Saturday, November 13th, 2004

Historic Cincinnati: Birthplace of Cornhole

Now along with that weird chili, and that great ice cream, Cincinnati has bragging rights for giving the nation the game of dubious name to replace horseshoes. And national media has finally recognized Cincinnati as the birthplace of cornhole.

Imagine my surprise when I discovered the AP had picked up on this important new craze sweeping [...]

Saturday, September 18th, 2004

A Real Cincinnati Fan Club

Cincinnati is in bad need of some civic spirit. I propose formation of a City of Cincinnati fan club, a simple boosters organization whose sole purpose is to promote and encourage civic pride in our Queen City!But that’s as far as I got with the idea. A cool website that sells merchandise would be a [...]

Friday, August 27th, 2004

A Real Queen City Rainbow Welcome

With one bridge bright yellow, and a purple bridge, along with there being recent talk as to the color to paint the suspension bridge by Kentucky. I read many want to paint it a bright kentucky blue. Good idea.
The Taylor-Southgate Bridge is visible above the outfield bleachers of the new stadium.  I think it would [...]

Friday, August 27th, 2004

Operation Main Street Beer Mob

A.K.A. We’ll Turn Main Street into a Street Party Whether You Like It Or Not
Need:

 200 of your closest friends.
200 of your closest friends’ beers of choice.

Plan:
City Hall won’t block off Main Street to create an appealing and enjoyable downtown weekend entertainment area, so we’ll just have to do it ourselves. They’re too uptight to take [...]

Monday, August 2nd, 2004

Loosen Up Cincinnati!

Need:

A few large bedsheets sewn together somehow
Acrylic paint (various colors)
Metal or wooden poles for weight

Plan:
Sew the bedsheets together into a rectangular sign with heavy duty needle and thread (whatever that means). Paint in the most colorful way possible Loosen Up Cincinnati! or some such message across the entire area. Sew the poles into the [...]