Kings Dominion: From the Other Side


For the past two years, I’ve worked as a merchandise supervisor at one of the souvenir shops at Kings Dominion. It’s been a weekend job to make a little extra cash and perhaps get ahead in the Obama economy.

This year however, considering the rising cost of gas for the truck, and considering that I just made the final truck payment, I didn’t go back.

Part of me misses it, especially the people. But a larger part of me loves having weekends.

Weekends where the family and I can spend the day at…Kings Dominion.

Again, due to you know who’s economy, we’re not traveling this summer. We’re bypassing a college reunion and our normal week at the beach. That’s okay. Those are choices we had to make.

But we opted instead to get the season’s passes to Kings Dominion. Big Wave Bay isn’t quite the beach, but it’s still good fun and a little more exciting than the neighborhood pool (which is also fun in it’s own right).

We spent most of our afternoon in Water Works. The boy is old enough now that Mom and Dad can let him do the slides and splash house on his own while we watch. Bonus.

Today, we didn’t take in any other rides. But that’s the joy of season’s passes. We can go back and stay as long as we want. Or we can go ride a couple of rides and head down to Bass Pro Shop for dinner.

It’s all good.

Have you made adjustments to your summer schedule this year because of the economy?

Weekend Wrap Up

On this day in 1989, The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People’s Liberation Army.

APRIL 23, 2010 Biden Flashback: ‘We’re Going to Be Creating Between 250,000 and 500,000 jobs a Month!’
“All in all we’re going to be creating somewhere between 100[,000] and 200,000 jobs next month, I predict,” Biden said, according to a pool report, adding that he “got in trouble” for a job growth prediction last month. “Even some in the White House said, ‘Hey, don’t get ahead of yourself.’ Well, I’m here to tell you, some time in the next couple of months, we’re going to be creating between 250,000 jobs a month and 500,000 jobs a month.”
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How’s that Change workin’ out for ya?

US house price fall ‘beats Great Depression slide’
The Independent
The ailing US housing market passed a grim milestone in the first quarter of this year, posting a further deterioration that means the fall in house prices is now greater than that suffered during the Great Depression.
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Bipartisan Congress rebuffs Obama on Libya mission
The Washington Times
Crossing party lines to deliver a stunning rebuke to the commander in chief, the vast majority of the House voted Friday for resolutions telling President Obama he has broken the constitutional chain of authority by committing U.S. troops to the international military mission in Libya.
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DONATELLI: GOP mustn’t go wobbly on Medicare reform
The Washington Times
Finally, Republicans should note that the only real policy alternative to Mr. Ryan’s plan for greater reliance on private insurance is rationing. That clearly is where Obama Democrats are headed, as evidenced by the establishment of the Independent Payment Advisory Board as a key part of Obamacare. If you are old enough to remember Jimmy Carter’s gas lines, wait until you have to take a number before you can see a doctor. If the program is not reformed, government will pick winners and losers, allocate a fixed dollar amount for care for the entire Medicare population, decide which services it will cover and which it won’t and for how much.
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Killer cellphones?! Don’t believe the WHO hype
Mark Siegel, USAToday
So how frightened should we be with this new lurking carcinogen with the pleasant and seemingly innocuous (but ultimately sinister!) ring tones? Answer: We should not be frightened at all.
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Born on this Day
Rosalind Russell 1907-1976
Dennis Weaver 1924 – 2006

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