When I travel, I fear someone will shout "O-H!" and - reflex. The "worthless nut" line comes from a history teacher I had - the seeds of the Aesculus glabra (Buckeye) tree are toxic to humans and almost all animals. Squirrels again? Ugh. "I-O!"
They return, to my home for a few years: Dublin, Ohio. So much material: I-270, roundabouts, Muirfield, the zoo, OSU, giant corn, Celtic themes, the "world's largest" Irish festival and - of course - all the f*ing shamrocks.
My dogs and I have this ritual. They can speak, dance, wave, crawl and so on - but I can’t get them to stop attacking the sweeper. Yes, welcome to Ohio - we "sweep" carpets here.
Way to go Ohio! Buckeye proud! So nice to see that "pay to play" is alive and well - and that you can still buy "friendship" for a few million dollars! Cash only, I assume? Disclaimer: all allegedly of course (wink, wink).
The Explorer, the Genie and Bo head back out for more adventures. Unless I kill them off. I wish I could join them. Yeah, I'm not entirely sure myself which phrase that last statement goes with.
I suspect this will NOT age well. I was raised on sports, starting at age 5, and played on varsity teams into college. As long ago as it was, my sense of seasons aligned with the sports calendar. Until now.
The best strategy for handling Trump is the Reagan treatment of Carter. Then facts. Then "I'm rubber and you're glue" and downhill from there. Fun fact: tonight's debate is only a few hundred feet from where I was born.
The attendance increase for today's game was enough to use my season tickets. What's the worst that could happen? Nevermind. So ... THIS was planned for a week - but now feels VERY weird. And awkward.
People enjoy the escape a gifted storyteller provides - even if they are just discussing the font used in the dictionary they are reading from. Care of the world's largest cuckoo clock in Sugarcreek, Ohio.
Cleveland. Home of the 2021 NFL Draft. Internationally renowned Art and History museums. One of the world's best orchestras. Largest theatre district outside NYC. Pioneers in science, medicine, industry, technology ...
Is it time to resume documenting the end of the great and glorious American Experiment? Yeah. Sounds like a fun time. Until the zombies arrive. To whom I voluntarily surrender my brains. Oh. And. Yay CWRU!
(b) The other day "kid me" cried about curses. While old enough to have seen misery at Municipal Stadium - I'm not old enough to have seen glory. BUT "adult me" paid for 0-16 and gave "kid me" something to really cry about.
I honestly don't know if these are the poisonous "nuts" from the tree. Or "Buckeye Candy" - our stupid peanut butter fudge balls ALMOST entirely coated in chocolate. Either way. If someone eats one ... they stop talking.
Silly Sunday! Only one of my close-death-experiences had a stay in the hospital. I got cool organ bits as souvenirs in a jar! But. I should've had them remove some other organs while they were in there. Oh! Way to go. Io!
Christmastime in Painesville by Slack Jaw. 1995. Newly single. Driving I-90W to work, it came on the radio passing under the exit 185 ... signs. West to Cleveland? East to Painesville? I laughed. As I healed. From? Scissors.
Should I root for the barely Buckeye city on the river? No. I want the "greatest turkey event" in Super Bowl history! Side question. While parts of the episode did not age well - was this the best scene in sitcom history?
All-Star Sunday! Welcome to Cleveland, care of the Euclid Beach Band! Lucky break. Blizzardwise. But. One cannot speak of the city of my birth. And its horrific sports history. Without bawling over ... curses.
Tom Hanks got his start in Cleveland. At the Great Lakes Theater. And. He dropped out of college … to do what he does. Hence the Woody quote. The title? A Michael Stanley Band song.
Did I make a continuity error? Maybe. So. A “very” interesting music video? Based on a movie that is haunting me. Anyway. It was weird growing-up near Cleveland. And. Hearing the voices on the radio … in real life.
Just an excuse to use the WMMS Buzzard again? Nope. A real thing. At the Geauga County Maple Festival. With only slightly less absurdity. I was going to make a video this year – but SOMETHING got in the way. Maybe next year?