On Saturday Ohio State makes its first road trip of the season. The Buckeyes travel to Champaign, Illinois and Memorial Stadium to take on the Fighting Illini and play once again for the Illibuck trophy. Illinois is one of those teams that is a bit of a cipher in this early part of the season. [...]
Archive for September, 2010
A Trip To Champaign
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten football, Buckeye football, Illinois, Illinois vs. Ohio State, Illinois-Ohio State, Ohio State, Ohio State vs. Illinois, Ohio State-Illinois, sports on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dirty Sports
Posted in sports, tagged Cycling, sports, Tour de France on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Pro baseball has its steroid scandals, and pro football does too. College football and basketball witness periodic allegations that teams have cheated in recruiting, in paying athletes, and in committing various violations of NCAA rules. It seems like every sport struggles with some issues of cheating. Is any sport more troubled in that regard than [...]
Summer Work
Posted in Art, Family, tagged Art, Family, Palmer Gallery, Russell Webner, Vassar on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Miscellany News, Vassar’s student newspaper, has posted on Flickr some photos of pieces displayed at the “Summer Work” show at the Palmer Gallery. Although the slide show doesn’t identify which pieces are by which artist, I have a pretty good idea of which pictures show Russell’s work. In any case, I think all of [...]
Boardwalk Empire
Posted in TV, tagged Boardwalk Empire, Deadwood, HBO, Martin Scorsese, Prohibition, Steve Buscemi, TV on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kish and I have watched the first two episodes of Boardwalk Empire, the new HBO series. It is fabulous, and we are already fully and blissfully hooked. For those of you who haven’t seen the show, it is the story of Atlantic City in 1920, as Prohibition is just beginning. The focal point of the [...]
Vote Yes On Issue 4
Posted in Columbus, tagged 2010 Election, 2010 Library Levy, Columbus, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Libraries, New Albany, Public Libraries on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In addition to all of the federal and state races on the ballot in November, central Ohio voters will cast their ballots on Issue 4, a 2.8 mill property tax levy to support the Columbus Metropolitan Library system. I strongly support Issue 4, and I hope Franklin County voters will, too. The Columbus Metropolitan Library [...]
A Visit To Cleveland’s West Side Market Area
Posted in America, Ohio, Travel, tagged America, Architecture, Cleveland, Ohio, Travel, Urban Living, West Side Market on September 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I was in Cleveland last night and took some associates from the firm out to dinner. (Thanks very much for the company, ladies!) They decided we should go to a restaurant across the street from the West Side Market at the corner of West 25th St. and Lorain Avenue in the Ohio City area of [...]
When Aliens Come Calling
Posted in Humor, World, tagged Humor, Mazlan Othman, United Nations, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, World on September 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
With all of the problems in the world, it is noteworthy that the United Nations has decided to focus on the pressing topic of impending extraterrestrial visits and has appointed Mazlan Othman as the person aliens should contact if they come knocking at Earth’s door. Who is Mazlan Othman, you may ask? Why, she is [...]
A Visit To The NACC Fire Pit
Posted in America, Humor, tagged America, Drum Circle, Fire Pits, Humor, NACC, New Albany, New Albany Country Club on September 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New Albany Country Club has it all. 27-hold golf course? Check. Fine dining and party room facilities? Check. Countless tennis courts? Absolutely. Workout facility, family pool, and adult pool? Of course! Its own beer and pale ale? Sure, why not? Fire pit? Yes, indeed. Wait a second — fire pit? It’s the newest addition to [...]
Let The Big Ten Begin
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten football, Boom Herron, Brandon Saine, Buckeye football, Dane Sanzenbacher, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Jaamal Berry, Jordan Hall, Ohio State, sports, Terrelle Pryor on September 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Ohio State Buckeyes did what they had to do yesterday. On a beautiful fall day, they pounded the Eastern Michigan University Eagles, 73-20, to complete an undefeated September. Now the Big Ten season begins, and the Buckeyes will be required to leave the friendly confines of Ohio Stadium. The first test will come next [...]
Finding EMU
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten football, Buckeye football, college football, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Ohio State, sports, The Ohio State University on September 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Ohio State plays the Eastern Michigan University Eagles today. The Eagles play in the MAC, and they aren’t very good. In fact, they’ve lost 15 games in a row. As a result, Ohio State is a prohibitive favorite to prevail in the match-up. Today’s contest will be one of those games where Ohio State really [...]
Lessons From The Blockbuster Bankruptcy
Posted in America, The Economy, tagged America, bailouts, bankruptcy, Blockbuster, consumers, economy, Entertainment on September 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Thursday, Blockbuster Inc. filed for bankruptcy. The retail video rental chain, which employs about 25,000 people, is close to $1 billion in debt and is getting hammered by Netflix and other companies that offer different approaches to delivery of movies and entertainment options to consumers. I haven’t been to a Blockbuster store in years, [...]
Not Funny
Posted in Politics, tagged Congress, Immigration, Politics, Stephen Colbert on September 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today Stephen Colbert testified, in character, before a congressional subcommittee on immigration. He said things like “I don’t want a tomato picked by a Mexican” and the answer to needing illegal immigrants to pick our fruits and vegetables is to stop eating fruits and vegetables. I’m sure Colbert thought it was a great opportunity to [...]
Taxpayer-Subsidized Political Contributions
Posted in America, Politics, tagged America, bailouts, General Motors, GM, Political contributions, Politics on September 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
General Motors recently filed documents with the Federal Election Commission disclosing that GM contributed some $90,000 to political candidates. The GM spokesman quoted in the linked article seemed irked that anyone would think there was a problem with this, saying that GM isn’t going to “sit on the sidelines” while other companies shovel cash at [...]
How To Deal With A Nutjob
Posted in America, World on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve often been critical of the Obama Administration in the postings on this blog, but here is an action that I can wholeheartedly support: today’s decision by the United States to walk out on the delusional ravings — some might call it a speech — by Iran’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The U.S. delegation exited after [...]
Classiness On Display (Cont.)
Posted in Ohio, Politics, tagged Chris Redfern, Democrats, Ohio, Ohio Democratic Party, Politics on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today I got another email from Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern about his use of a crass obscenity in a recent speech. Amazingly, he doesn’t apologize, or even act embarrassed about his blunder. Instead, he tries to convert it into a fundraising opportunity! He says that he has received an outpouring of support for [...]
