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February 24, 2008
The Stallyns' Streak Survives
Aye cabeza, the losing streak for the Wild Stallyns will fester for another year. We had hoped to send Vic and Nat out with a W to end their IM basketball careers, but we just couldn't do it. The other team played full-court man-to-man pressure and ran up and down the court the entire first half, pulling out to a 24-13 lead at the break. Then in the second half they mostly stopped pressing, but then started nailing three-pointers, and pulled away to a 44-27 win, keeping us winless since 2005. Sigh. Here's my final pathetic line for the season:
17 Min, 0 Pts, 0-3 FG, 1 Reb, 0 Ast, 1 TO, 0 PF
We haven't yet gotten a decent all-snow winter storm here in central PA so far this season. There was another storm late last week that was getting some of the snow geese honking in Walker, but I was rightfully pessimistic all along. While some people were wishcasting possibly 6-8", I maintained my prediction of a measly 2-4" with some afternoon sleet. And what did we get? About 3" or so. Some of the snowflakes on Friday morning were monstrously huge though, the size of down feathers! If only that snow could've sustained itself, we might've been able to get a more substantial accumulation.
So as many of you know, I had originally planned to take a 3-week holiday to Australia with my cousin Jonathan in Aug/Sep 2008, but last fall we decided to push that back to 2009 sometime. I'm still planning for that 2009 trip and already looking forward to it immensely, but might I get a chance to visit Australia this summer too? I found out on Friday that there might actually be a possibility to go Down Under for a couple weeks or so. I'll say more about it later once I find out more info and if it starts looking a bit more likely, but it's definitely a tantalizing and exciting prospect!
Posted by Jared at February 24, 2008 05:35 PM