My studiomates have a son, and he is now seven years old. Soon? He will be able to beat me at videogames and I will officially be very, very old. I’m optimistic for the world he is finding. Not just because they’ve mixed Legos and Star Wars. Because of most everything else*. * Save for [...]

Kelley and Kim with their most excellent cake made by elé Cake Co in Dayton. Please take note of the cupcakes. There are

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A dog in a holiday sweater during a birthday party.

My friend’s have a insanely busy schedule and their youngest son didn’t get a proper birthday party. (Don’t fret, there was a celebration, but it was just amongst family.) So when a free weekend finally emerged some months later, he wanted to have a shindig at Arcade Legacy in Cincinnati. And though I was a [...]

My friend Chris celebrated his birthday with friends, family, tasty vittles, a delicious chocolate cake, a big ass fire, a cigar, and the whole lot of  us running around to the front of the house to catch the International Space Station zip across the sky. I’m making a new category called, “Good times.”

“Go see Fantastic Mr. Fox in the theater!” my friend Thor implored along with others. And dagnabbit if I didn’t go and miss it from the fancy big theater. Luckily it was still on tap at the independent joint in Mariemont and I caught it this Sunday. I very much enjoyed it, and though I might [...]