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Indiana Wins College Football National Championship!

 WOW! It finally happened! The Indiana Hoosiers our the National Champions of college football defeating the Miami Hurricanes by the final score of 27-21. First and foremost, what a game between both teams, great effort on both sides, but sadly there can only be one and it was the Hoosiers who came out victorious. In fact, this was the first ever college football National title for Indiana in its entire history of the program. And to be honest with all of you, it was really amazing to see. Ever since I first starting watching college football as a little kid, the Hoosiers were not actually a football school. They were usually a team that many people would beat up on and now look at them, they are the National Champions, undefeated even. Head Coach Curt Cignetti certainly deserves a lot of the credit in turning this program into a championship caliber team. I mean, the guy literally in his second season with the team and led the Hoosiers to an unbeaten National Champions. As the Hea...
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The Wacky Adventures Of Josh And Chad: Trying Something New! Donating My Hair!

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 You know with it being a new year, we all have those new year's resolutions that are basically goals we set up to accomplish during the bring new year. Most times, we unfortunately do not reach those goals due to one thing or another. But for me, I really wanted to be able to achieve this becoming more positive in my life. Which has become more of a mission for me for the year 2026 than it has been in previous years. It is no secret that I struggle with mental health like depression for basically my whole life, but now more than ever, I wanted to find ways to be more positive and I set a couple of goals that I am hoping to complete. And I managed to complete one of those set goals for 2026 and that was to donor my hair for Wigs for Kids.  The idea started a while back when I first decided to let my hair grow out. To be perfectly honest with you guys, I didn't really think it would grow like it did. If you seen how my dad is, you would totally understand, basically, all the me...
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The Undisputed Era (Pro Wrestling Faction)

 One of my personal favorite pro wrestling factions in recent memory. The Undisputed Era brought back a lot of joy for me as a fan and was one of best things to watch during their amazing run in NXT in my humble opinion. In 2017, the group was originally a trio with such great talent like Adam Cole BAY-BAY! Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish before eventually being joined by Roderick Strong. To say these guys carried the black and gold brand is an incredible understatement and honestly, I was so proud of them. You see, one of the reasons as to why I loved the Undisputed Era was simply because I have been a fan of these guys year prior to them coming to the WWE.  I first saw these guys in a little wrestling promotion called Ring of Honor and I had been fans of theirs ever since. Adam Cole being the leader of the Kingdom was a joy to watch while Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish aka Red Dragon was such an amazing tag team and Roderick Strong in my humble opinion is a very underrated wrestl...
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The Hartford Blues (Forgotten NFL Team)

 Being a fan of history, it is always fun to read about how these use to be or things that no longer exist for one reason or another. One of those historical things involves sports and with it being football season, I decided to write about an old NFL team. Nowadays, people see the National Football League as this multi-billion dollar industry, which it is indeed. But it didn't start out that way. In fact, when I see some semi-pro football that happens around Mifflin County, it is exactly what the NFL was like back in 1920. Where teams were just basically traveling teams featuring regular folks, not the athletes we see today. One of those teams had caught my eye was the Hartford Blues who 100 years ago played their one and only season with the NFL before leading and eventually folding.  The Blues were created in 1924 by Connecticut sports promoter George Mulligan and in its first team years of existence, the Blues came out with two championships under Head Coach Dick McGrath. ...
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Hellbound (1994 Chuck Norris Film)

 It is no secret that I do enjoy a good Martial Arts movie and honestly it has been too long since I wrote about one too. And recently my twin and I along with our buddy Justin decided to take a look at an old classic and the film was called Hellbound which stars the great Chuck Norris. Everyone knows that Chuck Norris creates great movies! But this one I didn't realize was created so we all decided to go and watch it. Hellbound was released in 1994 and was the final movie that was made by Cannon Films before closing down. Again, the film stars Chuck Norris who plays Frank Shatter who along with Calvin Levels who plays Calvin Jackson and together, alright with Leslie Hawkins (Sheree J. Wilson) try to stop an ancient evil entity named Prosatanos from destroying the world. Now, to be perfectly honest with all of you, I wasn't expecting this kind of movie from Chuck Norris. But I must say, I really enjoyed this movie. First and for most, this movie was pretty much straight to the ...
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The Wacky Adventures Of Josh And Chad: Meeting Baby Ava!

