NBC 4: The Franklin County Elections Board quickly verified the issues and candidates that are qualified to appear on the May Primary ballot. It will take a little longer to replace some polling places that are now not usable because the City of Columbus closed them. The thirteen recreation centers the city closed in a budget cutting measure this month all represent at least one polling place. With those spots off limits, other handicapped accessible places must be found. The new voting locations must be found and voters notified of the change of location in advance of the May 5th election.
The city closes recreation centers to save money, but their budget solution actually creates another problem…
10 TV: Snow will spread into Ohio overnight and early Saturday, with a light accumulation along and north of Interstate 70, according to Live Doppler 10 meteorologist Chris Bradley. Overnight low temperatures will drop to 21 degrees. Models are trending toward a warmer high temperature on Saturday, and that means more of a mix to freezing rain or rain in the Columbus area, Bradley said. Snowfall accumulations will be light in the Columbus area, with a slushy inch possible.
Can’t the snow just go away and stay away?
Friday, February 20, 2009
Quick Read
While two important stories, Governor Strickland’s proposed employee furloughs and Nationwide CEO’s resignation, are featured prominently, Jeb Phillips “Afghanistan: A Different Kind of War” is the front page’s star… The profile is bold and stark, painting the picture that even if we win there, we may not win there…
Mark Niquette and Jim Siegel’s tandem piece (metro) on Governor Strickland’s lost money is interesting… Equally interesting, Ann Fisher’s sidebar on property tax… Kathy Lynn Gray’s column on the Golden Hobby Shop remaining open, despite the recreation center closings, is excellent… Unfortunately, Metro collapses under the agony of Bill Bush’s mess about the census and Mark Ferenchik’s “Rubbish District,” about the university district suspending trash pickup…
Tom Reed commences sports with outstanding coverage of Ken Hitchcock’s 500th victory… Ken Gordon, compliments Reed’s piece nicely, typing an intriguing profile of Alex Boone and his attempt to recover from public humiliation…
Mark Niquette and Jim Siegel’s tandem piece (metro) on Governor Strickland’s lost money is interesting… Equally interesting, Ann Fisher’s sidebar on property tax… Kathy Lynn Gray’s column on the Golden Hobby Shop remaining open, despite the recreation center closings, is excellent… Unfortunately, Metro collapses under the agony of Bill Bush’s mess about the census and Mark Ferenchik’s “Rubbish District,” about the university district suspending trash pickup…
Tom Reed commences sports with outstanding coverage of Ken Hitchcock’s 500th victory… Ken Gordon, compliments Reed’s piece nicely, typing an intriguing profile of Alex Boone and his attempt to recover from public humiliation…
BREAKING: Taylor Won’t Seek Senate
Auditor Mary Taylor has decided against a 2010 Senate campaign, according to a Republican source. On January 19, Gossip CBUS reported that Taylor was actively exploring a potential bid. Our source cited internal party pressure as the reason for her reconsideration.
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From Humdrum to Ecstasy
The greatest nights evolve. They commence with no one around… You arrive and the venue is practically empty… You can catch up with your favorite bartender; catch the end of the sporting event you were watching before you left… You can relax… The night continues with an influx of other customers… Not enough that you feel overwhelmed and want to leave… Just enough to where you consume their energy and don’t want to leave… The night concludes with bunnies everywhere and a jammed dance floor… The scene makes you think, “Thank God I didn’t bail at 9:00.”
