Cleveland’s favorite internet dating site?
By Jim | January 6, 2009
Bobby Metzinger seeks to find out….
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And the issue is CHANGE!
By Jim | January 6, 2009
Sound familiar? Who know that Obama’s brilliant campaign theme came from a 1992 Eddie Murphy movie?
Click here to download the video
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JibJab’s year in review…
By Jim | January 5, 2009
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The Stock Market in Review…
By Jim | January 5, 2009
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H/T to Woody for the link…
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My Tennessee vacation…
By Jim | January 5, 2009
Well, happy 2009 to my readers and friends. Should be a fun year, right?
My family and my buddy Liam’s family embarked on our 9th yearly end of year vacation, this time to Tennessee. The Swifts drove down from Cleveland, making stops in Dayton, Cincinnati, and even one in Loretto, Kentucky, to visit the hallowed Maker’s Mark Distillery! In fact, the new bomble.com cover and the photo on the top of the blog are from my trip there. It’s obviously the best bourbon ever.
You can see many of the best photos from my vacation by going to bomble.com/flickr. Not all are up there, but many are.
In addition to a fair amount of White Castle patronage, I got my share of ribs… As my buddy and former colleague Scott pointed out, once I visited Charlie Vergos’ Rendezvous, which has been patronized by both George W. Bush & former Japaense PM Koizumi, and President-Elect Obama, I’ll never never look at ribs the same way again.
We visited the Hermitage, Graceland, and the Stax Soul Museum (my favorite). We also stopped by the National Civil Rights Museum where Martin Luther King was assasinated. All were very good places to visit, and the historical aspects were deeply moving.
Beale Street didn’t really live up to the hype, being a Saint Louisan and all, but I got to see a college classmate and friend whom I haven’t seen since graduation.
Did I mention I saw Billy Ray Cyrus (and Miley) in concert? We sat in the front row. Not a big fan, but he’s a good performer. All of Billy’s fans reminded me of a dirty Patton Oswalt joke involving tilt-o-whirls and state fairs…
It’s been a peaceful time back in D.C., helping MO’Neill move some new furniture in, much playing of Madden with Pete and Justin, and some skeet shooting and Halo with Woody.
Tomorrow is the Ohio State / Texas bowl game, and I’m having a shindig at my place. Thursday is the first SLU Alumni DC event of 2009, and we’re having a Billiken Watch party at a local bar. Should be fun!
In addition to the kind Christms cards from friends and politcians, I actually recieved one from now former Browns Coach, Romeo Crennel. I wrote him a letter in November sharing my views that he should continue to be the Browns coach. Unfortunately, the Lerners and many fans disagreed.
I just don’t see how this season, plagued with injuries and dramatic players, is his fault. We beat the NY Giants, champions of the last Super Bowl, and last year was probably our best since the Browns returned in 1999. I think Romeo should have gotten another year. Many of my friends agree, and it’s tragic.
I did get some good Browns paraphernalia for Christmas, including a Phil Dawson jersey. He’s my favorite player, and when he retires, I believe his #4 should be retired. That’s just me.
Anyways. Happy new year and all that. See you soon.
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Phyllis from The Office is From St. Louis too!
By Jim | December 24, 2008
I was logging on to facebook, and Sarah Wilde’s status said that she saw Phyllis from the Office at South County Mall.
You’ll remember that I did a post earlier about Pam being from Saint Louis and her SLU connection (Lollilove was pretty good, btw.)
Turns out, Phyllis used to be a Cardinals Cheerleader and is from Lemay, Missouri.
Happy Christmas Eve!
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The City Where Sirens Never Sleep…
By Jim | December 22, 2008
I just read a great bit in The Weekly Standard, I highly recommend you read it.
The City Where the Sirens Never Sleep
Detroit is dying. But, it is not dead yet.
by Matt Labash
12/29/2008, Volume 014, Issue 15
Related link: Detroit Funk
Going back to Cleveland tomorrow. If you can’t read the link anymore when you click on it, drop me a line and I’ll send you the article.
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Completely obscure and obnoxious Christmas music…
By Jim | December 22, 2008
Perfect to annoy the co-workers with!
Yingle (Jingle) Bells- Yogi Yorgesson
I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas-Yogi Yorgesson
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas song
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth
I Was Santa Claus At The School House - Yogi Yorgesson
Spike Jones - ‘Never Hit Your Grandma With A Shovel’
Christmas Shoes (so very annoying!)
Christmas wrapping — This song inspired somebody to coordinate 30,000 LED and 400 strobe lights over 176 channels. Awesome. Check out all the other songs that were done on the youtube channel.
And, I saved the worst for last. Miley Cyrus doing a cover of the annoying Mariah Carey song. This is the most annoying song ever.
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Oh, it’s those guys…
By Jim | December 22, 2008
My pal from SLU & former Humphrey’s staffer, David Finn just sent me a clip of the new show he’s been working on. Make sure you watch closely for Finn to sport the SAVE HUMPHREY’s shirt. (www.savehumphreys.com)
Make sure you watch episodes 1 and 3, too. Click here to check ‘em out.
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Greek protests, in U City?
By Jim | December 21, 2008
Remember my earlier post about the protests going on in Greece? Well, those protests have been brought to the United States.
In particular, my old home town of University City, Missouri.
I was on Twitter and read the following:
Well, the Delmar Loop is a liberal area, so I wasn’t too surprised that protests were happening, that is, until I clicked it and started reading (click the story above).
KTVI - myFOXstl.com
A violent protest in University City ends with several arrests. An estimated 30 to 50 people were on Delmar carrying signs and protesting an event in Greece a few weeks ago where a Greek policeman allegedly shot and killed a teenage boy.
Let’s put it this way, University City is not a bastion of Greeks, so this is stupid. If these protestors we’re in front of my car, blocking traffic on Delmar Blvd. on my way to or from SLU, I can assure you they wouldn’t be blocking traffic for too much longer, because I (and maybe some unwanted passengers) would be continuing on back to the Villages of Wyncrest, which has the absolutely worst management ever. I would reccomend that you never even consider living there. If you want to hear more, drop me a line, but, anyways, I digress.
I sure could go for some Fitz’s right about now…
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