When you grow up in Ohio, especially in Central Ohio, you have a clear choice: Bengals or Browns. (Let's not get into those that support neither and yet somehow claim to be Ohians). I was raised Browns fan, for better or for worse. Having gone to college and lived in the Cincinnati area, it was all the more easy to stay a Browns fan. There's really nothing worse than a Bengal. And now that I've lived in Pittsburgh for a few years, it's been simple to maintain my hatred for the Bengals, but of course harder to maintain my love of the Browns. I've caved, I'm a Pittsburgh fan, with the Browns still holding an important place in my heart.
And you already know my allegiance to the Buckeyes.
So when I read this today, my reaction was something along the lines of... Carson Palmer can go fuck himself. I am remembering with some glee that moment when the Steelers busted his knee. And looking forward to a rematch.
And for those of you reading this post with mixed emotions (i.e. a hatred of the Buckeyes but a love of the Steelers), let's not forget this little Carson Palmer gem from Sports Illustrated: Palmer stated that: “I hate the Steelers more than I hate UCLA.”
Vox Hunt: Recent Purchase
Show us the last thing you bought.
I've been on a bit of a buying binge (being home alone will often call for some retail therapy), so here are the last few things that have come home with me.
Gimme a V! Gimme an O! Gimme an X! What's that spell? VOX!
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Once you're a fan, you can also add photos and videos to the page, write on the wall, and connect with other Voxers in ways you may not have previously. Plus, it's a great opportunity to let people know about your Vox blog, or start discussion topics. To become a fan, just visit the official Vox.com Facebook page and click the "Become a Fan" button in the upper right hand corner.
Once you've joined, why not post a response to the current discussion topic? Just post a link (and a brief description, if you'd like) to what you consider one of your all-time best Vox posts.
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I generally try to keep the more embarrassing, personal inner workings of the home life out of the annals of this blog. Yesterday I said, after a particularly hilarious conversation, that I oh-so-wished-that-I -could-blog-about-that, to which my beloved replied that I could "go ahead" if I wanted. I thought, no, no, I will just keep it to myself.
Until this post hit the airwaves, making it all too perfect and irresistible.
For a number of years now, I've heard about the woes of summertime chafing post-run. I can relate, a little bit, to the chafing issue as a woman who has to deal with bikini line maintenance, and who has from time to time had some desperately uncomfortable bikini zone razor burn. I've also had the chafing occur after the very few bike rides I've done over the years. It happens, more than people like to admit or share. Let's face it, it's no picnic.
So years ago, I suggested one possible remedy, running shorts with wicking undergarments built into them. That did, apparently, provide some relief, but not enough in the heat of the summer. So, a couple of years ago after hearing one too many whiny rants about "the chafing," I basically forced some Bikini Zone into the picture. Sure, there was resistance, but how different could uncomfortable bumps and irritation be in the bikini area from women to men? And as I suspected, it worked, and he was a convert. I'd heard all sorts of excuses leading up to this as to why other products (talc, baby powder, moleskin, etc., etc. were not options).
So as we neared the summer months this year, we regularly added the Bikini Zone to the shopping list, but kept coming up short. No one seemed to have it in stock, and it was leading to some major issues around here. So in desperation a couple of weeks ago, I picked up a product that appeared to have similar qualities to Bikini Zone-- it was a gel, it smelled the same, but it was an anti-itch gel and had a different active ingredient.
Sunday, post-run:
JV: I've got major chafing issues.
HS: Well, I bought that gel stuff. Use that.
JV: Where is it?
HS: (tosses tube to JV, who heads down hall to bedroom)
JV: MOTHER FUCKER!!! (Loud bang as tube of inferior gel comes sailing down hallway and ricochets off a door and a wall)
HS: (Laughing) I guess that's not the right stuff?
JV: What's in this stuff, napalm?
...
Approximately 5 minutes later:
JV: Huh, now it sort of feels good, like it was sort of worth it.
HS: Maybe it's just a relative feeling.
So, I am glad to know that now I can invest in DZ-Nuts and hopefully, once and for all, remedy this annual plague. Anyone else have suggestions out there?
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I am definitely digging The Thermals lately. Once again, I have no idea who turned me on to them (it was "Here's Your Future" if that helps), but having a nice punk vein running through all this MGMT/Cloud Cult/Boneless Children Foundation ecstatic rock is a nice counterpoint.