 Well folks, 2026 is finally underway, a new year, a new start and it was already full of surprises as myself and my twin brother Chad were giving a surprise. Our older brother Cody, his lovely wife Christine along with our little nephew Luke came down from Long Island to celebrate New Years with us. It also meant one other thing, it was the first time that me and Chad got to meet in person, our baby niece Ava! Now sadly, me and Chad were not able to see little Ava after she was born due to my parents having to take care of my Dad's doctors appointment before making it to New York. Honestly, it sucked because I was hoping to get away for a little while, but I understood why. Unfortunately, last week got pretty cold here in PA, so I was little nervous about them coming because I didn't want the kids to be freezing. But either way, I was totally excited yet anxious to see them. As we saw them come pulling into the drove way, Chad and I stormed out of the house to greet them as we...
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Miss You Dusty Rhodes! (RIP)

 WOW! I know, someone like myself can not put into words how great of a wrestler the American Dream Dusty Rhodes who passed away 10 years ago, but here we go.  Sadly, I wasn't around during Dusty's hay day as I was born in 1990. The first time, I remember seeing Dusty was during the late 90s when I was switching back and forth between WWF (Now WWE) and WCW. I first saw Dusty as a commentator and I must say, he was extremely entertaining. His charisma was incredible and I always got a kick out of the things that Dusty was saying. The more I got into pro wrestling, the more I wanted to learn about the history of the business and buddy, Dusty was certainly one of those guys I researched. One of the things I learned about Dusty and his legendary career, was how long of a career he had. The American Dream has been apart of professional wrestling since the late 60s.  He was known as the American Dream because he represented the common man, he never had the typical wrestling phy...
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2025 Learning To Let Go!

 I just recently completed a recording for my talk show on YouTube with my long time friend Matt Silks who I first met my freshman year of High School. In fact, it has officially been twenty years since I have known him. Which is crazy to me because I don't really get to hang around with many people in this world. With that being said, both me and Matt have gone through a ton of different stuff in our lives. We both had to overcome a lot of darkness, different kinds of darkness, but darkness nonetheless. Trying not to spoil much of my episode as it will not air until the following Wednesday, but there was a lot of talk about our struggles in the past and to be perfectly honest with all of you, I wasn't expecting to really discuss as much as we did. Matt was extremely open to me and it made me open up to him and to many of you who will watch it. About my struggles with self-harming and why things ended up the way they did. But truthfully, it may have been unexpected, yet it felt...
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The Wacky Adventures Of Josh And Chad: Kountry Kitchen Christmas/New Year Party 2025!

 With the New Year slowly coming upon us, my twin and I went down to the Kountry Kitchen where Chad works and got to enjoy ourselves with the rest of his co-workers at the diner for a little party. I don't get to see some of Chad's friends to often, but when I do, it is always a good time and the other night was no different. Getting to see great people like Amanda and her husband Doug Boozel along with Paul and Lisa. Bri and Amanda were also there along with many others. Of course, my personal favorite moments was just getting to see my twin brother smile and be happy. Which doesn't happen much mainly because of our struggles mentally and being so social awkward. But nonetheless, I was excited to see him having a good time. The food was fantastic, plenty of games being played and lots of laughs. There was even a surprise battle where they started throwing marshmellows at one another. Talk about being a kid at heart lol. It was nights like this, that remind me that sometime...
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PAC -MAN (Video Game)

 One of the most influential video games of all time is 45 years old and is still one of the most addictive games ever in the form of the little yellow dot himself, Pac-Man who made his debut in 1980. Pac-Man was designed by Toru Iwatani along with a small team for a company called Namco and it follows Pac-Man who must eat all of the dots all while avoiding four colored ghosts. This game broke all kinds of records during its historic run. For example, the Guinness Book of World Records has given Pac-Man eight records including Most Successful Coin-Operated video game. In fact, in the original arcade game, the max score you can receive was 3,333,360 points after completing 256 levels. Needless to say I never came close to completing it. But either way, I really loved playing this game. This game had a 10 year head start on me before I was born, but man would I have loved to been around it during the 80s. The first time I remember ever playing Pac-Man was going to a Chuckie Cheeses a...
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Home Alone (1990 Christmas Film)

