JR: November is a volatile weather month in the Great Lakes - Flooding rains, tornadoes, bitter cold, record warmth, gale force winds, and snowstorms can all occur in November in the Great Lakes region, sometimes within days of each other. Wikipedia: Witch of November The Witch of November, or November Wit... more>> 9 min read
- Oct 27, 2014 - #weather #history #greatlakes

JR: Weekend Activities - Sat-Sun, Sep 20-21, 2014 - - clean streams pickup is Sat, Sep 20. I did this with DH once several years ago. "Partners for Clean Streams in Perrysburg organizes an effort each year to remove trash and other debris clogging the areas waterways." - Sat, Sep 20 in Perrysburg - ... more>>
- Sep 19, 2014 - #toledo #food #sports #history #architecture #event

JR: Old Toledo entertainment spots - my comment below: Kin-Wa-Low was one of Toledo landmark restaurants. It was in the 600 block of Cherry st. During the 1940'and 50's big named stars entertained on the rising stage. The embedded video below is a WGTE preview for a 27-minut... more>>
- Sep 09, 2014 - #history #toledo #entertainment #music #dance

JR: My September 2003 Toledo Talk post about blogging - My October 2003 comment in that same thread: Perseus Development Corp. randomly surveyed 3,634 blogs on eight leading blog-hosting services to develop a model of blog populations. Based on this research, Perseus estimates that 4.12 million blogs ha... more>>
- Sep 08, 2014 - #blogging #history

JR: The Stain and Korn shows from 1995. - (my Feb 28, 2006 comment at toledotalk.com) A good friend of mine played in The Stain, and I attended several of their shows around town back in the mid to late 90s. I ran the video equipment, so plenty of documented evidence exists showing Stainbro... more>> 3 min read
- Sep 02, 2014 - #toledo #politics #music #history #event #humor #blog_jr

JR: Legendary Steelers coach Chuck Noll dies - He was not a pizzazz guy. He knew where he was, where he was going and where he wanted to go and how to do it, Rooney Jr. said. He had a very, very strong moral compass. ... My dad respected that. Noll was a reluctant celebrity and turned down only ... more>> 2 min read
- Sep 02, 2014 - #sports #football #history #blog_jr

JR: Anti-blogger - March 2003 - (my Thursday, March 6, 2003 blog post) From Scripting.com - The SJ Merc interview with Marc Andreessen (founder of Netscape) asks if he has a blog. "No," he said. "I have a day job. I don't have the time or ego need." People used to say stuff like t... more>>
- Jul 24, 2014 - #humor #blogging #history #technology

JR: Google buys Pyra, the makers of Blogger - (my Tuesday, February 18, 2003 blog post) This was announced on 15-Feb-2003. Should be interesting. Tripod announced blogging capabilities for their services in the past couple months, and AOL is suppose to provide blogging features to their subscri... more>>
- Jul 24, 2014 - #blogging #business #history

JR: Gangs of New York - History - (my Tuesday, January 21, 2003 blog post) I have not seen the movie yet. On New Year's afternoon, I watched a show on Discovery about the real gangs of NY. Five Points, Bill the Butcher, Boss Tweed, 1863 draft riots. All depicted in the movie and par... more>>
- Jul 24, 2014 - #book #history #documentary

JR: My marathon running times - October 1992 - Columbus - 3:43 January 1993 - Charlotte Observer - 3:19 April 1993 - Glass City (Toledo) - 3:04 June 1993 - Grandma's (Duluth) - 3:00:15 October 1993 - Detroit Free Press - 3:12 #running - #history
- Jul 05, 2014

JR: 01/03/2002 Archived Entry - "Blogging - Best Story of 2001" - (from my greymatter-powered hypermart-hosted blog) This link was mentioned at Blogger.com Nextdraft Best Web Story of the Year Blogger (and weblogging trend). It's a tool that enables thousands and thousands of individuals to self-publish. It has ... more>> 1 min read
- Jul 03, 2014 - #blogging #history

JR: 09/06/2001 Archived Entry "Rock Concerts" - (from my hypermart blog built with greymatter) I went with three friends last night to the Hard Hat Cafe in north Toledo to see Stereo Mud, Drowning Pool and Sevendust. All Good shows. It was hard rock with some definite Korn influence, in my opini... more>>
- Jul 01, 2014 - #toledo #music #history

JR: My Blog post from September 8, 2001 - Bird migration slow at the moment - In August 2001, I installed a blogging tool called Greymatter on a free Web hosting site called Hypermart. This became my personal blogging setup. When Toledo Talk began in January 2003, I stopped using my personal blog site. In 2003 or 2004, the fre... more>> 1 min read
- Jul 01, 2014 - #blogging #bird #history

JR: My Blog post from September 8, 2001 - Shopping downtown Toledo at the markets - In August 2001, I installed a blogging tool called Greymatter on a free Web hosting site called Hypermart. This became my personal blogging setup. When Toledo Talk began in January 2003, I stopped using my personal blog site. In 2003 or 2004, the fre... more>> 2 min read
- Jul 01, 2014 - #blogging #history

JR: My Blog post from September 7, 2001 - Welcome to my Weblog - In August 2001, I installed a blogging tool called Greymatter on a free Web hosting site called Hypermart. This became my personal blogging setup. When Toledo Talk began in January 2003, I stopped using my personal blog site. In 2003 or 2004, the fre... more>> 7 min read
- Jul 01, 2014 - #blogging #history