Happy Birthday to the Lich

Happy Birthday to the Wallet Draining Lich of Medina!!
A belated toast for our old friend:



Champagne for real friends, and real pain for sham friends!

Sunday Morning Civil War Link Dump

From the Salyersville Independent in Salyersville Kentucky an article about their Civil War 150 preparations.

From the Lincoln Nebraska Journal Star an article about local monuments.

A look at the Pacific Northwest and the Civil War from The Columbian in Vancouver Washington.

From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette Pittsburgh's reaction to the attack on Ft. Sumter.

From the Dayton Daily News an article about the war being forgotten in the North.

From Ohio Civil War 150 a Custer event in Eastern Ohio.

From the Memphis Daily Appeal a series of Civil War memories.

From the Associated Press following the Civil War letters of an AP writer's great- grandfather.

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He is Risen

He is Risen indeed

Two Months to JonCon!!

Two months to JonCon!! I am really looking forward to it!!

Good Friday -

We are Blessed to know that it didn't end on that Friday, it was only the Beginning!

Sunday Morning Civil War Link Dump

Every Sunday morning I am going to do a Civil War Link Dump from newspapers from around the country hoping to get some different perspective. Here we go:

From the Columbus Dispatch Lincoln's Nanny finally is honored.

From the Atlanta Constitution Journal Civil War marker may be moved off MLK Drive  | ajc.com

From Louisville a Letter from Lincoln's Law partner.

From Charleston SC: Charleston at War: Summer of 1864 hard on Charleston | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment

From the Atlanta Constitution Journal Who Fired the First Shot of the Civil War?

Civil War writings from Walt Whitman here

Things From the Wall Street Journal

From Atlanta The Civil War rages on in Mort Kunstler's paintings.

From Indianapolis Black Hoosiers in the Civil War.

From the New York Times an article about the Gettysburg Address.

From the Washington Post an article entitled: West Virginia: The State that Said No

Ft. Sumter + 150.

150 years ago today the first shots of the Civil War were fired and America was plunged into one of the worst periods of our history; The Civil War. It wasn't a war of Northern aggression or the war of the rebellion it was Civil War. Brother against brother. And regardless of what people are still trying to say it wasn't about States Rights it was about slavery. If you have an alternate theory and think you can argue it read this first. Please make sure you click on each state and read the entire thing.

If you want to read more about Fort Sumter 150 go here.

For a good read on Ohio 150 go here.

Central Ohio Civil War Tour

This is something that Durwaine Leaflander and I did in part last year and something that I wanted to do this summer. I have been working on it for awhile and the Columbus Public Schools tour last year helped fuel my fire to get this done.

I think I want us to start at Blue & Gray Magazine Headquarters on Norton Road. A nice little place they also have a pretty good selection of books and magazines on sale.

We then head to Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery where 2260 P.O.W.'s were buried. Then it is on to Greenlawn Cemetery where numerous Generals and Medal of Honor recipients are buried. Also, the grandfathers of two US Presidents are buried there.

Then it is up to the State House to see some great statues and to go inside the Rotunda.

After that it off to the Ohio Historical Center and their Civil War display. If time permits we'll check out the research library.

We then head southeast to Groveport and Mott's Military museum. The largest privately run museum in Ohio house artifacts from all American Wars and has a pretty cool section on Ohio's role in the Civil War.

Now we come to the real driving segment. We go to Newark to see the statue of the drummer Boy of Shiloh Johnny Clem. Then to Somerset and the only Civil War Equine statue in Ohio of Phil Sheridan. Next down to Lancaster and the Sherman House and Statue. Then down to Forest Cemetery in Chillicothe where several Generals and Ohio Founding fathers are buried.

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I'm glad I wasted no time watching this fiasco. Uconn wins 53-41. It's baseball season boys!!

Movies, Movies Superhero/Comic Book Movies

Here is a partial list of Super Hero / Comic Book movies coming out this spring and summer 2011 and their release dates.


* May 6 - Thor

* May 13 - Priest **

* Jun 3 - X-Men: First Class

* Jun 17 - Green Lantern

* Jul 22 - Captain America: The First Avenger

* Jul 29 - Cowboys & Aliens
* Aug 19 - Conan

** tentative as it has been moved several times.

...and then there was two, meh

Uconn beat Kentucky and Butler outlasted VCU to set the stage for MOnday night's Championship Game. Kentucky went back to Lexington after making their first Final Four since 1998 in typical coach Calipari fashion. They missed 75% of their free throws and shot only 33% for the game. They went scoreless for 5:39 in the second half due to ineptness not UConn's defense. Couple that with two three minute scoreless stretches in the first half and the Cats were in a huge hole.

So Butler versus UConn is literally David v. Goliath. Cinderella trying to do what it couldn't last year against the Media favorite and last remaining member of the 11 team Big Least Juggernaut. Don't be shocked when UConn gets several questionable calls in this one and wins by 3-5 points. I'm rooting for Butler but will not watch the game. I have been totally disillusioned by the NCAA and seriously regret the hours I have spent watching their sham product on television. That being said enjoy the game!

Final Four

Here we go. Two games this evening Butler and VCU in the common man bracket and Kentucky and UConn in the Blue Bloods side. At this point it is hard to pick so I will resort to natural prejudice to make my choices. My Obvious choice is Kentucky but I would pick just about anyone over UConn. In the other game I am going with Butler because of the local proximity. We shall see but here are my fearless predictions:

Kentucky 73 - UConn 61

Kimba Walker's incredible run ends here and now. Plus I really have a strong dislike for anything Big East.


Butler 67 - VCU 64

Either way Cinderella is going to the ball but Butler thrives in tight games and has an experience factor on their side.

Emjoy the games!