So long, snow night

Long night at the Kings of Leon concert. Will have a full recap at some point today. In the meantime, check out this Art McGregor-centric link.

- From the desk of Art McGregor

Big black guys

As you know, we call big white guys "Logan Mankins" because there's a big guy with that name. He plays offensive line which is awesome because if you name your kid LOGAN MANKINS it's pretty much a guarantee that he's going to be playing offensive line.

I now will refer to all big black guys as Vishante Shiancoe once I figure out how to pronounce his first and last name.

- From the desk of Art McGregor

EGG: Over cheesy and out

It's over for The EGG. This time, for real.

We went back to The EGG yesterday for our Sunday ritual. I love Sundays in the fall. Early wake-up, drive to campus, watch football, eat fried food.

I hated 2007 but one of the best things about that year was going to The EGG. Even when the Browns would lose, we'd still have a great time.

I had the worst chicken sandwich ever. The EGG is skimming. Do you remember chicken sandwiches from there in April 2007? Plump, white, good looking grilled chicken. Yesterday's sandwich was brown and thinner than an actress on "92010" on a diet. The 1 immediately made fun of it. He said it looked like I had a "smattering" of fries from other people's plates. The cheese on his mini-burgers looked disgusting. Really orange.

The music is too fucking loud. They have one person on staff that smiles. The TVs don't always show HD and the music is SO loud.

In The EGGs defense, the Steelers nor the Browns were playing yesterday so that means there weren't many "fans" there. But still, there's no regulars this year. I think people have stopped going. It sucks.

The 1 and I will be back at BDL next weekend. Or somewhere else. The EGG is so shitty that it could possibly derail Sunday afternoon Fundays.

And what I hate about The EGG is that I have given it chance after chance. This is the third time I've banned it.

Can't see being back in 2008.

- From the desk of Art McGregor

Coming in hot, real hot

Just getting to my office. Weekend recap up before lunch.

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Patio'll miss you

Patio did NOT disappoint last night. Except for B's (aka NJAG's) blatant Houdini.

To The Patio:

I can't get enough of your love, baby.

I'll miss it this weekend. That's kind of funny. I'm going to one of the funnest cities in the United States, and I'll miss a bar that runs along a by-pass in Columbus, Ohio.

Belated Happy Birthday wishes to Hoodband and good seeing all other people in attendance.

I'll be in Chicago this weekend. Blogging will be sporadic.

- From the desk of Art McGregor

Go see 'Step Brothers'

Just a quick headline for the weekend's posting. Hilarious movie.

Catch up with you readers tomorrow or Monday.

- From the desk of Art McGregor

Welcome!

By ART MCGREGOR
Blog on the Run editor

"This next one is the first song on our new album" - "Jimmy James" (from "At Budokhan" by Cheap Trick)

Twice upon a time, a fellow in the German Village wanted to give his buddies and pals (not co-workers) a chance to keep up with the shenanigans of a group of dudes who hum black people's music well into their 30s.

That fellow is me. I'm not the second person who's ever spoke in third person.

I was on staff at German Village Media from the blog's onset. I wanted to do something different. So I left my position as editor at GVM and started this Web site a few weeks ago.

Blog on the Run has a full-time staff of three other writers. My boy Seth also is on "staff" for insurance purposes. Or so he claims.

Some staffers you've read in the past, others you haven't. One lives in North Carolina, another in Florida and another in Lower Arlington (the more ghetto part of Upper Arlington). The guy in Lower Arlington lives next to people with a BHO sign in their front yard. I know. Right.

Dr. Willy Loman and mistertrendy will supply something every week. Even if it's just an excuse. Stu Arl will provide up to two pieces a week on culture, the passage of time and answer questions like, "what if Jesus Shuttlesworth would have went straight to the NBA?" I'm glad to bring Stu Arl aboard.

Seth also will stop by every now and then for a report from whatever road he's traveling on these days. Maybe it's not even a road. A few times he's phoned in (on someone else's phone) from the woods. He even once claimed to be Tiger Woods. He's not.

I'll have a weekly mailbag and offer other observations on a daily basis. We'll also link to other sites and provide recaps and previews for things that begin at certain times and other times never end.

I'll also follow-up on a couple things I didn't get a chance to do over at GVM, mainly investigative reports around the German Village.

I'm not kidding anyone. I fully expect about the same readership of GVM. I mean, in terms of the type of people reading. I'll write for that audience. There will be a smattering of sports, women, booze, music and sleeping 'til noon.

All of which, really, adds up to sleeping alone.

... And we're on!