From May 2018

Giordanos Pizza in Columbus

Giordanos Pizza recently opened a restaurant in Columbus.  Tom loves Giordanos.  He had it for the first time the summer he studied at the University of Chicago, back in 1979.  Ever since then, whenever we are close to Chicago, he wants a deep-dish stuffed pizza.  Fortunately (maybe) we no longer have to drive all the …

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Helping Karen Get Her Move On

Karen Graham is one of our favorite people.  Tom and I have known Karen since we were all in school together at Vanderbilt.  Even though she and I were both in seminary, Tom met her first.  She worked in the Science Library and he would often talk to her when he went there.  We all …

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Cinco de Mayo Family Celebration

When we are in Ohio it is always a challenge to get the extended family together.  Right now I have one nephew in Spain and another one in the last few weeks of his Junior year of college.  In my brother’s family, the two older kids work most Saturdays.  John and Jackie are always overbooked.  …

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Sweet Variety of M&Ms Candies

When I was a kid, M&Ms came in two kinds:  plain and peanut.  The biggest controversy about M&Ms was the removal of the red M&Ms in 1976 because of the red dye #2 scare.  In 1995 the brown M&Ms were replaced by blue M&Ms.  That pretty much summed up the changes in M&Ms until 2004 …

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