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lights. camera. action.
Continuing my long-standing practice of never ever responding to Facebook memes on Facebook, please find below my list of 15 movies that will always stay with me. Thanks to Julanne for the tag. If...
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guess my age.
Happy birthday to me.Filed under: I Have No Idea Tagged: anticipation, beeeeer, college football, woo-hoo
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don’t miss out.
Thanks, Michelle. I need your help. Mrs. Crappy has a rule pertaining to the Polar Bear Plunge coming up on New Year’s Day. She doesn’t mind that I’m dumb enough to jump in the freezing cold...
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just like the good old days.
Forgive me if I behave like a normal, rational human being for a moment, while discussing college football. I promise you — it’ll last just a minute or two. That’s all the time I’ll need to explain...
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namaste.
A lot can change in the course of a year. That was something our instructor talked about a bit at the outset of Tuesday night’s yoga class. What’s changed for me in 2014? Let’s start here: I was in a...
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pho down.
It’s winter. And we all need help finding some warmth, some color and some spice. Me? I need some pho. Beef broth, simmered all day. A mound of rice noodles. Onions and scallions. Thin slices of beef...
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on repeat.
In 2010, Mrs. Crappy and I ventured to Ohio for a terrific Groundhog weekend. When we returned, our street looked like this: This weekend, I am venturing to Ohio — Mrs. Crappy has to work — for what I...
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fifty.
My friend Sarah just posted one of these on Facebook, and I decided to not wait until I was invited to jump in (sticking with my usual practice of posting FB memes here, because I try to never pass up...
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snow day.
Groomed granular isn’t the ideal thing you want to read on a ski conditions report. But when you haven’t skied for more than two years — and you’re heading to Seven Springs tomorrow — it’s good...
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i will regret this.
There’s no reason at all why I can’t post here once a day. I mean really — how much work is it?Filed under: I Have No Idea, Social Media Tagged: anticipation, coming attractions, i'm an idiot,...
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music for months.
Getting our Crappy selves to Chicago for the Dead/Trey shows isn’t happening, but we’re looking at a pretty good musical run in the coming weeks nonetheless. And that’s a good thing — I know I can...
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oh, you.
You thought there wasn’t going to be a Tenth Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought To You By Bocktown)? Heh. That’s funny.Filed under: Elsewhere, Ohio, Pittsburgh, Social Media,...
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torn.
My brain has been occupied by two things today. 1) A text conversation with Mrs. Crappy that ended with us concluding that a Florida trip — our first financially feasible one in years — is in order...
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ten years of wasted time.
Sometimes, the direct ledes are the best ones. Like, say, this: It’s time for the Tenth Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought to you by Bocktown). Ten. TEN. TEN YEARS. I can barely...
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sláinte.
Looking forward to a taste of the juice of the barley after work tonight.Filed under: Food and Drink, Home Tagged: drunk again, hippie music, holiday fun, impending disaster, music (other), woo-hoo
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numbers don’t lie.
I gather from the dearth of Tenth Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought to you by Bocktown) entries that we’re having trouble coming up with the kind of quality picks that would...
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twenty four.
That’s about how many hours you have left to enter the Tenth Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought to you by Bocktown). I’m starting to see a trickle of entries, but when compared...
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taucnffc (btybb) tipoff.
Another year, more happy Dayton people. On or about this date every March I post what is inevitably the longest post of the year. And that is this one: the one where we go through each and every entry...
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fourteen years.
This photograph was enough to convince Mrs. Crappy and me to drive from Butler to the Humane Society shelter in Indiana County on Thanksgiving weekend in 2000, with the notion that we’d have a cat in...
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battered brackets.
I put a spell on you… We’re a few hours away from the resumption of the NCAA tournament, so now would be a good time to take a quick look at how we’re all faring in the Tenth Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA...
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