Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has accepted a new job. He will be moving to Akron and taking a position at the University of Akron — not as a football coach, but as the Vice President for Strategic Engagement. I’m happy for Mr. Tressel (although I will always think of him as Coach [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Family’
Coach Tressel Finds A New Home
Posted in Family, Ohio, sports, tagged Buckeye Bebe, Buckeye football, Family, Jim Tressel, NCAA Violations, Ohio, Ohio State, sports, University of Akron on February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From Grandpa’s Bookshelf: The Masters of Achievement
Posted in America, tagged America, American culture, Family, Grandma and Grandpa Neal, Masters of Achievement on January 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
One of the largest — and most tattered — books on Grandpa’s bookshelf is a volume called Masters of Achievement. From its condition, it obviously was a favorite, read over and over again. What kind of book was so well-thumbed? Masters of Achievement was published by the Frontier Press Company of Buffalo, N.Y. in 1913. [...]
The Inoculatory Pre-Golf Personal Information Exchange
Posted in Family, Humor, tagged Family, Humor, Insensitivity, Marriage, Men, Seinfeld, Sensitivity, Women on January 27, 2012 | 7 Comments »
If you are a married man, you’ve probably experienced this scenario. You and your wife are friends with a couple. You innocently mention to your lovely bride that you are going to have lunch, or a beer, or play golf with the male member of the couple. When you return home afterward, your spouse bombards [...]
Unlocking The Aging Secrets Of Lazarus Long
Posted in Family, Science, tagged Aging, Extreme Old Age, Family, Genetics, Human Genomes, Lazarus Long, Long Life, Robert A. Heinlein, Science on January 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
What makes some people so long-lived? In the classic science fiction story Methuselah’s Children, Robert A. Heinlein postulated that extreme longevity could be achieved by genetics. Encourage long-lived families to mate with each other, and in a few generations you would produce the ageless Lazarus Long, who lived well past the age of 200. Now [...]
Sunglasses, By The Masses
Posted in Family, Humor, Penny, tagged Family, Humor, insects, Mayflies, Penny, Sunglasses, Women's Eyewear on December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday Kish and I were at a store and she bought two new pairs of sunglasses. It’s a familiar scene. By my rough estimate, with these two new additions, Kish has now owned 3,461 pairs of sunglasses during our years of wedded bliss. Unfortunately, the life spans of those unlucky eyewear items tend to be [...]
Merry Christmas From Webner House
Posted in Family, tagged Christmas, Family, Holidays, house and grounds on December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all from the Webners. May your days be merry and filled with the joy of family, friends — and a day off.
The Things We Do For Our Dogs
Posted in Dogs, Family, Humor, Penny, tagged Dogs, Family, Humor, Penny, Pets, Rainy Days on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You wake up and feel pretty good. You walk downstairs, look outside, and see that it’s windy and raining, fat raindrops blowing sideways. Ugh. Penny is up and alert in her crate, famished and aching to be fed. You put out food, and she bolts it down with gusto. In the meantime you conclude that [...]
The Diamond Grille In The Rubber City
Posted in Family, Food, Ohio, tagged Akron, Diamond Grille, Family, Food, Ohio, restaurants on December 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Today I had lunch at the Diamond Grille in Akron. It was like stepping back in time, in more ways than one. The Diamond Grille is found at 77 West Market Street. The exterior is unpretentious — and the inside is no different. It’s a throwback place, from the neon sign to the interior decor, [...]
Curse Of The Purse
Posted in Family, Humor, tagged Family, Humor, Key Rings, Purses, Women on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The other day I was pondering why Kish’s key ring weighs approximately 30 pounds, and I concluded that purses are to blame. This began because I needed the key to Russell’s car, which is on Kish’s key ring — along with 50 other keys, tokens, and bric-a-brac. I think the key to the diary she [...]
Egg No
Posted in Family, Food, Humor, tagged A Christmas Carol, Alcohol, Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum, Charles Dickens, Egg Nog, Family, Food, Hangovers, Holidays, Humor on December 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Kish got two quarts of egg nog for the holidays. She did so because, some years in the past, one of the boys made the offhand comment that they had tried egg nog and it wasn’t bad. That innocent remark probably means we will buy at least one container of egg nog for the holidays, [...]
Carolers In The Dark
Posted in Family, Music, tagged Caroling, Christmas, Christmas Carols, Family, GnG Music Instruction, Music, New Albany, Singing on December 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last night we were expecting guests. We went to the door when the doorbell rang, but instead of our guests, it was a group of carolers, adults and children both, belting out a holiday song with great gusto. What a pleasant surprise! After they finished, we thanked them and wished them happy holidays. They looked [...]
Mornings Without Coffee
Posted in Family, Food, Humor, tagged Coffee, Coffee Pots, Cusinart, Dick Butkus, Family, Food, Humor on December 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The other day we were removing the coffee pot from the dishwasher while it was still hot. An unintentional, yet undue, amount of pressure, and the pot cracked — and now we are without coffee in the morning. This is probably, oh, I don’t know, the thousandth time we have broken a glass coffee pot. [...]
Quitting Smoking
Posted in Family, Growing Up, tagged Cigarettes, Family, Growing Up, Health, Quitting Smoking, smoking on December 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Uncle Mack’s post about reaching age 70 got me thinking about quitting smoking. It’s one of the things he advises you do to reach that milestone. Of course, every public health expert and doctor agrees. I smoked for years. I started in 1975, after I graduated from high school. When I was in college everyone [...]
