Here is our 2020 Christmas card. There isn’t much to put into the picture celebration this year given that we didn’t go anywhere because of the pandemic. The top photo of my wife and I we took after a run through Eden Park so I am fairly tired in it (and look like a hippy). …

The 2020 election is finally over. Let’s look at the main reasons Trump did not, and could not, win reelection. COVID Trump’s greatest failure, and the most identifiable reason he lost his reelection bid, is the pandemic. He let a crisis morph into a catastrophe. Now let’s be clear, this would have been a problem …

I haven’t written much on this blog about my new fascination with WWE. Last April I was talking with a coworker and he noted that Ronda Rousey was going to perform at Wrestlemania, which was in April of 2019. He noted that I could get a free month on the WWE app and watch if …

If you’ve never been to a Monster Jam you’re missing out. I took my four year old son to see one at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati and we had a blast. We got to see Blue Thunder, Monster Mutt, Zombie, Grave Digger, Monster Energy, Soldier of Fortune, Pirate’s Curse, and El Toro. I …

Bockfest has come and gone yet again. I have posted about the event on the blog before, and this year we saw some great developments. Most importantly, the signage for the OTR Brewery Trail has been completed. Raising money has been the focus of my volunteering for this event over the last few years (I …

I can finally mark off attending Keeneland from my list of “things every Kentuckian must do.” Although I’ve lived most of my life in the Commonwealth I have never made it down to this event. I have certainly heard the depictions of it, and for some part they were true. You saw a mixture of …

Bockfest is one of my favorite events to participate in Cincinnati. It is a celebration based on the bock style beer that nourished monks during their fasting before Lent. It is also a way to share and showcase the history of Over the Rhine, especially its brewing heritage. What most people don’t realize about this …

I was offered the chance to volunteer time to help with the 2018 Special Olympics Winter Games at Perfect North Slopes through a partnership with them and my employer, St. Elizabeth Healthcare, and I enthusiastically accepted. I have never been to any Special Olympics event prior nor have I been to Perfect North Slopes so …