6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

Chocolate bunnies, peanut butter eggs, marshmallow eggs, malted milk balls; Easter is a food addict’s heaven, let me tell ya. Myself, being the carbohydrate junkie I am, I indulged in a few chocolate treats this week. I also had a small piece of Samantha and Sheppard's birthday cake.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

This week (April 6-April 12) was the best week in awhile.
I had two good workouts with my personal trainer Trevor Tieche of Bodi N Balance, as well as a weight workout and a cardio workout on my own.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

I got a speeding ticket a few weeks ago in Sandusky. I went to the court clerk's office, pleaded guilty to not being a police chief, city manager or city attorney and paid my $125.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

This software is going to take some getting used to...

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

Aside from a few technical difficulties in the beginning, the chat went well.  I'm glad that it stayed friendly in nature - seeing as how Nuesse hasn't yet made a formal announcement on whether she's running for Sandusky city commission.  Nuesse scratched the surface on issues facing the city and

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

Welcome to liveblogging on Firelands411!  This week we're featuring former Sandusky police chief Kim Nuesse.  The chat window below will go active 4/15/09 at 8:00 pm (barring any technical problems.)  Stay tuned!

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

I saw this story come over on CNN and thought it was interesting. Chia has released a Presidential version of the popular Chia Pet.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

Connie Schultz had a column in last weekend's Plain Dealer arguing that bankers working for troubled banks should not get big bonuses. She also praises "populist rage." 

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

This has been standard service for these two, and they're not up for re-election in November:

Watch for sudden behavior changes from those who are.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

They say with every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.  

If we have good times we can also count on having tough times too.  

After being a panelist at Sandusky Register’s Solutions Forum on Tuesday night, it is clear that our current times are not good. 

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

The Morning Journal recently published a story about the sexual harassment suit filed against Matt Kline.  According to the story, city manager Matt Kline admits to putting his hands on former police chief Ki

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

Last night, musicians from all over the world performed Tan Dun's "The Internet Symphony" at Carnegie Hall.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

I tried to have a dialogue about this during a live chat with the tin foil hat crowd, but nobody participated.  It's high time somebody challenges this nonsense in public.

A commenter left this on the blogger site:

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

Ohio's unemployment rate hit 9.7 percent in March.

That's up from 9.5 percent in February. Ohio had 578,000 unemployed workers last month. Official state press release is here.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

In these tough economic times, if you want an example of innovation that maximizes existing tax dollar resources, here it is:

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010
President Barack Obama's campaign is seeking to mobilize an army of supporters to help him push his policies through Congress.
6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

Michael Munger, an economist who is the chairman of the political science department at Duke University, says Americans are being pushed to recycle even when it doesn’t make any sense.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to go the open house for Lyme Elementary School in Bellevue. It was an open house for a school that is closing at the end of this school year.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

I went to see “Late Night Catechism 2” at the Sandusky State Theatre on Saturday night with my mom and beau.
 
I had such a good time. Being raised Catholic until third grade (I’m a Catholic dropout.) I was still able to appreciate the humor in all of it.  What fun!  

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

This past week, the kids were on spring break from school. I worked a lot and I went to Michigan for a long weekend to go gambling with the family. Workouts this week, well, didn't happen.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

For those of you who loved “March of the Penguins,” say hello to “Earth,” a new documentary from Disney, which will be released tomorrow (Earth Day).
It’s G-rated, but don’t expect only cute and cuddly.