 One of the best Christmas movies ever in my humble opinion is the 1990 classic, Home Alone starring Macaulay Culkin who plays Kevin McCallister. The movie was written and produced by John Hughes and the story follows the McCallister family who accidentally forget their eight year old son while on a trip to Paris leaving Kevin all alone at his home. Things become even worse when the criminal duo known as the Wet Bandits plan on robbing the house and it is up to Kevin to defend his home. This film has been an impact ever since it was released and has been a stable for Christmas movies to this very day. I mean, this movie had all, laughs, family drama, excitement and the true meaning of Christmas in my humble opinion. What I like the most about Home Alone, is how it talks about no matter what you go through with your family. You still love each other and seeing how the mother fights her way to get back home to find Kevin is truly admirable. I also love the character Marley who repres...
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The Wacky Adventures Of Josh And Chad: Family Christmas Party!

 Christmas is finally here everybody! But prior to that, me and my twin decided to enjoy Christmas eve and deliver some Christmas cards and spend time with some love ones. After getting some supper at home, Chadman and I put together some cards and headed out to see some friends before making it to our Aunt Vic and Uncle Butch's house for a little Christmas Eve party. First on the list was stopping at our long time friends house and came a card to the Silks family where we got to discuss a few things about the year 2025. As always, it was fun getting to talk with them again, of course, I will be seeing them shortly in the near future. Next we got to make a quick stop at the Sacred Heart church in town where we delivered a card and I got to see my old coach Ray Hoppel along with Maddie, her husband Chris and the rest of their family. Thoughts and prayers to everyone at Sacred Heart! Finally! We arrive at Vic and Butch's house and we were immediately welcomed by their grandson Ma...
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The Wacky Adventures Of Josh And Chad: Shining Light Through The Darkness! Kish Park

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 WOW! It just felt so nice to just get away from a lot of stress of life and just go and enjoy myself. The other night, my twin brother Chad and I decided to head down to Kish park where they were having their annual event, Shining Light through the Darkness walk through. For those of you who do not know, this event is brought to you by Shining Light which is a non-profit, mission outreach, all volunteer organization who's goal is to spread the Light of Jesus Christ and the meaning of the Christmas season through many displays of amazing lights and other decorations. I have been going to this event since I was a little kid. What I love the most about going to walk around and check out the beautiful designs though out the park. I've always appreciated the amount of time and effort that these volunteers make each and every year. Seeing all of this beautiful artwork being displayed all over the park always brings a smile to my face. Not going to lie, 2025 has been rough, a lot of ...
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Digimon Movie (25 Years Later)

 This movie was a huge part of my childhood and it helped make me into a complete nerd and proud of it lol. Being a fan of the Digimon series back in the late 90s was such an incredible experience for me, got to watch the anime, played the video games, played the card game. So when I heard that Digimon was coming out with a movie, of course I jumped on it immediately. Needless to say, I was not disappointed with it. It is really insane to me how time really flies especially nowadays and realizing that this movie is now 25 years old. Digimon the Movie came out in October of 2000 and featured four different stories and had characters from both season 1 and season 2. The first story was called Angela Anaconda Short which follows Angela and her friends who go to a theater to watch the new Digimon. The next short story is called Eight Year Ago and it features Tai and his little sister Kari prior to the events of the first Digimon season where they actually discover a digi-egg that had a...
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Sam Mills (NFL Linebacker)

 Today's blog post is about a Hall of Fame football player and Hall of Fame human being in Sam Mills who sadly passed away 20 years ago. Sam's story is incredible and I wish we hear more stories like him. He is the literally meaning of an underdog story. Mills stood 5 feet 9 inches and weight a little over 200 pounds which was what led him to being undrafted in the NFL despite the simple fact that many pro scouts loved his college tapes. Fortunately for Mills, he was picked up by the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars of the USFL and certainly left an impression in the three years the league was around. Being a big fan of defense in football, Mills was the anchor of Stars' famous Doghouse Defense which was a key factor in the Stars winning the USFL title in both 1984 and 1985. Mills then followed his coach from the Stars (Jim Mora) into the NFL after the USFL folded and became a member of the New Orleans Saints from 1986 to 1994 where he as again a focus point in another amazing ...
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Steve Gleason (Former NFL Player-ALS Activist)

