Tomorrow night the Buckeyes play an NCAA Tournament regional semifinal game against the University of Cincinnati Bearcats. The round of games is called the Sweet Sixteen, but recently it has had a decidedly sour taste for Ohio State. This is the third year in a row the Buckeyes have made it this far — and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ohio’
Working To Make The Sixteen Sweet
Posted in Ohio, sports, tagged Aaron Craft, Bearcats, Big East, Big Ten, Buckeye Basketball, Deshaun Thomas, Jared Sullinger, Lenzelle Smith Jr., NCAA Tournament, Ohio, Ohio State, sports, Sweet Sixteen, University of Cincinnati, William Buford on March 21, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Hinckley’s Buzzards
Posted in Ohio, tagged birds, Buzzards, Hinckley, Ohio, Star Trek, Turkey Vultures, Vulcans on March 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Swallows return to San Juan Capistrano, salmons return to the stream where they were spawned, Vulcans return to Vulcan to mate . . . and buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio. Every March 15 buzzards — also known as turkey vultures — flock back to the little town in northern Ohio, where they are greeted by [...]
The Overnight Storms Roll Through
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged birds, Columbus, Ohio, Overnight thunderstorms, weather on March 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Last night a powerful series of thunderstorms rolled through central Ohio. It was the first major thunderstorm of the season, and coming as it did in the black early morning hours it was a spectacular show. I first heard the storm when it was well off to the west. I had our windows open to [...]
Leaves In A Roadside Puddle
Posted in Ohio, Photography, tagged Ohio, Photography on March 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, on a shimmering, sunny day, I was struck by the beauty of a roadside puddle and the subtle and varied hues of countless leaves immersed under the water.
Return Of The Swans
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, tagged birds, Columbus, New Albany, Ohio, Photography, spring, Swans on March 11, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Here’s another sure sign that spring is near: the swans are back on the pond next to the green on number 5 North. Yesterday, on a brilliantly sunny day, the magnificent birds were drifting regally on the water, nibbling on the plants at the water’s edge and adding a bit of class to the neighborhood.
Romney, Like Ohio State
Posted in Ohio, Politics, tagged Mitt Romney, Ohio, Ohio State, Politics on March 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
How is Mitt Romney like Ohio State? Well, he’s the front-runner, well-funded, and expected to crush his opponents every time. Anything less than a complete drubbing is viewed as disappointing. And, as a result, Romney’s winning in Ohio isn’t really viewed as a win at all, because it wasn’t as pretty as the pundits thought [...]
Dennis, Departing
Posted in Ohio, Politics, tagged Congress, Democrats, Dennis Kucinich, Marcy Kaptur, Ohio, Politics on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s primary election in Ohio not only resulted in a win for Mitt Romney, it also ended (for now, at least) the congressional career of Dennis Kucinich. Fellow Representative Marcy Kaptur trounced Kucinich in the Democratic primary in a redrawn district. Kucinich blamed his defeat on a negative campaign by Kaptur. Perhaps — but it [...]
Ohio, Ready To Swing
Posted in Ohio, Politics, tagged 2012 Republican presidential race, economy, Mitt Romney, Ohio, Politics, Rick Santorum on March 5, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Tomorrow Americans across the land will vote in Super Tuesday primary elections. Ohio — the prototypical swing state — is once again ready to swing. The latest polls show that the race between Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney in the Ohio Republican presidential primary is too close to call. The polls indicate that Romney has [...]
Santorum And Satan
Posted in Ohio, Politics, tagged 2012 Republican presidential race, Budget Deficit, Ohio, Ohio Primary, Politics, Rick Santorum, Satan on March 5, 2012 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been hearing Rick Santorum ads over the past few days. It’s clear that his focus — and the means by which he attempts to distinguish himself from his Republican rivals — is “social issues.” Even his economic plans are couched as a way of “helping families,” by which he clearly means traditional, married, husband-and-wife [...]
I Don’t Get Robocalls
Posted in America, Ohio, Politics, tagged 2012 Republican presidential race, America, Ohio, Politics, Robocalls, Sound Trucks, Super Tuesday, Town Criers on March 2, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Now that the Republican primary campaigns have moved to Ohio and other Super Tuesday states, I’ve started to get robocalls at work. But, although I’m getting robocalls, I don’t quite get robocalls. By that I mean that I don’t understand the value of a robocall. I’m sure there are studies that dispute this, but I [...]
The Vermilion Town Hall
Posted in Ohio, Travel, tagged Ohio, Travel, Vermilion, Vermilion Ohio, Vermilion Town Hall on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Vermilion Town Hall is found on one of the wooded town squares near the railroad tracks and the downtown area. It was built in 1883, at a time when Ohio was booming and towns like Vermilion were interested in displaying their prosperity and success in tangible form. Town halls were good ways to make [...]
The Old Public School
Posted in Ohio, tagged Ohio, School Buildings, Schools, Vermilion, Vermilion Public School on February 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
On Route 60, on the outskirts of Vermilion, sits the decaying edifice of the Vermilion Public School. It is a huge brick building with multiple floors – the kind of school that would not be built today, in our era of single floor facilities. Although the building seems to be in significant disrepair, the lovely [...]
On The Gray, Windswept Shores Of Lake Erie, Vermilion, Ohio, February 25, 2012
Posted in Ohio, weather, tagged Lake Erie, Ohio, Photography, weather, Winter on February 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s cold and blustery up here, with snow squalls rolling through. Ohio’s Great Lake reflects the weather. It’s been whipped into a lather of waves by a gusty wind that slaps and tears at all it touches — be it human faces, clothing, trees, or the swing set that creaks on the shoreline. You can [...]
