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• Last ride of the season

  October 15, 2024

  As of this past weekend, I have completed my last coaster trip of the year with a visit to Kings Dominion in Virginia. This is the time I will start be looking into where I plan on going next year. That said, I had a wonderful day at the park. The weather was great –…

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• Last roller coaster trip of the year

  October 9, 2024

  This weekend I will be taking my final roller coaster trip of the season. The roller coaster club of which I am a long time member is having its annual event at Kings Dominion near Richmond, Virginia. I've not been to that park in several years so I thought it a good time to plan…

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• A clash of the titans…

  October 9, 2024

  According to news and weather reports, it is looking very much like a large part of central Florida, including the Tampa Bay, will be hit by a category four or five hurricane. Luckily with this sort of impending disaster people usually have time to escape the area, should they choose to do so. Ho...

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• When the ordinary became the extraordinary

  October 4, 2024

  If it wasn't for that infamous day in July, I may have gone forward with my plans at school. I suppose it could be said that the bogeyman unwittingly changed the trajectory of that period of my life. So yes, I managed to battle on, stay the course and finish high school and start college.…

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• A monumental change

  October 3, 2024

  But why did that night of July the 7th, 1987 become so monumental? The events that transpired after that night were of little consequence in the long run. I did officially get in trouble, and I ended up having to do some community service. As far as that was concerned, I completed what was requir...

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• Provocation and consequences

  October 2, 2024

  Thinking back to the bogeyman incident, I still occasionally mull over why it became so significant in my life. I've had other scary things happen to me, but nothing that became such a major event like that. It truly was a turning point in my life. Sometimes I wonder what things would have been l...

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• The illusion of motion and an historical near disaster

  October 1, 2024

  Speaking of supposedly solid things that might move beneath one's feet, I can't help but wonder if there will be any noticeable movement of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge if I'm able to walk it this fall. I have heard some anecdotal accounts where people say they did feel that bridge move, but most of...

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• Seeking out the sinister

  September 30, 2024

  There was yet another factor: I have always been drawn to scary places and things. Why? I have no idea. In my younger days I watched a lot of horror movies and, when I had the time, I read horror stories. Halloween has always been one of my favorite times of the year. But my…

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• Seeking out the darkness

  September 29, 2024

  So I have made my plans to walk across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in about six weeks time, on the second Sunday of November. I am also considering how I might incorporate opportunities to walk across other epic bridges in the coming year as I travel to different places for vacations. There is a mo...

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