 With NFL football season in full swing, I thought about writing another football story. But this one was very special to me because it involves someone who is struggling with a disability but still out there being an inspiration. His name is Steve Gleason and he suffers from ALS. 25 years ago, Gleason became a safety in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints and played in the NFL for eight seasons before retiring. The highlight of Gleason's career came in 2006 where he blocked a punt which led to a touchdown for the Saints. What made that moment so special was it was the first game that the Saints were able to play in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina had devastated the city 21 months prior. His football career alone is inspirational because he made it in the NFL after going undrafted. In 83 games played, Gleason had 71 total tackles and two fumble recoveries. Sadly, a few years after Gleason had retired from the game of football, he soon discovered that he had ALS and eventually be...
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The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz (1900 Novel)

 Just the other day, I was just chilling out at home and flipping through the channels and I saw that the classic, Wizard of Oz movie was being played so, I decided to watch it again for God only knows how many times lol. The movie itself never gets old, but what many people may not know, is that this movie was based on a novel of the same name. In fact, the book itself is now 125 years old 😮.  That is right, this book came out in 1900 and it was written by L. Frank Baum and was illustrated by W.W. Denslow.  It truly is incredible with how successful this story is for being as old as it is. The story follows Kansas farm girl Dorothy who ends up in the Land of Oz after she and her dog Toto were swept away with their home by a tornado. Dorothy soon realizes that she can not leave the land of Oz until she defeats the Wicked Witch of the West. The Wizard of Oz was so successful that a couple years later, there was a musical adaptation of the story in 1902. After the success ...
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Thunderball (1965 James Bond Film)

 For those who read my blog (Thank you for your support) know that I am a big fan of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond. Fleming is a big writing influence for me and to see someone who created something so beautiful in stories that become amazing movies. With that being said, the month of December this year marks the 60 anniversary of the debut of the James Bond classic, Thunderball which came out back in 1965. This movie is an adaption of the Fleming novel that came out back in 1961. The film stars the late great Sean Connery who plays 007 for the fourth time in his career.  Thunderball follows Bond as he goes up against Spectre operative Emilio Largo who holds the world hostage for 100 million dollars in diamonds and if his demands are not met, he will launch two nuclear bombs to an undisclosed location which was later revealed to be Miami. Bond searches through the Bahamas where he soon meets Domino the sister of the 00 agent Derval who was killed in the film. It is al...
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Happy Thanksgiving! Garfield Thanksgiving TV Special!

 Well folks! It is finally here, a day where many of us come together to celebrate and give thanks for another year and the blessings that we have received throughout that year. Today is Thanksgiving! As is tradition, at least for me and my twin brother Chad and I, and that is to watch the Garfield Thanksgiving special. The special was created by Jim Davis who also along with Kim Campbell co-wrote the story. It was produced by Phil Roman with Lorenzo Music (RIP) who returns to voice Garfield. Originally it first aired in 1989 which was just one year before me and Chad were even born and was broadcast by CBS. The story follows Garfield who soon discovers on the calendar that Jon is planning to take him to see the Vet which Garfield does not like and attempts to fool Jon and make him forget. Unfortunately, the plan backfires and Garfield is taken to the Vet. While at his appointment, Jon tries to invite Dr. Liz Wilson over to his house for a Thanksgiving dinner where she reluctantly ...
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Eddie Guerrero! RIP

It is really hard for me to believe that 20 years have past since the unfortunate death of one of my favorite pro wrestlers of all time in Eddie Guerrero. Again, it still feels weird to me that Eddie is gone. I mean he was such a talented wrestler. I remember watching that episode when I discovered his passing. I was in shock, of course the internet wasn't as big as it is nowadays but man it hurt. Eddie Guerrero is one of best wrestlers of my time of watching pro wrestling and is regarded as one of the greatest in-ring performers ever. The matches that Eddie has have with the likes of Kurt Angle, Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, etc were some of the best matches I have ever seen. And he is certainly one of the wrestlers I use when I am playing the WWE video games. He along with many others pro wrestlers have also been an influence in the style of wrestling that I love to watch which is technical wrestling. Another reason as to why I loved watching Eddie was how you could ...
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Winter Is Coming! (Poem)

