The Mystery Spot

Yesterday there was a rather fierce storm in Scotland. Winds exceeded 160 mph at one point. When I first heard about the storm, it was simpl...

Since I'll be busy with the Merseyside Derby in the morning. Shopping in the afternoon, and the Doctor Who finale at night - here is wha...

It had been a long time since I've seen Airplane, and last night The Summer Movie Series at the Ohio Theater was showing it, one night o...

Had a good time at a friends gathering last night. There were a number of Brits there and they were reminiscing about the Manchester music s...

Got an early start today. The lawn was mowed before 10AM and I got my son's sandbox out of the shed and cleaned it off. After I set it u...

Beautiful day for a mini road trip. We headed to Dayton to see the Air Force Museum. I had not been there for about twenty years and was won...

I've been seeing clips of a BBC show that aired last year on youtube. It's called The Trip and it stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon....

A song that reminds you of someone. There are a few choices here. How far do I want to go back? Not much, to be honest. So I'm keeping t...

There's an ad before, but there's so much to love about this. Chap-Hop. Look it up on youtube. I'm going to be laughing for hour...

I do check the stats for this blog to see how many hits it gets, what people are reading, how they're getting here and where they're...

Finally got around to watching Crazy Heart last night. I liked better it when it was called Tender Mercies. It's not that I hated Crazy...

Yesterday was my parents 39th wedding anniversary. Mom was in the hospital earlier this month so I'm happy she was home for it. The frus...

I was out shopping at the corporate bookstore I used to work at last night. The first thing I noticed when I walked in was that the octagon ...

Hope all the poems are not completely tuning you all out. Went to the Winking Lizard for the first time today. I was not completely sold. F...

My Scottish Wife asked me about a place we went to, long ago. "You know, the place with the tap handles that were all high. I had a veg...

A short rant to start. The Polaris Fashion Place, shopping mall or whatever it calls itself is the most car-centric area in the state of Ohi...

Working on my submission to the Columbus Arts Festival poetry competition. Came in second place last year and have to defend, or something....

On New Year's Eve, I find myself in Stauf's again, just like three years ago. The background music is The Pet Shop Boys and not a ba...