Last week during his address to Congress, President Obama talked about our crumbling infrastructure. One project he highlighted was the Brent Spence bridge, which connects Cincinnati to Northern Kentucky. This bridge is a part of the most major north/south corridor in the United States – I-75. It is a vital part of transportation, meaning it’s […]
As typical for the times, I was running late for work. I had another night of engaging in some serious liver damage and awoke with my typical hangover. I did not know what was ready to go down. At the time I lived in a northern Cincinnati suburb, but worked in Northern Kentucky. I was […]
All the talk in the Cincinnati area today is of the fire that destroyed the huge Jesus statue along I-75 last night. Today video finally surfaced of the fire: I’ve also decided that if this statue is back in 3 days that I will become a believer. ADDING… This fire happened on the same day […]
I am going to stick with 1980 for my discussion on the federal poverty level because in this post it also works to exemplify the problems. In 1980 families didn’t have as many costs. Two costs are internet and cable. Some might argue that those are luxury items, but when you are talking about a […]
So yesterday was the big day to switch to digital television. Estimates have it at over 2 million who were left without television following the switch. I just wonder how many are left with television, but much less television. Let me explain. I live in the country between Dayton and Cincinnati. I am right on […]
So here we are one week from the kick off of summer – Memorial Day weekend! We are also a week past the traditional “end of frost” – Mother’s Day. These past two weekends mark the highlight of the suburbia outdoor art festival. It’s a time when people flock to their local garden centers like […]
Here in the greater Cincinnati area we saw 16 tax levies on the ballot yesterday. Of those 16 only 5 passed. The local news reports showed people all saying the same thing; “we want to support it, but the economy is just too rough”. Of course a lot of the levies were for schools and […]
Back around 96-97 I worked for a local plumbing company. We were the largest new construction plumbing company in the greater Cincinnati area, an area seeing a huge boom in new construction at the time. When I started with this company, my job was service technician. I would go to new homes we had done […]
I have spent all 38 years of my live in the greater Cincinnati area. As matter of fact, 36 of those years have been within about a 15 mile radius. We never used to have our power go out, but that has changed. Now it is happening on a constant basis. Last night’s cause was […]
I read this local story the other day and have been scratching my head over it: Rising environmental sensitivity and the Internet may soon make that dog-eared Cincinnati Bell White Pages directory a thing of the past. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Wednesday unanimously approved allowing Bell’s recently launched online White Pages at […]