A year ago, I put up the first-ever edition of Ask Uncle Crappy. Because it was Michigan Week, I thought a college football-specific question-and-answer session would be a fun thing to do. For whatever reason, that post has become the most-viewed post in Uncle Crappy’s history, and it continues to get hits every day. I… Read More 17. AUC: college football edition II.
If you grew up in Columbus, you understand the title of this post. And even if you’re not a native, you probably won’t be surprised to hear that things in my hometown kind of come to a halt for the next few days. It’s Michigan Week. During the 1990s — when the guy who led… Read More 16. best week of the year.
While having our regular debate about what to eat and where (“What are you hungry for?” “I dunno, anything…”), The Wife came up with a startlingly quick decision today: Ye Allegheny Sandwich Shoppe, on Western Avenue in the North Side. And I can tell you this: If you’re ever in the mood for a roast… Read More 15. full.
Rugby beer night was a staple of my life during my first stint in Athens. Each Tuesday, OU’s rugby club would set up at the Hangar 5, buy a keg of something horrible like Milwaukee’s Best and sell cups for a buck. You drank until the keg was kicked, and you got to watch the… Read More 14. rugby beer night.
A couple years ago, I bitched here when XM removed its Music Lab channel — the only one that played my hippie music with any regularity — from its on-air lineup, banishing it to online-only status. And although I haven’t posted about it, I’ve been wondering more recently how the XM-Sirius merger would manifest itself… Read More 13. all better.
I need to thank Fred for jogging my memory a few days ago. He completed his alphabet assignment in a timely fashion, a great list based on the letter N. You can see his list here; pay particular attention to the entry about “Newport Jazz,” and the Duke Ellington show at the Newport festival in… Read More 12. that part in between.
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