 Well it is that time of the year again. When the cold and snowy weather is about to begin. Inside the house, the adults hang around the kitchen making delicious treats like hot chocolate, freshly baked cookies and some warm bagels. All the while, the little kids play outside whether it be making snowmen, throwing snowballs at one another or making beautiful snow angels. Though the weather maybe colder, but there is a true beauty about it that we never knew. And that is it will soon begin a new. Although I'm not a big fan of the winter weather, I want it to be done. But then again it is always fun to spend a warm night with loved ones.
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Miss You Nan! 15 Years Later!

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 Well as everyone knows, Thanksgiving is slowly coming upon us and I thought about writing about one of things I am forever grateful for. And those moments were with my Nan or Grandmother for some of those who won't sure who I was talking about. Reason as to why I am also writing about my Nan is that today's blog post is a tribute to one of the most important person in my life as it is now officially been 15 years since her passing 😭. For years, this was and to some degree still hurts me inside. But as I grow older and maybe wiser lol, I think back and realize how much my Nan would want me to move past it. She knows how much I loved her and how much she meant to me, but it honestly feel like she is telling me to let go of the pain and continue to move forward. Don't get me wrong, I am not going to ever forget her. What I am saying is that I can't let the pain of losing her hold me down among other things. Of course, it is crazy to think that her death has now been 15 y...
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The Wacky Adventures Of Josh And Chad: Weekend With Codeman!

 This past weekend was quite a fun ride for me and my twin as we got to witness the return to Lewistown, our older brother Cody who was visiting from New York. Codeman made his way to home safely on Thursday, which I wish I knew that before me and Chad had left our local Wal-Mart because we could have gotten some Nardones Pizza. Maybe next time lol. Again, I was just so thankful that he got here safely, when we returned home, I was happy to finally see him. Gave Codeman a big ole hug! It isn't really too often that I get to hear from him, let alone see him in person, of course being a father of two children now, Love you Lukey, Love you Ava, I can not blame him. By nightfall, we all just got to chill around the living room watching some football. Before we all headed for bed, Codeman suggested about all three of the Yoder brothers spend some time again with each other all day Friday. And hung out we did, Cody had asked us if we wanted to hitch a ride with him in his Bronco and head...
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Assault On Devil's Island (1997 TV Movie)

 For those who know me it will be no surprise that I love to talk about B Movies as well as TV movies and last night, I found an old TV film that was released in 1997 called Assault on Devil's Island starring the late Hulk Hogan, Carl Weathers and Shannon Tweed. This movies also featured veteran actors like Martin Kove of Karate Kid fame, Billy Drago (RIP), Trevor Goddard (RIP) and Billy Banks. The story follows Navy Seals portrayed by Hogan and Weathers who after, being betrayed by one of their own. Soon join forces with Tweed who plays as an DEA agent and together, they attempt a rescue mission to free an American Gymnastics All Star team who have been taken hostage to Devil's Island and it is up to them to rescue the hostages. The movie itself had a budget of 4 million dollars which is crazy to think seeing how big movie budgets are nowadays. And also, like mentioned earlier, this film came out in 1997 on TNT. Which is also insane to me because this was during the height of ...
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The Triple Threat (ECW Faction)

 It is crazy to think that this underrated faction is 30 years old, but nonetheless, the Triple Threat was one of my personal favorite pro wrestling groups of all time. As mentioned earlier, the Triple Threat was formed in 1995 with the original incarnation featuring "The Franchise" Shane Douglas, Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit in Extreme Championship Wrestling. I must saying, although I never saw this version during its original run, getting to see them on the WWE Network and YouTube really was fun to watch. What I like about the trio of Benoit, Malenko and Douglas was how each of them were such great technical wrestlers (which is the kind of wrestling I prefer) and how they could make anyone that they wrestled against look amazing. Sadly, this trio did not last for very long which is unfortunate. I am a bit curious to see how far the original incarnation of the Triple Threat would have worked if it had at least a year under their belts. But one can only ponder. Fast forward ...
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