Showing posts with label Blue Cross. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blue Cross. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

For the Best Coverage of Minor League Sports

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Lancer Louie is Megan's favorite mascot because he is a sharp dresser in his tux.


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More evidence that Rochester is crazy about their bounce houses.  


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Foodlink's Cool Can made the honorary "first kick" of the game.  And notice, he's not wearing a tux for such an occasion...


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Indoor soccer is kind of interesting because it's a lot like basketball and hockey.  Things like three point shots and power plays. 


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THANKS MEGAN!  Now my xmas is officially over.  And, in their first season, the Lancers are in the playoffs.  


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I use to think people in Michigan were overly impressed with cars and highways.  But, this shrine to the Madonna of the Highways at St. Mary's is a little over the top.  Although, when you ask Rochesterians "what's the best thing about living here" many times they will say "you can get anywhere in 15 minutes!"  


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Occupy Rochester in Washington Square Park.  I have to admit that I'm naive about what they are doing, but they do entice me with camping
http://occupyrochester.org/

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Football Season's Over. So, Now What Do I Do?

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Amerks vs. the Abbottsford Heat.  Rochester lost 3-2 in overtime.  A very, very short overtime...  At least Moose was there.


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Faceoff which was immediately followed by a fight.  


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Geez Louise making Gertie nervous at the office.


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She may be a cat; not a dog...


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After a rough day at the office with all the cats and big dogs, she likes to steal my snuggie and curl up on the top of our couch.  Stop stealing my stuff...


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So, this manure spreader at work is on its last legs.  It needs to be replaced and we have no money in the budget.  Any suggestions?  There's a lifetime supply of cookies on the line!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Monster Jam! It Was A Grave Digger Smash!

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MONSTER JAM THUNDER NATIONALS FEATURING GRAVE DIGGER AT THE BLUE CROSS ARENA IN ROCHESTER, NY!
You have to admit that my wife gets me some pretty awesome xmas gifts...


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STONE CRUSHER!


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Who will win?  Eradicator or Grave Digger?


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GRAVE DIGGER!!!  


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This is a truck line up out of my 8 year old dreams...


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The Grave Digger pennant/the tattoo I'm going to get...


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Monster Jam is really good at coming up with products.  Products like the Digger Disc boomerang


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Or the Grave Digger hat that came with cotton candy for only $15...


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CANNONLADY!  The ceiling of the Blue Cross Arena is so low that they had to fire her from the minimum trajectory, which was still really close to the ceiling.  We found out that her entire family does this for a living and her husband blew himself up earlier as "the Human Bomb."  


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Spiderman would have been much cooler if it didn't stall every time the drive hit the accelerator...


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GRAVE DIGGER!


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Just doing a few donuts...


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Maximum Destruction was the true master of donuts.  I have to admit, I was genuinely impressed with this performance.


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BACKDRAFT right before that rear tire went flat and he had to leave the show.


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Evidence of a hard days work...


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Teaching Rachel how to ice skate!  The facilities at Monroe Community College are really, really impressive.  


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My strange ice skating still life...


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This dog is so cute that in the time it will take you to read this sentence, 15 people have already emailed me about adopting her.  


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And yes, my job is so awesome that this puppy is considered "job related."


That's it for now.  I have a string of weird blogs that will probably continue next week.  All I can really tell you is I'm changing my name to "Andy Warthog" for an evening in Buffalo.  Even I don't know what that means...

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

New Years Eve With the Razorsharks

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As part of my xmas present, Megan brought me to my first Rochester Razorshark minor league basketball game at the Blue Cross Arena.  Please let me introduce you to Finley, the Razorshark.


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warming up


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More Finley


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Oh man!  My first Razorshark game is also a banner raising ceremony!  Now I can tell my kids that I was there when it all happened!


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The banner!


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Mayor Tom Richards throwing the highest tip off in the history of basketball.  


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Unfortunately, this ladie's half-court shot for $10,000 barely made it to the free throw line.  


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The Razorsharks beat the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Steamers 107-98 in the 2012 championship banner raising home opener.  Megan and I had a great time.  Lots of great people watching.  For some reason, the pictures didn't turn out very good.  Hopefully, my next Blue Cross Arena event will look much better next week...


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Well, winter started about three months later than it did last year.  Hopefully, this doesn't mean that it will ending in August to make up for lost time.  


That's about it for now.  Very, very busy at work right now catching up on everything with the holiday season.  So, nothing too exciting to report...

Thursday, February 17, 2011

How Many Milestones Can You Cram Into a Week?

My start date at Lollypop Farm, Humane Society of Greater Rochester was moved up a week. So, I've been very, very busy the last few days.  Let's start by giving everyone my new contact information:

Mike Kraus
Annual Giving Manager
Lollypop Farm, Humane Society of Greater Rochester
585.223.1330 x244
MKraus@Lollypop.org

And now for the blog!
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Rochester Americans (Amerks) vs. the Binghamton Senators.

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Nice shot of the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial


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This goal judge is probably the most stoic man in all of minor league hockey...


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FIGHT!


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WHO WANTS A T-SHIRT OR FRISBEE!!!  WHO DOESN'T!!!


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It was the Moose's birthday on the 13th.


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Takes a shot...


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Then took a shot...


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Lemoncello in East Rochester.  Pretty good sandwiches near our apartment where we met up with Sarah and Pete for lunch


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If I said this was the craziest thing I saw while looking at open houses this past week I would be lying.  There was lots of great artwork in many homes.  There was one home that had more faux rocks, paneling, and other similar things on the walls than I knew existed.  If only I could have taken pics...


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Megan fulfilled a V-Day tradition of mine, which is the February 15th candy buying spree.  If I have kids, they will be very confused when we celebrate x-mas on Dec. 26th, Easter Monday, and so on...


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What?  You've never seen a Valentine fish in a tux before?  What means love to you?


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My first car.  A 2008 Nissan Versa.  It seems my days of riding public transportation are over.  At least it's bright white and has bike tires...


That's it for now.  Let me know if you need a pet because I know where you find one...

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