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27degrees minus 9 for wind chill + 40degrees of Atlantic Ocean = Pain. I am not a pussy. I am always cold weather trained and I have done the polar bear plunge in point pleasant for 5 years in a row. This year stung a bit. The warm water and cold wind really put a hurting on me. Not my face, not my back… you know not even my balls. It was all on my penis. It stung so bad it felt like a cheap French whore went to work on it, and she was into biting. Ok, that might be a bit vulgar sorry. Let's start over.

On a serious note, this event is for charity and my buddy Keith raised over $500. Way to go Keith. I of course just raised a pinch over the bare minimum.. but I am a busy and lazy guy. They raised half a million dollars for the Special Olympics this year, that is pretty damn good. I Am not sure if all of you have heard this story or not, but here it goes. It was our first plunge and while tailgating in the parking lot a high school aged guy came up to us. We were drinking a few beers and he asked if could have one. I was mostly just setting up the gear and stuff and wasn't really paying attention to him, but I said yes. So an hour later and 3 beers in for this guy, he told us that he had lost his group and wanted to jump with us. I was like sure man, the more the merrier, so he went to go to the port-o-john. We didn't see him until it was go time. 101.5FM came up to us to do a little interview and just then the parking lot kid reappeared. We were introducing ourselves to the interviewer and when he went, he said and I quote. "Hi, I am tom from the garden state school for the disabled". I lost it, I totally lost my shit. He was a special Olympian high school kid that was now drunk because of us and about to jump in the ocean. It was a classic plunge moment and I will always remember it.

Now for some dirt. This event is a PBA event. This means that the event is full of cops. And if you have ever been in a bar with drunken cops before you know that booze and cops really don't mix at all. Last year there was a drunk cop driving accident, and guess what there was back in 2004 that was also very serious. This year Point Pleasant all but shut the bridge to the plunge. Making fake parking laws so you couldn't park on the street. They also pressured the bars in town not to open until 2, so that all the plungers would be out of town by then. It sucked, it really did, a few drunk cops turned pt pleasant into the frigin' town from footloose. Well on the upside, bye-bye PP… it is going to be in seaside next year, and on a Saturday, and seaside is going to let us drink on the beach… so plunge 07 is going to be mayhem

Thanks for reading and paying attention to my life. This issue was a little late, but it was hard to get people to submit on time. Next month is going to really be a chore.. I have 3 parades to do... If you have anything you want to contribute, do it early.

And I think I am going to sell some ads in the May issue as well on the school bus. Feel free to email me to talk numbers.

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