The Mystery Spot

Finished most of the Christmas shopping by going to one of the big malls north of Columbus. Got up early, went to the Fox and the Snow cafe ...

The NHL is now in playoff season and for the second time in franchise, the Blue Jackets are in the dance. They're playing the Pittsburgh...

An old one I wrote in City Center. From December of 1999. A Shopper's Paradise Thin girls in City Center skinny, bony limbs shoved...

For several months, the grocery store I use the most has been slipping. I've complained to cashiers, employees and have sent email to th...

My use of my turntable comes and goes with the warm weather and my motivation. The Back Room of the house is where I keep the stereo now day...

It was a banner shopping day, and not because I replenished the whiskey stock in the house. Or because I found out my debit card is cracked,...

Maybe I've been on a streak of bad luck while thrifting recently but the quality of stuff in the second hand stores I usually go to has ...

Saturday we were shopping in the Short North and came across a liquor cabinet. We have been looking for one for awhile. The price was good, ...

Every year around this time I get the question, "Is your son excited about the holidays?" And I give the same answer, "I do n...

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....

85 degrees on Thursday, barely hitting 50 today. Going to be a chilly walk back from the car repair shop after I drop it off, but I need the...

One of the places we went over the weekend was the mall of my youth, the South Shore Mall. Wasn't really looking for anything, just a pl...

Friday night we took a voyage up to Whole Foods in Dublin. The journey had a specific purpose. When we walked in the market we went past the...

It's depressing listening or watching your team fail week after week for over a decade. Thought about headed to the sports bar up north ...

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 ...

Went to the mens room at work. Standing at the urinal I could hear the guy sitting in a stall. He did not sound happy. Sounded like his girl...

Lead singer Doug Fieger of the Knack, died yesterday of cancer. He was 57. The first album made high school suck less. The second record wa...

Technology with its small buttons and indecipherable instructions frustrated me to the max yesterday then a certain title underwriter set me...

Been buying things I never thought would be purchased again. Went to the Stepford Mall and did not find what I was looking for, but I did pr...