Pep Bands, Pigskins, and Pearls
What a strange weekend with no NFL game scheduled (can’t count the Pro Bowl weekend of skills, activities, and nonsense!) as we await next...
A title, another classic, and a trivia question
THE brought a ninth national title back to Columbus, surviving a gauntlet that no other team had run in pursuit of a championship. In...
Changes, uniforms, and buzzards
It’s hard to believe, with the snowfall and Arctic temperatures that have descended on West Central Ohio lately, that high school basketball tournament...
Buckeyes, Irish, and NFL History
After yet another winter’s snow, it’s time for some random thoughts while waiting for the weekend’s NFL Wild Card playoff games to kick off—
This...
Jetsons, Joe, Ja’Marr, and Blue Jays
Hard to believe that 2025 has arrived! It will take me a few weeks to not put 2024 on the few checks I still...
Another trip around the sun
With another Christmas season behind us and New Year’s Eve and Day festivities just ahead for most, let’s wrap up another year with a...
College Football, Pop-Tarts, and Mayonnaise
The next two weeks promise to be, as usual, the busiest of the calendar year for most folks around West Central Ohio. Family gatherings,...
Cars, Patriotism, and Skyline Chili
Thought we’d start today’s column with some news from the automotive market. Money Magazine reports that traditional cars account for only 19% of the...
Ducks, deer, squirrels, and bunnies
You can hear the wailing and moaning (with Southern accents of course) from down in Dixie as the College Football Playoffs won’t include a...
Poetry, Playoffs, and Maalox
With apologies to Ernest Thayer and “Casey at the Bat”—
“Oh somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere,...
