If you or a loved one are around the University of Akron area, make sure to pick up a copy of The Buchtelite! It's UA's student run newspaper and the physical fall edition just dropped. I got the pleasure of talking to Savannah from the paper about WZIP's 60th anniversary. It was definitely a blast to do and wonderful to read! There's lots of other great articles to check out as well, like great editorials and student opinions.

Definitely get your hands on it if you can! Happy anniversary WZIP!

I love the holiday season, so I get started right after Halloween. The week after is used to take down all of those decorations and store them for next year. Then all the Christmas decor comes out and a few days later trees are up, lights are on, and the Christmas tunes are cranked! And I'm sooooo close to baking my first batch of cookies, lol! Next up after Thanksgiving, we'll get our fresh cut tree at Galehouse Tree Farms, one of our favorite holiday traditions! Then, all the decorating will be complete.

I've been enjoying the holidays for a little over a week now, and I hope my family loves how I decorated when they come over for Thanksgiving dinner! Happy Holidays!

 

 

 

 

 

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Yeah, I know we do a lot of "things" at work!  This one is fun and zany...  

So while I was perusing some local spots for something I needed, for you know "the thing"... I found some other fun things..  'tis the season right!

How about this one?

Or this one...

Probably my favorite...

All this and I didn't even find what I was looking for... definitely enjoyed the puns on the last shirt.  

You saw the game Sunday like I did, and it looked like a lot of other Browns games this season.  I can't say it's disappointing. They are who they are. I am far more disappointed in the many decisions made in the off season and summer camp. Those are the ones that are here to roost.  Players too yes, but the organization has to shoulder a lot of the blame.

Sunday's Bills game was no surprise. The one very NICE surprise was they didn't totally give up and showed some rare heart near the end which has been lacking.  The score ended up as an eight point loss, but it wasn't really even close to that close, but they made it respectable for history's sake. The Browns are 3-7 and there is one more game until the new QB gets here and many are expecting big changes then.  Possible sure, but the current QB has played well, he's just limited by a skill set.  The new QB does have a much higher ceiling, but has not played in a NFL game in over 700 days.

Think about this, the Bills are a good team with a good QB (that we could have had easily a few years ago BTW).  But in the end we were manhandled by a team that lost two in a row, that did NOT practice at all last week and faced challenges that effected their entire lives outside of football.  They arrived in Detroit at 730pm Saturday night and teed it up with us at 1PM Sunday.  They held Nick Chubb at 19 yards rushing on 14 carries, while gashing our run defense for almost 200 yards of their own. Even though it was 8 points in the end, this was pretty embarrassing when you really think about it.

The issue Sunday was a team that is built properly played a team that was built arrogantly. To think that the Browns were only a high end QB away from being a Superbowl contender this year is and was preposterous.  But that was the Ivy League thinking from the people in charge.  They felt they were so close they mortgaged the future for an unavailable QB.  Now that is going to change,  but I feel their arrogance was also that he'd miss 4 games or so, and they were dead wrong.  Their arrogance also completely miscalculated the fan backlash against the trade and character of its centerpiece.  This is a working mans town, and this leadership has zero concept of that.  Fans here don't really care about analytics, your Harvard or Penn education, they care about football, as this is its birthplace.

I've had major question marks about this team since last summer and I have had a ton of fans climb all over me about it.  I want them to win too, but the fact is the run defense is about as horrible as can be.  Think about this  -  the running backs that are gashing the Browns at will, every week, can you name any of them really?  Yeah, me either.  And a few of the teams that have, have NO real interest in running the ball at all, until we show up!  Then they have to, because it's just too darn easy.  Tampa is one of those teams this week, we will see what they do.

We continue to make a remarkable amount of terrible in game decisions by Stefansky, (From Penn of the Ivy League) and his sheer football arrogance is shocking.  We also don't like using our new kicker for some reason when points are there for the taking.  Then when we do, the special teams are anything but special, maybe the leagues worst.  The games first drive always looks great then reality sets in. 

For the second week in a row this was a scrimmage against us.  A far better built team doing pretty much anything they wanted.  Although, because of the Buffalo weather, it took the Bills a quarter to warm up.  And being fair, it's not ALL the Browns players fault. The front office Ivy League Browns have simply drafted, chosen, signed and kept many of the wrong players. The Browns have a long road ahead of them this year and in the off season.

What happens right now is this. The first quarter the Browns are very competitive. Then as their small defensive players start to get winded, the bigger men on the opposition just go to work and wear them down. Big men, running over little men in a football sense and we can't stop them, the run, or anything.  While they snicker, it's a shame.

In the off season I was hearing all these sports "experts" telling us the Browns defense was the best we've had in 20 years.  I had no idea what they were seeing then and I certainly don't now.  On the local level many still think this is fixable, it's not until next year and the front office wakes up to the fact that football is first a physical game as well as a cerebral one.