Officially, I’m never arriving at Lodge Bar prior to midnight again… For the second consecutive week, I walked in pre-9:00 and the venue was vacant (and when I say vacant, I mean I could set up a dozen pins at the other end and bowled a few frames)… Fourteen people (not including staff), were watching television, sipping their alcohol, and I will assume, like me, praying the night picked up…
With nothing else to cover (unless I really did want to count cracks in the bar), my eyes focused on the Blue Jackets, who were in the third period, locked in a 3-3 tie with the Toronto Maple Leafs… Thankfully, the game was intense enough (yes, you can finally about the Blue Jackets this year) to hold my attention…. Except for one moment… In the midst of the game transitioning from the third period into overtime into a shootout… Two bartenders (who I am assuming were bored beyond words), started into the most obscure of conversations… Mork from Ork… Seriously… The spent five minutes discussing the red jump suit he wore and his signature catch phrases… Five minutes, in Columbus, on a Thursday, spent discussing Mork from Ork… We now return you to the world, in which, you understand most of what we are saying…
Moments after the Blue Jackets wrapped up a shootout victory (2-1 in the extra frame), I encountered Jake, another Lodge bartender, and we proceeded to have a ten minute conversation about twitter (It’s great to see everyone at Lodge discovering twitter)… We talked about what twitter is and why you should use it (two questions I could answer with confidence)… Then, ten minutes later, we discussed other technology and website ideas… Jake, whom I had never met before tonight, has to be one of the smartest bartenders in this city…
As I said at the outset, the best nights involve a slow beginning, followed by a steady improvement… Lodge Bar had the slow beginning… The Blue Jackets victory was enjoyable, the conversation with Jake was outstanding, and now, I was starting to notice improvement… It started small, with a trickle of bunnies… Then another cluster and another… As I stood with a bouncer at approximately 11 p.m., he looked at the still half-empty bar and without hesitation said, “If we were going to be busy, we’d be busy by now.”
About ten minutes after those famous last words, I encountered WNCI’s Gonzo, one of the most talented people in this city… As we kicked around ideas, which we had started discussing last week, he told me about the potentially amazing stage show he has cooked up for Mardi Gras Tuesday… This is what I mean when I say the kid is talented… We spoke for a couple more minutes and then he hit the microphone to officially kick off Thursday night… That’s when it hit me… If I come out Tuesday, I’ll miss American Idol….
With Gonzo working the crowd and the music starting to intensify, the night continued improving… Clusters of bunnies… Packs of bunnies… And the bunny chasers… From 10:45 to midnight, Lodge Bar moved from weak to wow, from a three-paragraph wrap to which one are we on now? I saw that same bouncer again at midnight and the expression on his face told the entire story… He didn’t expect this, but he was thrilled it had happened…
Speaking of things not expected, but thrilling… In between the bunny rush and the half-dozen random conversations which ensued, what could only be described as Lodge Bar Employee Night broke out… If you were following us on twitter (and believe me, I saw enough of your cell phones to know that you were), you know that the first employee discovered was promotions manager Jennifer (gorgeous girl, gorgeous dancer)… But, the night discoveries end there…
I’m standing on two different sets of stairs throughout the evening and I twice encounter Haley, bartender, promoter, and complete muffin… Both Jennifer and her were fun conversations, they are fun people and it was outstanding to see both in non-working, alcohol consuming mode…. But, seeing both of them paled in comparison to seeing someone else… Princess Kadi…
Dressed in all black with silver jewelry, Kadi looked worth eighteen carats tonight… And her personality, her laugh, they acted worth thirty-six… Clearly, Kadi was enjoying consuming the alcohol, instead of distributing the alcohol… With a Miller Lite bottle in her hand, that smokehouse rasp in her voice, and a smile that is simply to perfect for words… Kadi owned my attention throughout every word of our multiple conversations…
She owned everyone else’s attention with what she did during “Live Your Life…” Once again, if you were following us on twitter (and if you weren’t, you really missed something), you know what I am talking about… Princess and her companion (whose name would be nice at this point), on top one of the stage speakers, grinding and shaking their asses (and Kadi was without shoes no less)… I understand there were males in the bar with girlfriends, but seriously, they couldn’t have been paying attention to them… Kadi was the attraction…
