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This photo reminds me of a childhood memory. My b estfriend's mother took us down to the fireworks/riverfest. It might have been the f...

On October 25, 1975, Evel Knievel successfully jumped fourteen Greyhound buses at the Kings Island theme park in Ohio. Although Knievel land...

Fascinating clip

I loved this anectdote, but the whole article is worth reading for sure: ...a boy, no longer little, told his friends to watch out, that he ...

I saw in the paper today that the festival in Pamplona is beginning this week and that they will be running bulls through the street. And ...

Tinkering School founder, Gever Tulley has a new book: Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) . It got a modest mention ...

I think we gave our kids a great summer. And what better gift can you give a kid? Here is some amusing quotes from our son's first pag...

They still have this giant globe at the Downtown Library. I can remember the worn spot where Cincinnati should be from visiting as a kid: ...

When I young I spent a bit of time paging through these catalogs , and I think I even had this kit:   TV Tennis game:  

Q: What do you think it is about the suburbs...that people find comfortable? A: I think they don’t actually find it comfortable — but everyo...

I'm not sure if I am up to an essay tonight, but I've had a thought that I wanted to try to express, and I'll get to it in a rou...

I did not play sports much growing up. Well, that's not entirely true, as we played lots of neighborhood baseball and stuff like that. ...

I have not been posting much due to work and tons of family activities, including our recent trip to Chicago. I think the blog may slow down...

  Met this kid at a plastic playground inside a Burger King, which was attached to a gas station at a freeway exit in northern Tennessee. H...

I'm surprised how cool the evening breezes are even this far into summer. I don't remember it being this cool in June last year. Did...

Maybe the first phone number I ever dialed, 721-1700, still functions to tell you the current time and temperature of Cincinnati. Today wit...

Sorry folks, but Queen City Survey reminds us that it's Fountain Square day , and to honor her history, I'm going to bore you with s...

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you and post it. A...

They can, actually, but not very well. The wild ones can fly just enough to get up into a tree at night to avoid nocturnal predators. In day...

The smell of turkey cooking triggers a pavlonian response to tune into 102.7 to hear Alice's Restaurant. I can't stand the station ...