This is an example of off season arrogance really catching up to us.  NFL teams understand that winning is a week to week thing. The really good teams understand that winning is also a thing that's earned that day, by what you do that day, that play.  Thinking you were so good that just one more player would make you elite wasn't clear thinking by supposedly smart people.

GO BROWNS!

Alright, it's Thanksgiving week and we are spending a ton of time in the kitchen.  So this a GREAT article to read for when the holiday is over. 

After Thanksgiving all of our kitchens are going to need a real cleaning and there are places we sometimes don't think to clean. Well, here you go!

Forgotten Areas Of The Kitchen To CLEAN!!!

First, let's start with the Guardians! For the third time in his career (all with Cleveland believe it or not) Terry Francona has won AL Manager of the Year! The other years being 2013 and 2016 (is that one any surprise? lol). Only Tony La Russa, Bobby Cox, and the 2022 NL Manager of the Year Buck Showalter of the Mets have won the honor four times.

Unfortunately, Steven Kwan did not win Rookie of the Year. However, that by no means deminishes what a tremendous year he had for the Guards. The whole season and team was a thing to witness, especially with all of those rain delays and rain outs! haha.

Then there are the Cavs. What a nice surprise! They lose their season opener, then go on an eight game win streak! Granted they're now on a four game losing streak, BUT it is early in the season. We're still in 4th place in the Eastern Conference and 2nd in the Central Division only to Milwaukee. What is getting me excited is that different guys seem to step up on various nights. Should be an exciting season. GO CAVS!!!

Education is important, but sometimes the responsibility of getting it can take away time from the things you enjoy. Think of your mom saying you aren't allowed to go out and play until your homework is done, or no TV until you study for that big test. For me, and I imagine a lot of people, that thing was reading. I had stopped reading for leisure about midway through highschool and didn't really get back into it until I got my first full time job after college. It's been extremely relaxing and fun to get back into a hobby I'd been neglecting for so long!

With reading more often comes more trips to the library. I love the library. It's always nice to have a quiet place to retreat to and know friendly faces will help you find what you need. Plus, I can always find a movie I've been wanting to watch while I get my books! I've been a huge bookworm since I was a child and so visiting the library to get my reserves is a joy I've experienced time and time again. It's been great to feel that again as of late and get back into reading so many types of books. I hope you find the time to get back into a hobby you've been neglecting for a while as well!

Kelsea Ballerini has released her next single to radio from her latest album Subject To Change. "If You Go Down (I'm Going Down Too)" was co-written by Kelsea, Julian Bunetta, and Shane McAnally. You can't help but think of a Thelma & Louise type friendship when you hear the lyrics to this bluegrass inspired song!

Sorry for the seriousness of this one. I was watching an episode of Hoarders before I went to bed Monday morning, and it really got me thinking. The episode was about a man who filled his house after the death of his longtime partner. The death happened six years earlier, but it was as fresh for him as if it had happened just last week! He had clearly not taken the time or gotten the help to deal with his grief.

My point is this is something we must do for ourselves. As a personal note, in the coming months, I will lose my dad to cancer. I am dealing fine right now. Will I need counseling after the fact? Who knows? If I do, I will not hesitate to seek that out because I know I will feel much better. As I have mentioned before I suffered severe depression in college. Yes, at times I was suicidal. Luckily I got counseling and began feeling better between that and medication. 

Any time I feel I need help, I have always been one to seek it out. If you are someone who tends to hide emotions or pain, I urge you to talk to someone on a professional basis. Just give it a try. You will be able to then deal with the issues, loss, pain, etc in a much healthier way. I know it worked for me.

Look I'm gonna be real, this post is mostly for anyone who hasn't seen Black Panther: Wakanda Forever yet. So no spoilers but not a super in depth review.

I've talked to a lot of people that have been on the fence about seeing this movie in theaters, which is strange because it's not that they haven't gotten a chance to (I could understand that as it just opened this weekend) but that they're not sure if they will. That or they're waiting until it comes out on Disney+. And to that I just ask, why? What sets this marvel movie aside from the others that have come out this year? Are the expectations different? Are we afraid that it'll be a miss in the, let's face it, likely chance it is one in this phase of the MCU?

In my opinion, you should go out and see it. Not only is it a great film installment in this expanding universe (or even multiverse) but it's a tasteful tribute to Chadwick Boesman as well. It's not your typical MCU movie but in a very good way. Have an open mind and if you're still not sure and you pay for Disney+ anyway then go ahead and wait. I'm the kind of person that goes out and watches every MCU movie opening weekend anyway. But I hope this and its huge box office success convinces you otherwise if you're waiting.