Ohio legislators are once again considering whether the speed limit on Ohio’s interstate freeways should be increased. The issue is whether to raise the speed limit from the current 65 m.p.h. to 70 m.p.h. The Ohio Highway Patrol would prefer that the speed limit stay at 65; it contends that higher speeds result in more [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ohio’
Considering Ohio’s Highway Speed Limit
Posted in Ohio, tagged Driving, Highways, Ohio, Speed Limits on February 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
Hoping To See A Snowy Owl
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, tagged birds, Columbus, New Albany, Ohio, Snowy Owls on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not a birder. New Albany doesn’t seem like a great place for bird-watching. We share this space with the native Ohio birds, ducks and swans, and the flocks of dreaded, honking, crapping Canadian geese — but not much else. But now my bird-sighting hopes are up, because there are reports that Snowy Owls have [...]
An Update On “Occupy Columbus”
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, tagged Columbus, Occupy Columbus, Occupy Movement, Ohio, Ohio Statehouse on February 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday was a beautiful, spring-like day, so after lunch The Bus-Riding Conservative and I decided to take an extended walk. To our surprise, when we walked past the Ohio Statehouse we learned that “Occupy Columbus” is still there. To be sure, the tents have moved since I last visited Statehouse Square months ago. They used [...]
The Blizzard Of ’78 At Ohio State
Posted in College, Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Blizzard of 1978, College, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State University, weather, Winter on January 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I was reminded today of the Great Blizzard of 1978. It was a devastating Storm of the Century, but I remember it fondly — and, I suspect, other Ohio State students of that era do as well. The Great Blizzard struck on January 26 and 27, 1978. It blanketed Ohio with huge amounts of snow, [...]
Snow On Pine
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Columbus, New Albany, Ohio, Photography, sports, weather, Winter on January 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday morning the snow was still fresh when Penny and I took our walk. We passed one pine tree where the snowflakes had been caught by the clusters of pine needles like a baseball is caught by a catcher’s mitt. It looked like ice cream cones or cotton candy. The snow was so new, and [...]
Frost-Covered Sunrise, New Albany, January 15
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Columbus, New Albany, Ohio, Photography, Sunrises, weather, Winter on January 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
It stopped snowing yesterday, the sky cleared, and of course the temperature dropped. This morning it was frigid. On our morning walk we noticed that everything was covered with a delicate layer of frost. On this little tree, the coating of frost looked like fine white hairs in the refracted light of the sunrise.
Adrift Against The Fence Line
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Columbus, Fence, Ohio, Photography, Snow, weather, Winter on January 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
There really wasn’t a sunrise this morning. It’s still snowing, and the sky was gray and heavy with clouds. The light was filtered, leaving the snow-covered landscape a study in white, gray, and black. Along the Yantis Loop in New Albany, the wind had done its work, sculpting the drifted snowbank into a delicate, curving [...]
Boring Slogans For The Buckeye State
Posted in Humor, Ohio, tagged Bureaucrats, Humor, License Plate Slogans, License Plates, Michigan Wolverines, Ohio on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s some exciting news: Ohio is redesigning its license plate! It wanted Ohioans to help, so it established a website that allowed Ohioans to vote on which of dozens of different potential “facts,” phrases and slogans “best describes Ohio”! Anyone who thinks there is no poetry lurking in the souls of the bureaucrats in the [...]
Sayonara To The Senate
Posted in America, Ohio, Politics, tagged 2012 Election, America, Josh Mandel, Ohio, Politics, Senator Ben Nelson, Sherrod Brown, United States Senate on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Although everyone will be focusing on the presidential election come 2012, the battle for the majority in the Senate will be at least as interesting. In 2011, a surprising number of Senators announced they would not run for re-election. The last was Senator Ben Nelson — the Nebraska Senator who was criticized, here and elsewhere, [...]
Turnpike Turnoff
Posted in Ohio, Politics, tagged John Kasich, Liz Walters, Ohio, Ohio Democratic Party, Ohio Turnpike, Poltiics on December 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As you would expect from the party out of office, the Ohio Democratic Party opposes just about everything proposed by Republican Governor John Kasich. The Democrats have had some victories — but I still think they need to learn how to pick their battles. The latest howls of outrage are directed at the decision to [...]
The Buckeyes’ Ban — And Embarrassment
Posted in Ohio, sports, tagged Buckeye football, NCAA, NCAA Violations, Ohio, Ohio State, sports on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After months of trepidation and speculation about the ongoing investigation of tattoos, non-disclosures, and lack of institutional control in the Ohio State University football program, the NCAA dropped the hammer today. The sanctions were more severe than was expected. The NCAA deprived the football program of scholarships, put the Buckeyes on probation for five years, [...]
The Gerrymander Game
Posted in Ohio, Politics, tagged Chris Redfern, Democrats, Gerrymandering, Ohio, Ohio Congressional Map, Politics, Redistricting, Republicans on December 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ohio Republicans and Democrats have agreed to a final, revised map for Ohio congressional districts. It has been a contentious issue that might have produced yet another referendum vote. From the hyperbolic e-mails sent by Ohio Democratic Party Chair Chris Redfern, you’d think this was the greatest victory for representative democracy since the Revolutionary War. [...]
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, [...]
When Darkness Season Falls
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Columbus, Darkness, depression, midwest, Ohio, Seasonal Affective Disorder, The Sopranos, weather, Winter on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Some people celebrate the extra hour of sleep we gain when we “fall back” every autumn. Other people dread that day, because the simple act of turning back the clocks ushers in a season of seemingly constant darkness. It’s dark when we get up in the morning, dark when we drive to work, and dark [...]
