Category Archives: Cool things
Canadian Legislature Uses ‘Arrested Development’ Reference
One of my favorite things is when people use pop culture in places little conducive to such a thing. For instance, Ohio State University president Gordon Gee, a pop culture geek, referenced a Tosh.0 redemption for President Obama as he was introducing him prior to the commencement address. In this case, it's a Canadian lawmaker [...]
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Future Blooms
Inspired Cinicinnati has a profile of Future Blooms, a project of Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, in today's edition of the Cincinnati Enquirier. Future Blooms is charged with beautifying abandoned buildings along Cincinnati's Over-The-Rhine district by painting storefronts and other designs on the shuttered buildings. They have beautified more than 500 buildings. The cleaned-up buildings have a [...]
Brothers.
The Toledo Blade has a report on senior St Francis DeSales HS distance runner Kyle Lach in this morning's edition. Kyle is a member of SFS track and cross country teams, along with son of Chili Dog. There are several seniors graduating this year that have had a pretty good ride in high school running. [...]
Advice From President Obama: Participate and Persevere
President Obama gave the commencement address at the Ohio State University graduation ceremonies yesterday. The days leading up to the ceremony were full of trepidation for me personally. I was concerned about the lengthy lines at security checkpoints and all the other stuff that you have to go through when the President stops in. Ohio [...]
Things That Only I Like
I just did a Google search for this very topic this week, no kidding.
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Patrick James Davis
A hearty pat on the back to my lovely wife and me for raising a pretty cool kid. Oh, and kudos to him as well.
When in Doubt, Use a Banger.
Two things that go great together, explosions and slow motion.
Grantland.com and the One Page Post
This post is not meant to point of any particular subject matter, but to demonstrate what it is that endears me to certain websites. This Grantland.com article is a breakdown of the 15 worst player contracts in baseball history. It is a good read, but the reason I link to it as that the entire [...]
Another Adult Child…
Happy Birthday wishes today to Patrick James, son of Chili Dog, as he reaches the age of majority. Thus ends another childhood.