Rutgers Wins Rutgers Wins!!!

It's PANDEMONIUM in PISCATAWAY!

Rutgers rolls on...

As game time approaches today I can't help but wonder what it was like to play that first game in 1869. I spend so much time thinking about cemeteries and families but I never dwelt much on other events of the time. Professors of the time thought the students would make too much of the sport. Talk about premonition. My guess is no one really cared. Life in this time was hard and sporting events were just recreational. What would those people think of what sports have risen to today?

There's got to be a morning after...

Well looks like the vote is in and the Mayor has been re-elected. The Republicans tried to put up a fight but fell pretty short. Oddly enough Debra Johnson received 1000 write-in votes. I'm not an election specialist but common sense tells me there is a lot of dissatisfaction among voters in South Brunswick. Think about that figure of 1000. That is a lot of people taking the time to type that name out. I understand it breaks down to something like this:

Mayor Gambatese-5000
Woods-Cleary-2000
Debra Johnson-1000

These are just loose figures but I find it terribly delicious that 1000 citizens exercised there right to make a choice. There could be a wind of change coming in town, it should be fun to see who can ride that need for change the next time around!

The EVA connection...

There are not many times in your life you can sense a life altering experience but in 2005 it happened to me. My dear friends at the EVA convinced me to speak at the Slavery Symposium. That one decision has lead to many other opportunities for me and for that I am grateful. I can't even begin to thank them enough for the confidence they showed in me and the opening of my eyes to my life's passion. Jean has especially opened my eyes to the importance of speaking up and letting your voice be heard. I may not be as aggressive as you Jean but I sure did swipe some passion. I prefer to speak softly and carry a big stick. In my case that stick is chocked full of knowledge as was Mr. Eko's in Lost. (Rest in Peace Eko..)