I’ve spent a lot of time here bitching about the Big Ten Network, especially when it was getting set up and being stupid about the franchise fees it was seeking from cable companies. That’s mostly been resolved, although it’s worth noting that my old cable company — Armstrong, in Butler — still hasn’t given in.… Read More 4. good and bad.
If the goal for today was to play, we were successful. A good tailgate/game watching party from a killer vantage point on the top level of CMU’s East Campus Garage. And Hiram and Carnegie Mellon were entertaining as hell. Bocktown: killer dinner watching college football (for me); great ladies night (for Mrs. Crappy). Finished up… Read More 2. yes we did.
October is my favorite month of the year. That has a lot to do with the fact that it’s my birthday month (WOOOOO BIRTHDAY MONTH!), but that doesn’t account for it all. Even if I didn’t celebrate my birthday in October, this is a great time of year for me. It’s time to play. October… Read More 1. playtime.
Ohio State’s on the road on Saturday, but I’ve figured out a way to avoid tailgating withdrawals. The son of our friend Hutch is a junior defensive end at Hiram College, and the Terriers visit Carnegie Mellon at 1 p.m. Saturday. Hutch asked a couple days ago for folks to come out and support a… Read More emergency tailgate.
We’ve put the lid on Podcamp Pittsburgh 5, which might have been our best effort to date. So naturally, I’m going to write about beer. That’s only partially true; I’m not going to write about much at all — and I’m not going to tag, format or link one single thing — because I’m exhausted… Read More beat.
I spent way too much time today thinking about an idiot sportswriter in south Florida, and a column he pretty clearly wrote to get a ton of hits for the paper’s web site. I’m not going to link to it here — I did that already at KNT, and you can go over there and… Read More grrrr.
Uncle Crappy 