Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Chris Weigant: The Interrogation Of Mr. Claus (Necktie)

* * * NORAD FLASH REPORT * * * NORAD FLASH REPORT * * * 12.24.06 ... 2132 MST ... 2332 EST ... CHEYENNE MTN REPORTING ... Incoming unidentified object approaching Maine coastline at 15,000 feet elevation over North Atlantic . . . Object is traveling at hypersonic speed with erratic course . . . We are now at DEFCON 2 -- advise immediate upgrade to DEFCON 1 . . . Awaiting Presidential ...
He was walking so fast that his necktie blew over his left shoulder and trailed in the breeze like a scarf. Head down, eyes squinting from single-minded concentration, Robert Melandri made a beeline Friday across the parking lot at Utica Square.
The makeshift sign, with crooked letters and bright colors like a third-graders class project, was held aloft in the twilight chill of No. 1 Ohio States 42-39 victory over archrival and second-ranked Michigan last month. In Tressel We Trust, it said.
IT'S BEEN almost a year since Eddie Sherman officially retired as the three-dot columnist at MidWeek, but when our waitress at Romano's Macaroni Grill introduced herself as "Cat," Sherman was back in action, asking questions and collecting information as if he had a column due the next morning.