I know what I said last Thursday, that Lauren is, on some level a challenger to Kadi for the standard at Lodge Bar… Lauren is exquisite, no question… But, Kadi is my star crush… You cannot blend that much beauty and personality and not be the most perfect… Lauren is amazing, but Kadi is the Crown Princess… And the crown is not revocable…
As the clock walked into a.m. territory, the bunnies stream only continued… And variety was the word… they were short… they were tall… they were blonde, brunette, and mixed… They had curves, they had perfect smiles… The number of exemplary bunnies was equal to the number of males wearing bizarre wardrobe choices…
And this is where I have to get serious for a moment… This lesson is not directed at the bunnies, who can pretty much wear a Wal-Mart shopping bag if they have the frame for it… This lesson is for the bunny chasers… I hate to be blunt (ok, no I don’t)… Your wardrobes need work… Lodge Bar doesn’t have a dress code and they shouldn’t… You should be smart enough and adult enough to understand fashion (you don’t have to be gay, you just need to read Men’s Vogue once in a while)…
Layers… Collared shirts (polos or button downs, it doesn’t matter)… and color coordination… None of this is hard… But, you make it seem hard and you make this speech necessary when you show up wearing hoodies with decade old Cincinnati Reds logos on them or a Diego Maradona soccer jersey (you know he got busted for drugs twice right?)… This is not your fraternities night out for dollar beers… This is a class establishment… Pretend you know what class is…
As I left Lodge at 1:40, there were still bunnies showing up… Less than one hour until the doors are locked and they are showing up… Somehow, when I could have been counting those cracks in the bar, I had a feeling the night would end like this…
Officially, I’m never arriving at Lodge Bar prior to midnight again… For the second consecutive week, I walked in pre-9:00 and the venue was vacant (and when I say vacant, I mean I could set up a dozen pins at the other end and bowled a few frames)… Fourteen people (not including staff), were watching television, sipping their alcohol, and I will assume, like me, praying the night picked up…
With nothing else to cover (unless I really did want to count cracks in the bar), my eyes focused on the Blue Jackets, who were in the third period, locked in a 3-3 tie with the Toronto Maple Leafs… Thankfully, the game was intense enough (yes, you can finally about the Blue Jackets this year) to hold my attention…. Except for one moment… In the midst of the game transitioning from the third period into overtime into a shootout… Two bartenders (who I am assuming were bored beyond words), started into the most obscure of conversations… Mork from Ork… Seriously… The spent five minutes discussing the red jump suit he wore and his signature catch phrases… Five minutes, in Columbus, on a Thursday, spent discussing Mork from Ork… We now return you to the world, in which, you understand most of what we are saying…
Moments after the Blue Jackets wrapped up a shootout victory (2-1 in the extra frame), I encountered Jake, another Lodge bartender, and we proceeded to have a ten minute conversation about twitter (It’s great to see everyone at Lodge discovering twitter)… We talked about what twitter is and why you should use it (two questions I could answer with confidence)… Then, ten minutes later, we discussed other technology and website ideas… Jake, whom I had never met before tonight, has to be one of the smartest bartenders in this city…
As I said at the outset, the best nights involve a slow beginning, followed by a steady improvement… Lodge Bar had the slow beginning… The Blue Jackets victory was enjoyable, the conversation with Jake was outstanding, and now, I was starting to notice improvement… It started small, with a trickle of bunnies… Then another cluster and another… As I stood with a bouncer at approximately 11 p.m., he looked at the still half-empty bar and without hesitation said, “If we were going to be busy, we’d be busy by now.”
About ten minutes after those famous last words, I encountered WNCI’s Gonzo, one of the most talented people in this city… As we kicked around ideas, which we had started discussing last week, he told me about the potentially amazing stage show he has cooked up for Mardi Gras Tuesday… This is what I mean when I say the kid is talented… We spoke for a couple more minutes and then he hit the microphone to officially kick off Thursday night… That’s when it hit me… If I come out Tuesday, I’ll miss American Idol….
