It’s Friday the 13th.  The weather is NASTY here on the north coast.  No better night to pop in a scary movie.  Here’s my 13 favorite …

The Shining – Classic Jack Nicholson here as he plays the caretaker of a hotel abandoned for the winter. An evil and spiritual presence consumes Nicholson, and his son [...]

LeQuitter got engaged over the holidays.  At least someone in his family has a ring now.  Hopefully for her he doesn’t leave the wedding ceremony 12 minutes early like it’s a crucial playoff game.

Kelly Clarkson was selected to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.  Few things were funnier than last year when Christina [...]

A very popular list that I like to recycle once every year or so.

You know you’re from Cleveland if …

You know you don’t really have an accent, the rest of the world does.
You hear there are always famous people in town, but you have never seen one.
You hate country music, don’t know anyone that does [...]

It’s amazing the way technology has changed raising children.  The entertainment options for kids are just totally different today than when I was growing up.  Back then, it was either “go play outside” or “read a book or play with legos” … depending on the season.  Now, with DVD’s, DVR, seriously advanced video game systems, [...]

What a football game last night!  That was “Miami Heat losing in game six of the NBA Finals as LeQuitter played hot potato with the basketball” levels of enjoyment.  Even the post-game shot of a grinning John Elway and those massive teeth of his didn’t dampen my enthusiasm.

Maybe one day we’ll actually get enjoyment from [...]

Some random observations from the holidays …

Listen, I love Dick Clark.  But enough is enough.  I still think Dick could beat Pat Shurmur in a game of chess.
Got the Amazon Kindle Fire (the new Kindle) for Christmas.  It is ridiculously cool.  1/3 the price of the iPad, with many of the same functionalities.  While it [...]

Colt McCoy just isn’t good enough.  Listen, I know, it’s not a unanimous decision here in Cleveland.  Many fans like Colt, feel he’s never been given a fair shake by Mangenius/Shurmur (he hasn’t), and could be a good QB here if given better supporting talent on offense.  I like Colt too.  I think (sadly) he’s [...]

Another miserable Browns season is now in the books.  The team has finished 4-12, 5-11, 5-11, and 4-12 during the last four seasons.  In the thirteen seasons since The Return, the Browns have finished with a winning record just twice and have not won one playoff game.  The 2002 Kelly Holcomb team went 9-7, made [...]

The last Daily Dish of 2011 was penned on September 30th, 94 days ago.  And I’ve spent the last ten days sitting at home unsuccessfully trying to grow a beard, assembling toys, playing Wii, putting together Lego sets, watching bad bowl games, trying to be funny on Twitter (@theclevelandfan) and eating cavatellis and Malley’s chocolates.

The [...]