It was the last thing I did inside Ohio Stadium when I left after Saturday’s cold, rainy loss to Michigan State. And it was the best way for me to start Michigan week. Those concrete garlands – they’re “strung” all around the stadium, attached to the building’s original façade – are my connection between the… Read More 20. you can take it with you.
Everyone here is excited about the win by Columbus in the first leg of the MLS Eastern Conference finals. And I mean everyone. Although the effort was kind of exhausting.
It’s a beautiful day to beat a team from Michigan.
Samuel Johnson said patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Bullet posts are the last refuge of a distracted blogger. I’m sitting at the kitchen table in my parents’ house. I have prep work for tomorrow’s tailgate party done, and I’m enjoying the hell out of this bomber of Bison Imperial Stout, from Homestead Beer… Read More 16. bailing with bullets.
Know what glycated hemoglobin is? That’s OK. Until the end of August, I didn’t either. Here’s an explanation that will mean nothing to most of you. It’s a measurement, by percentage, of hemoglobin — a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen — that’s coated by sugar. A little bit of sugar-coated hemoglobin isn’t… Read More 15. numbers.
It’s hard to know for certain, but I’d love to think that this, specifically Trey’s admonition at the end of “Roses Are Free” at our excellent Blossom show last summer… … had something to do with this: And maybe if we could get a full tour out of these guys, I could fulfill a dream,… Read More 14. don’t believe the florist.
Uncle Crappy 