With Gonzo working the crowd and the music starting to intensify, the night continued improving… Clusters of bunnies… Packs of bunnies… And the bunny chasers… From 10:45 to midnight, Lodge Bar moved from weak to wow, from a three-paragraph wrap to which one are we on now? I saw that same bouncer again at midnight and the expression on his face told the entire story… He didn’t expect this, but he was thrilled it had happened…
Speaking of things not expected, but thrilling… In between the bunny rush and the half-dozen random conversations which ensued, what could only be described as Lodge Bar Employee Night broke out… If you were following us on twitter (and believe me, I saw enough of your cell phones to know that you were), you know that the first employee discovered was promotions manager Jennifer (gorgeous girl, gorgeous dancer)… But, the night discoveries end there…
I’m standing on two different sets of stairs throughout the evening and I twice encounter Haley, bartender, promoter, and complete muffin… Both Jennifer and her were fun conversations, they are fun people and it was outstanding to see both in non-working, alcohol consuming mode…. But, seeing both of them paled in comparison to seeing someone else… Princess Kadi…
Dressed in all black with silver jewelry, Kadi looked worth eighteen carats tonight… And her personality, her laugh, they acted worth thirty-six… Clearly, Kadi was enjoying consuming the alcohol, instead of distributing the alcohol… With a Miller Lite bottle in her hand, that smokehouse rasp in her voice, and a smile that is simply to perfect for words… Kadi owned my attention throughout every word of our multiple conversations…
She owned everyone else’s attention with what she did during “Live Your Life…” Once again, if you were following us on twitter (and if you weren’t, you really missed something), you know what I am talking about… Princess and her companion (whose name would be nice at this point), on top one of the stage speakers, grinding and shaking their asses (and Kadi was without shoes no less)… I understand there were males in the bar with girlfriends, but seriously, they couldn’t have been paying attention to them… Kadi was the attraction…
I know what I said last Thursday, that Lauren is, on some level a challenger to Kadi for the standard at Lodge Bar… Lauren is exquisite, no question… But, Kadi is my star crush… You cannot blend that much beauty and personality and not be the most perfect… Lauren is amazing, but Kadi is the Crown Princess… And the crown is not revocable…
As the clock walked into a.m. territory, the bunnies stream only continued… And variety was the word… they were short… they were tall… they were blonde, brunette, and mixed… They had curves, they had perfect smiles… The number of exemplary bunnies was equal to the number of males wearing bizarre wardrobe choices…
And this is where I have to get serious for a moment… This lesson is not directed at the bunnies, who can pretty much wear a Wal-Mart shopping bag if they have the frame for it… This lesson is for the bunny chasers… I hate to be blunt (ok, no I don’t)… Your wardrobes need work… Lodge Bar doesn’t have a dress code and they shouldn’t… You should be smart enough and adult enough to understand fashion (you don’t have to be gay, you just need to read Men’s Vogue once in a while)…
Layers… Collared shirts (polos or button downs, it doesn’t matter)… and color coordination… None of this is hard… But, you make it seem hard and you make this speech necessary when you show up wearing hoodies with decade old Cincinnati Reds logos on them or a Diego Maradona soccer jersey (you know he got busted for drugs twice right?)… This is not your fraternities night out for dollar beers… This is a class establishment… Pretend you know what class is…
As I left Lodge at 1:40, there were still bunnies showing up… Less than one hour until the doors are locked and they are showing up… Somehow, when I could have been counting those cracks in the bar, I had a feeling the night would end like this…
Thursday, February 19, 2009
BREAKING: State Forces Vacations
10 TV: A tentative deal has been reached between state and union negotiators that would require state workers to take 10 days of unpaid leave a year, sources told 10TV News on Thursday evening.
Under the tentative agreement, state employees would not have to take pay cuts, sources said. The deal has not been finalized. Neither state officials nor the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association would comment on a deal, citing a news blackout, 10TV News reported.
Under the tentative agreement, state employees would not have to take pay cuts, sources said. The deal has not been finalized. Neither state officials nor the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association would comment on a deal, citing a news blackout, 10TV News reported.
INVITE: Celebrating Seven Years
“It’s Our Birthday and We’re Throwing the Party”Commencement: 8:00
Venue: Frog Bear & Wild Boar (343 N Front Street)
Performances
The Seventeenth Floor
INVITE: The Riot Society
Commencement: 10:00Venue: Sugar Bar (525 Park Street)
VIP Access: Text (406-3072)
Mezzanine Drinks (Available 10:30 – 11:30 p.m.)
