For me, class reunions are worse than birthdays. I don’t know why that is, and I don’t know why I’m already getting worked up about my 20th class reunion, coming up in July. But there is it, already. Here’s a history: In 1990, I found myself being pretty anxious as the date of my first… Read More a sort of homecoming.

I was going to post something from work tonight, just to get caught up after a fun weekend in Columbus. But then, work got in the way: 1) Fatal wreck in Beaver Falls.2) Runaway barges on the Ohio River.3) A power outage in Monaca.4) An unbelievable finish at the Masters. OK. That last one didn’t… Read More turn the scanner OFF already.

I just noticed that among the 12 visitors to Uncle Crappy on Tuesday was a person searching Yahoo for the following subject: “How To Set Channel Frequency On Soundboards.” Wow. You couldn’t possibly have found a worse site for your given question. Can I interest you in some stories about drinking in Pittsburgh instead? Because… Read More umm.

When I woke up this morning, I was presented with a dilemma: North Carolina? Illinois? What the hell do I do? You’ve heard me ranting about the various basketball pools, and you know by now that I was in a position to win The Big One … if Illinois won tonight. That’s Two Hundred and… Read More conflicted.

I’ve already been given my assignement for my Sunday shift — going to Mass, to gauge the reaction of local Catholics to what we all assume will be the death of the Pope. Or the miracle of Papal life, if JPII manages to hang on that long. At least, that’s what I was told. I… Read More i’m not dead yet.

PITTSBURGH (AP)– A Tulsa, Okla., resident was the first to respond to a nationwide search for readers of a Pittsburgh-based web site, and will win a “glorious prize,” according to the web site’s owner. Uncle Crappy, a newspaper journalist based in suburban Pittsburgh, said Brian Byrne, a noted Tulsa blogger, was the first to respond… Read More news flash.