5.00. Menu: Premium burgers, hot dogs, sausage, jerk chicken, assorted salads and snacks, corn on the cob, watermelon, desserts and assorted beverages. Horseshoes. Music by Mr. OC. Sign up at the June Meeting or call Tom Maly at 302-541-0780 to get on the list.
· October 21 thru 25, 2011 – Trip to Jacksonville, FL to see the Ravens take on the Jaguars. Rooms have been reserved @ the Crown Plaza Jacksonville Riverfront Hotel. For more details contact Mike Grimes. For those of you who were not at the meeting and would like to go on trip please contact Mike at montegomike@verizon.net and let him know how many rooms you will need. Please do not call the hotel before contacting Mike.
· Forthcoming Summer 2011: Boat Raft Ups – July 24, August 28.
Other events in the planning stages for Late Summer and the Fall are a Crab Feast, Oyster Roast, Bowling Party, Miniature Golf Tournament, Swim Party, Halloween Party, Bus Trip to Harrington/Atlantic City and our Holiday Party on Saturday, December 17th at the Cove.
· Look for Convention pics soon at the website (as soon as I can find time to do it—they have to be uploaded one at a time!). The further adventures of the plumber and the cheerleader are here.
Ravens Poop
· Good news notes and nuggets from Sarah Ellison’s Blog here.
· Tonight – Free Movie on the Beach, 118th St. on the Beach at Carousel Resort Hotel. View a free general audience movie with the beach as your theater on our 16 ft screen. Bring a blanket and enjoy the night beside the ocean. Tonight's Feature: "How To Train Your Dragon" – show time 8:30pm, rain or shine.
· Tomorrow – Sunset Park Party Nights - Free Concerts – Bring a chair! Ocean City's downtown bayside park hosts a night of entertainment and a series of free concerts. Come enjoy an evening beside the bay. For more information, call 1-800-626-2326. Located at Sunset Park on South Division Street and the Bay on June 23 and then every Thursday from July 7 through August 25 from 7pm - 9pm. Tonight’s Performer: Fifth Avenue (funk and R&B).
· Tomorrow – Live @ the Freeman Stage @ Bayside, The Kenya Safari Acrobats, 7:00pm - 9:00pm. The Kenya Safari Acrobats perform a non-stop ride of gravity-defying human pyramids, balancing, tumbling, limbo dancing, hurling through hoops and breathtaking contortions, all while clapping to a joyful Benga beat. FREE for all.
· Saturday – Live @ the Freeman Stage @ Bayside, Silly Stories from the Seven Seas, 10:00am - 11:00am. Gary Lloyd has told stories to more than 800,000 listeners in eight states over the last 13 years. His enthusiasm shows his love of his craft and his respect for his audiences. FREE for all.
· Saturday – Live @ the Freeman Stage @ Bayside, An Evening with LeAnn Rimes, 8:00pm - 10:00pm. LeAnn Rimes has sold more than 37 million albums, won two Grammy Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards and 12 Billboard Music Awards. Rimes is the youngest recipient of a Grammy Award, and was also the first country recording artist to win in the “Best New Artist” category. Join us for an intimate night under the stars for an acoustic set with one of the biggest stars in country music...LeAnn Rimes.
Three levels of tickets will be offered for this acoustic evening with LeAnn Rimes: $40 for seats in the risers on the back of the green, $65 for the last 8 rows of the lawn seats, and $75 for the first 3 rows of the lawn seats. There is a 10 ticket per person limit, with only 2,000 tickets being available for this special concert event, which is the first of its kind for The Freeman Stage. No need to bring chairs for this event...seating will be provided. Since seating is assigned, no coolers, strollers, umbrellas or anything else that may hinder seating or views will be allowed inside the venue. All sales are final. Refunds will only be available if the performance is cancelled.
· Sunday – Radio Disney Free Concert Series @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Radio Disney "Sizzlin' Summer Series" Road Crew Performance. Entertainment, music, games and prizes. Free event open to the public. On the beach at North Division Street in Downtown Ocean City.
· Monday – Free Movie on the Beach, 27th St. on the Beach. View a free general audience movie with the beach as your theater on our 16 ft screen. Bring a blanket and enjoy the night beside the ocean. Tonight's Feature: "Gidget" (vintage movie) – show time 8:30pm, weather permitting.
· Tuesday – Family Beach Olympics. Enjoy fun on the beach! Each Tuesday evening features a variety of contests for all ages. Events may include sand castle contests, tug-of-war, relays and more. All activities are free and are offered from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 1-800-626-2326.
Funny Poop
· A man enters a barbershop for a shave. While the barber is foaming him up, he mentions the problems he has getting a close shave around the cheeks. "I have just the thing," says the barber taking a small wooden ball from a nearby drawer. "Just place this between your cheek and gum."
The client places the ball in his mouth and the barber proceeds with the closest shave the man has ever experienced. After a few strokes, the client asks in garbled speech, "And what if I swallow it?"
"No problem," says the barber. "Just bring it back tomorrow like everyone else does."
Etcetera
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· Life is short. Focus on the good.
· Happy birthday Buggy! You’ll always be my baby girl, no matter how old you get!
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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