Snooki (of whom I am NOT related!), fresh from her summer break away from the grueling job that is Jersey Shore, has decidedto expand her personal horizons. No, she didn’t get a boob job or do something about that enormous rear end; she has entered the world of American politics. Snooki, who is about as...
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Every year, the Ohio state fair sculpts figures from locally made butter to promote the concept of rural living. This year, the theme includes two Ohio pro football players-Bengals Chinedum Ndukwe and Joe Thomas from the Browns-to fight the issue of childhood obesity. The goal is to engage children in more vigorous activities (like...
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If you have followed this blog for very long, then you know of my passion for science fiction. Well now I have a third blog site up and running! It’s called myouterspace.com, and it is nirvana for geeks and 40 year old virgins. If you take a casual glance to the right, you will also notice...
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If an ugly girl shakes her moneymaker at me, can I give her change back? Just once I would like honesty from a movie theatre. Their fire warning should read “Look. Let’s be real. If this theatre is on fire, you are going to run like hell out of here. We understand that there...
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I am not a collector of things, even when those items relate to Ohio State. In fact, I have only three bobble heads that grace my OSU shelf. One is, of course, in the image of Woody Hayes since he is the iconic gridiron hero around these parts. The second is an Archie bobble...
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The Big Ten has finally joined the big time. Now that the conference has expanded to it’s current total of 12 members, we have been granted the blessings of the almighty NCAA to conduct our very own conference title game. Let the money flow begin! Naturally, with so much money at stake, the largest...
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Bullies. Most of us have bad experiences with bullies from school. They yanked our underwear so hard the fruit-of-the-loom tag was scratching our necks. They took our milk money and made us say uncle. When they informed us that we would be dead at lunch, our stomachs hurt till lunch, then our faces hurt. It’s...
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The middle class. Every politician wants their support and it represents the average in all of us. So who makes up the middle of the Big Ten? Who has the teams that could win it all, except for the missing few players? Who are the programs that pay the taxes but don’t get the...
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If you enjoy fishing, then you have most likely had an experience where you went to fish that beautiful, secluded pond in hopes that, indeed, a fish would rise. But after hours of fishing all you have managed to hook are those nasty bottom-feeding catfish. Welcome to the Big Ten bottom feeders. 11. Indiana...
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Dublin… A few years ago, city officials passed an ordinance that required home owners to keep all trash cans inside their garages until trash pick-up day. While the trash can item was an actual law, it was seldom enforced. Well, not now. Dublin is cracking down on both trash can violators and its budget...
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