by John G. Fedoriska Jr.

Created on: September 29, 2009   Last Updated: September 30, 2009

My Community...making my life so exciting with all those things to do here in Schuylkill and Berks Counties!

It just boggles my mind that I can experience what life has to offer by attending these great activities.

I have been bitten by hawks, snakes and rabid rabbits on nature hikes.

I have been stung by a bee and gone into an allergic shock, experiencing my first near death experience at the Mum show.

Talk about free learning experiences - my chili flatulence knocked out the pilot on the fall foliage flight and they radioed me lessons to land my first helicopter!

They kicked me out of the adult spelling bee for spelling "hygiene" as "Hi Gene"!

My audition for the Christmas Carol was turned down. I believe it was a sexual discrimination thing as I wanted to play Carol.

I got mobbed by Welsh women at the Historical Society for remarking that it looked like a "Council of Wales"meeting.

The "Intermediate Bridge Class" turned out to be a group of card players. What a surprise when I showed up in a horse drawn carriage and life jacket.

I came down with Salmonella at a Restaurant Raw Bar.

I fell down and broke my leg learning line dancing and got sucked halfway into the "Open Mike" at The Lazy Dog Coffee House.

The Stonehenge Movie Night Committee served coffee that is worthy of the name. They showed "Rocky", again.

I got paint on my shoes at the Art Stroll, and some smart kid tried to carve my butt at the Pumpkin festival.

The musicians at The Lazy Dog Cafe refused to play and they threw me out when I insisted on lip-synching "Sounds of Silence".

The "Lift Your Spirits" cast of Godspell became depressed and canceled the show.

Open house at the SPCA dog shelter was great until a cat wandered in. My ears are still ringing.

I passed gas freely at a composting workshop and nobody knew it was me.

I found out I'm allergic to hayrides.

None of the kids got paid at the Fall Theatre Workshop and their moms are filing a wrinkly class action suit.

After leaving one heck of a Wine Trail in Berks County, I guess I got too freaky at the Fall & Fiddlin' show. I thought the sign said Fall & Piddlin'. (After all that wine, I really had to go). Chock another memory up for my Golden Years.

The Children's Author Book Signing over lunch didn't go too well. Some kid threw up in my sandwich. His mom had a fit when I took his.

You heard a bomb drop more than once at the CrimeWatch Bean Soup Sale. Not a "stink bug" in sight, but there was a rash of robberies that day.

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