I'm sure that many will beg to differ, but frankly I thought it was more or less a draw. Folks that disagree with one candidate or the other will think their man (or woman) won, but frankly, as I have problems with both of the tickets, I don't see either one as a winner or a loser ( Read more... )

Quick update in bullets:

• Autumn is here....I'm liking the weather.
  
• Since last Friday, the water main on my street broke three times. This is one of the problems of living in an old city....the infrastructure is often 50 or 100 years old in places, and things like this just happen sometimes. My understanding is that when it breaks in one place, ( Read more... )

Just to inform everyone, it looks like all the lanes of Euclid Avenue through University Circle will be finished and open tomorrow morning. They have been putting the final thin layer of blacktop on the road overnight for the past couple days, and when I got home from class tonight they were finishing the last few side street intersections to ( Read more... )

I forgot to mention that I won Settlers of Catan last week at Taco Night. I am also ashamed to admit that I did not have sufficient faith that I would get the cards I needed, so I bought crack (aka a development card) and won with a victory point card. *hangs head in shame* I would not feel so bad except that I got the resource cards I would ( Read more... )

In just a short hour or so it be International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Get all ye swabbies together and assault some unsuspecting landlubbers with yer piratical speech. Arr, find ye self a buxom wench at the tavern, or perhaps a strapping bartender to serve up the grog and the ale for ye and yer mates ( Read more... )

This article I read from CNN/Wall Street Journal does a reasonable job of explaining some of what's been going on in terms of markets, government reactions, and other factors. They do compare it to the 1930s, but say that at least we have some mitigating institutions this time around....

Friday night Patrick and I went to the "Industry and Labor" art show down in Tremont at Asterisk Gallery. It was based around art representing industry and industrial history here in Cleveland. There was a blacksmith there making wrought iron items. They had perogis (good ones!) and sausages there for appetizers that were really yummy. They had ( Read more... )

I just spent the last 45 minutes chasing what I believed to be the moon....I could not catch it however, which was quite frustrating. I wish I had the keys to a tall building so I could look for it easier because I swear it was hiding from me ( Read more... )

Well then. It's now close to 3 AM and I am awake because I just managed to shatter a mirror. Crap.

I have had an almost full length mirror that I inherited when my last roommate Curtis and I vacated the housein Cleveland Heights nearly 5 years ago. I forget if it was really his or was left by another former roommate, but it was about 5 feet ( Read more... )

Well folks, these are busy days as usual! The Chorus is in final preparation for our upcoming Pride concert. The show is called Tunes from Tales and is based upon the Tales of the City novels by Armistead Maupin. Mister Maupin is a well known gay author who also wrote The Night Whisperer which was made into a movie with Robin Williams and Toni ( Read more... )