Cell phone blues

I lost one cell phone in Myrtle Beach (salt water really murders 'em) and its replacement was last seen in the tiny little clutches of one Marin Virginia Murphy, who has so far held up under questioning although I haven't tried waterboarding yet. Anyway, I now have cell phone #3 up and running, so would anybody who has my number please give me a call so I can reconstitute my directory? If I don't answer, leave me a message so I can match a name to the number. Thanks!

Let them eat bread......

Loaves and fishes: Pymatuning carp get feeding reprieve
Thursday, September 18, 2008
The Associated Press
LINESVILLE, Pa. -- State conservation officials are delaying a ban on an odd "family tradition" in northwestern Pennsylvania: feeding bread to the carp at Pymatuning State Park.

The ban was to begin Jan. 1 but will be delayed a year for further study.

More than 300,000 people come to the park's Linesville Spillway each year because carp throng so thickly for the bread that ducks can walk on the fish.

State officials had previously said they wanted to allow only fish food pellets because bread and other food harmed the fish.

The state now says the primary concern is helping the U.S. Department of Agriculture control the geese population. Bread draws the geese, too, and the USDA won't curb their population if people are feeding them.


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First published on September 18, 2008 at 10:27 am

Fantasy Draft

Whoa! The season started last night!!!! When is our draft? Is it an auto-draft or are we going to choose live? We have four teams in the league so far.

Liz

GO WITTMANIA!!!!!!!!!!!

Life's a beach

After a week of sun and surf in Myrtle Beach, it's great to be back in Munhall . . . NOT. We were lucky to find this fabulous place called the Verandas in North Myrtle that slept about 10 and had all the amenities. Our buddy Bridget and her daughter Allie joined us. Chris and I are newly minted MB Pelicans fans. (What would be the short form, "Pels"? "Cans"?) Weather was terrific. We caught the edge of Fay at the end, but it just made the boogie-boarding more exciting. Check out the pics:

Myrtle Beach

From the Gettysburg Times

Aimee A. Pack and John J. Murphy III
Published: Monday, August 18, 2008 8:05 AM EDT
Aimee Ann Pack and John James Murphy III announce their intention to marry.

Miss Pack, of Gettysburg, is a 1992 graduate of Radford University and is employed by Gettysburg Health Administrators Inc. She is the daughter of Ron and Lisa Pack and Dianne and Larry Brogan, all of Gettysburg.

Mr. Murphy, of East Berlin, is a 2006 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and a 2003 graduate of the University of Dayton’s School of Law. He is employed as an associate attorney at Apple Leaf Abstracting and Settlement Company and Patrono and Associates, LLC. He is the son of John and Diana Murphy, of Munhall, Pa.

The couple has not yet set a wedding date.

http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/articles/2008/08/18/news/weddings_engagements/doc48a9643aa06f7205724471.txt

Family Fantasy Football

I decided to go ahead and start up the fantasy football league, I hope we can generate enough interest for it. Everything is set up at Yahoo.com... here's a more direct link.... http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/431320

The league ID is 431320 and the password is "generation m" (for Marin, Michael & Megan the Murphy Young Bucks).

Any of you Gents and Ladies are welcome to join. I set up a live online draft for Saturday August 23rd at 7pm. But if that doesn't work for everybody it can easily be changed.

Let me know what you think either on here or email me: wjm220@psu.edu

I've got football fever already. Can hardly wait to see Notre Dame fail more miserably than last season at the college level, while Penn State sends JoePa out in style 8-) ....

.... I nearly just pressed "Publish Post" without mentioning the Steelers because I at first assumed we were all fans. But luckily I remembered that Chris roots for the enemy. First my stomach turned in disgust but then I remembered how awful the Ravens are and laughed it off....

Good Luck to all who join in on the family football fun

Kennywood Kids

We had a terrific time at Kennywood with Nonie and the twins, Tirhas and Addisu. Tirhas may need some help with her shooting skills, but nobody's better at riding an elephant with a squirmy toddler. Addisu and I rocked the Thunderbolt, Phantom's Revenge and Pitt Fall. Marin was pretty fired up about Kiddieland. Check out the pics:

Kennywood 2008