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family news: Lois places 2nd at MBC league meet

Posted on October 19th .
On Friday, Lois led her team to a third place finish in the Metro Buckeye Conference meet by finishing in second place, behind Bethany from Xenia Christian, who won easily ...
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movie review: Battle of Algiers

Posted on October 13th .
Viewed on DVD.  It really is hard to believe that this film was released in 1966, given how relevant it is to today's terrorism-filled world.  This film provides a deeper understanding of ...
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sports: Have Bengals broken a NFL record (yet)?

Posted on October 12th .
Let me first say that this current run that the Bengals are on is perhaps, in a way, the most impressive stretch of games in Bengals history.  Yes, there were ...

Why did Obama get the peace prize?

Posted on October 9th .
Because they realized that simply replacing George Bush et al. makes the world a much safer and cooperative place.  Because Obama has told the world not "our way or the highway" ...
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Sign up to save the rainforests!

Posted on October 8th .
LexisNexis is owned by Reed-Elsevier, result of a British-Dutch merger, so we get the British-European perspective as part of life here.  I found this widget through an email sent to ...
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family news: Lois 4th at Buck Creek, takes 1st and wooden shoe at Minster 10K

Posted on October 6th .
On Saturday at Buck Creek, Lois led the YSHS girls to an 8th place finish by finishing 4th in a race that featured CC powerhouses West Liberty-Salem, Greenon, and Tecumseh. ...
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movie review: Inglourious Basterds

Posted on October 1st .
Viewed in the theater.  For me, this is a really good but not great movie.  It could have been great if Tarantino could simply just exercise some restraint.  One could ...

family news: Millers go to Cleveland to celebrate niece marriage

Posted on October 1st .
Niece Mary, youngest of 3 daughters of Sheila's brother Brian, got married to a nice Irish fellow over in Portugal earlier this year.  On Saturday, we got to go to ...
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family news: Lois wins at Bellbrook

Posted on September 28th .
On a foggy morning and muddy course, Lois finished first about 50 seconds in front of the next runner to lead her team to a second place finish at the ...
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family news: Lois takes 3rd at Ohio Caverns

Posted on September 23rd .
On perhaps the toughest course in the area, Lois finished 3rd among over 130 runners.  The course featured numerous steep uphill climbs and the weather was hotter than expected, making ...