Future Blue Jackets fans…
(and current fans!)
Ohio’s not a state that was always known for hockey — and with one of the newest NHL teams, who can blame us? — but more hockey fans are cropping up here every day.
Ready to cheer for your home team, but aren’t totally familiar with the lineup? Over at the Dispatch’s “Puck-Rakers” blog, hockey writer Aaron Portzline has started a position-by-position, in-depth look at the Blue Jackets’ eleventh-season roster. And at noon today, he’ll answer your questions in an hour-long online chat.
WARNING: You might become a hockey fan this season.
Ohio State’s first game day looms, and now that you know who the starting quarterback is, surely you’re thinking of another important question: What attire will replace Coach Tressel’s signature vest on the sidelines?
Everything Is Terrible (Ohio University alumni!) uncovered this VHS featuring tailgating Ohio State fans…
“For all of you who did not grow up in Ohio in the 90s here is a little glimpse of what life was like on Saturday mornings in the the Buckeye State.”
As the Ohio State football team gears up for what looks to be a trying season, Dispatch columnist Joe Blundo shows Buckeye fans how they can prepare — with new tailgate “recipes,” such as this one for “Morel Pryor”:
Morel Pryor
Morel mushroom
Find a highly prized morel mushroom. Fend off other hunters eager to recruit it for their tables.
Take it home, where doubters will point out that it is raw and has a hint of dirt clinging to it. Explain that careful preparation will result in a taste of glory.
Cook and consume.
Decide that, on second thought, it wasn’t worth all the trouble.
E. Livingston Ave (Old Oaks) from Gust Smith
Look! It’s a Columbus typography blog!
(Source: columbustypeblog)
Say you’re running a school. There will be some days when there is no fire-detection system in place while workers install new fire alarms. What would you do?
Would you hire “fire walkers” to patrol the halls in search of fires and fire hazards?
Richard Simmons, on his trademark workout shorts:
“I have hundreds, and I’m going to be buried with all of them.”
Dispatch reporter Ken Gordon interviewed Simmons, who will appear Sunday at the 10TV Health & Fitness Expo at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.
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