$1 Top Shelf Drinks
Performances
Ductape
Kid Chaos
Matt Majik
Mark Mayhem
INVITE: Third Friday Dance Party
Commencement: 9:00Venue: Skullys (1151 North High Street)
Age Range: 18 and over
Drinks (Available All Night)
$2 Vodka Shots
Performances
Braindouble
Dave Espionage
DJ Inform
Dre Fire
Sketchy Pete
Quick Read
Mike Pramik and Jack Torry commence this edition with an excellent article on President Obama’s housing plan… And Dan Gearino perfectly compliments their work, with his feature on the auto industry’s bleak prospects…
Sports leads with great coverage of the Buckeyes loss (yes, I said loss) to Northwestern… But, Rob Oller misses an opportunity…. He should have written about the loss and how it should never (ever) happen… You don’t lose to Northwestern in basketball… That’s like losing to Duke in football… Instead, Oller spends a dozen pedestrian paragraphs supposedly discussing Rick Nash’s leadership, despite his lack of playoff experience (In reality, the column read like a pep talk for Nash)…
Sports leads with great coverage of the Buckeyes loss (yes, I said loss) to Northwestern… But, Rob Oller misses an opportunity…. He should have written about the loss and how it should never (ever) happen… You don’t lose to Northwestern in basketball… That’s like losing to Duke in football… Instead, Oller spends a dozen pedestrian paragraphs supposedly discussing Rick Nash’s leadership, despite his lack of playoff experience (In reality, the column read like a pep talk for Nash)…
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Unfortunate Announcement
The Gossip CBUS and McFadden’s “Wear & Win Party” has been postponed… We hope to announce a rescheduled date in the future.
Finally! Coleman Campaigns For Cops
NBC 4: A $787 billion injection into the American economy has supporters hoping for new jobs, a way to keep old ones and help erase a long and deep recession. As President Barack Obama was signing the bill into law, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman was making plans to visit the President this week, saying he’s going to fight for every dollar…
President Obama mentioned Central Ohio directly in his speech about the stimulus package Tuesday. “Recruits like the ones in Columbus, Ohio, who were told that instead of being sworn in as officer, they were about to be let go,“ he said.
“I think the President recognizes that Columbus is a very important part of this country or he wouldn’t have mentioned it in the signing of this stimulus bill,“ Coleman said.
Coleman is going to Washington on Thursday to meet with the President and ask for stimulus money to bring those Columbus police recruits back. Twenty-seven Columbus recruits were cut in January following months of training and just days before they were scheduled to join the force. Safety was on the minds of Columbus residents Tuesday night.
More than 400 positions have been eliminated in the last year, but it’s the police positions that are most alarming. But if the money will come, when that would be and the amount Columbus will see isn’t certain yet. The funds cannot be used to fill in the budget gap, officials said. The money would have to be used to create jobs.
President Obama mentioned Central Ohio directly in his speech about the stimulus package Tuesday. “Recruits like the ones in Columbus, Ohio, who were told that instead of being sworn in as officer, they were about to be let go,“ he said.
“I think the President recognizes that Columbus is a very important part of this country or he wouldn’t have mentioned it in the signing of this stimulus bill,“ Coleman said.
Coleman is going to Washington on Thursday to meet with the President and ask for stimulus money to bring those Columbus police recruits back. Twenty-seven Columbus recruits were cut in January following months of training and just days before they were scheduled to join the force. Safety was on the minds of Columbus residents Tuesday night.
More than 400 positions have been eliminated in the last year, but it’s the police positions that are most alarming. But if the money will come, when that would be and the amount Columbus will see isn’t certain yet. The funds cannot be used to fill in the budget gap, officials said. The money would have to be used to create jobs.
INVITE: OSU Greek Guest Bartending Competition Semi-Finals
Commencement: 10:00Venue: Lodge Bar (Arena District)
Cover: $2
Thursday’s Paring: Tau Kappa Epsilon vs. Phi Kappa Psi
Drinks (Available All Night)
$2 Budweiser (16 ounces)
$2 Bud Light (16 ounces)
$2 Three Olive Bombs
$1 Washington Apple Shots
Synopsis
The Lodge Bar Guest Bartender Competition pairs 4 sororities and 4 fraternities involved in a single elimination tournament. 2 houses will face off each week in an attendance-based competition to see who can bring the largest crowd. Invite everyone you know to support you! There will be a sheet at the door where guests will sign in, marking who they came to see. Whoever brings the most people will advance to the next round until we have a winner.
INVITE: VIP Thursday
Commencement: 10:00Venue: Sugar Bar (525 Park Street)
VIP Access: Text (406-3072)
Drinks (Available All Night)
$3 martinis
$2 Bombs
$1 Wells
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