I'm driving a 2009 Chevy Impala today. One of the few nits I've picked with my used TrailBlazer is its windshield, which is covered ...

My seventh-grade science teacher had a flair for the dramatic. His performances often involved pyrotechnics, like making a batch of flash po...

On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus (disguised as my in-laws) helped me check two items off my wish list -- a high-flow air-filter element and a ...

It's January 12th, and our Christmas tree still stands in the corner of our living room, a symbol of both sentiment and procrastination...

Zachariah's Red-Eye Saloon opened in the mid-1970s in an old warehouse on High Street across from the Ohio State campus, quickly becomi...

This weekend delivered us a winter storm that wasn't -- it showed up mostly as rain and hype. Tonight also brought one of our favorite m...

The games all have been played, the season's over and the Florida Gators are BCS champions. And in some quarters -- notably Utah, southe...

It's been since Monday night that I've felt compelled to post to this blog. Lots to talk about, not much to say. Thus these bits. * ...

A third consecutive bowl loss for the Buckeyes was the last thing I wanted to happen tonight. Now that it has -- 24-21 to #3 Texas -- I find...

Seems to me You don't wanna talk about it Seems to me You just turn your pretty head and walk away In the current economic climate, how ...

I love college football, but after watching all five of yesterday's bowl games I'm a bit hung over. Congrats to the Hawkeyes on thei...

When I heard that Rod Blagojevich, the addled and embattled Governor of Illinois, had appointed Roland Burris to fill the Senate seat vacate...

The New Year holiday is supposed to be an annual vantage point, a sort of ridgeline from which we survey the trail behind and gauge the terr...

Michigan's had a rough year. The state can lay claim to the nation's highest unemployment and lowest high-school graduation rates, h...

I'm a certified (perhaps certifiable) "neat freak," and my penchant for orderliness extends to the way I organize information....

It's bright, clear and cold. There's no snow, either on the ground or in the air. Our perfect tree stands in the corner of the livi...

Whatever you celebrate this holiday season, remember to celebrate home, love, family and freedom. Give thanks for life's blessings, grea...

This afternoon's three-mile trip home from the grocery store took 45 minutes. A five-mile drive to my in-laws' house this evening to...

Moraine Assembly, the General Motors SUV plant near Dayton, Ohio, opened in 1951. GM's oldest plant, Janesville Assembly in Wisconsin, ...