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      CommentAuthorstilton
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010
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    So, Mick's the only other Ohioan on here, but y'all are gonna have to bear with me.

    I've been selling T-Shirts, stickers and buttons with the words "FUCK YEAH" emblazoned over the state of Ohio, for a few years now.

    This year though, I finally got around to launching a blog, so 3 days a week I post something awesome about Ohio or an Ohioan.

    The challenge isn't finding enough awesome things about Ohio. I'm pretty sure I could go 5 days a week, if I had the time. The challenge is keeping it sincere. Oh sure, I lapsed a bit and posted about the guy who made an igloo with cable TV, but that's seriously kinda cool and I stand by it. I could go all sarcastic bombastic, but that joke wears thin real quick. Sincerity is more rewarding anyway.

    If you want to learn more about Ohio in small measured doses, feel free to follow along at http://fuckyeahohio.com/

    No bonus points will be awarded if you do and I won't think less of you if you don't. I just felt kinda weird not promoting it at all.
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      CommentAuthorvoz
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010
     # 2
    see, that is just great and you are great for making and doing it

    i'm just wondering how long you are going to go and not mention a sporting team
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      CommentAuthorGeorge
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010
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    Subscribe!
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      CommentAuthorminx
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010
     # 4
    I think it's neat that you do this. Especially since Ohio isn't usually a state being touted for all of its greatness like some others are. I'll probably pass this along to my dad, brother, and maybe even uncle, all of whom reside in Ohio. Definitely to my friend Chris who is from Cleveland and is a big fan.
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      CommentAuthorstilton
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010 edited
     # 5
    Posted By: vozi'm just wondering how long you are going to go and not mention a sporting team
    That's a good question. So far, I've only mentioned the NFL (originally The Ohio League).

    We have a few pro baseball players I'll have to mention and I'll have to mention OSU football at some point, but I think I'll wait until next season.

    Not having attended OSU, I'm one of the few folks around who doesn't really care about OSU football.

    Posted By: minxOhio isn't usually a state being touted for all of its greatness like some others are.
    The funny thing is, I've lost count of Ohio tattoos. They're really popular. Last time I was in Texas, I saw a girl with an Ohio tattoo. I've been at shows here where I've counted at least 3 folks with Ohio tattoos at once.
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      CommentAuthorscot
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010
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    you don't really need a blog, you just need one graphic.

    YEEEEAHHHHH!!!
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      CommentAuthorJeff
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010
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    Cool project. I don't think I could do the same thing for Illinois. I barely leave the city limits.
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      CommentAuthorMr.MickMan
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010
     # 8
    I'm not really from Ohio, I'm from Cincinnati. We're inconveniently located just inside the state's southern border.

    Not that we want to be on the other side of the border with all those southerns either. We think of ourselves as more of a city state, like the Vatican but with more Germans.

    If I see anything Fuck Yeah-able, I'll pass it along.
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      CommentAuthorstilton
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010
     # 9
    I remember that full page "AT LEAST IT'S NOT CLEVELAND" ad that ran at some point in the mid-90's.

    I like to think of Cincinnati as the capital of red Ohio.
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      CommentAuthorMr.MickMan
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010
     # 10
    The two big suburbs north of Cincinnati (West Chester and Mason) are the capitals of Red Ohio. The city itself has turned a bit bluer
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      CommentAuthorMr.MickMan
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010
     # 11
    And a suggestion for your next sports related post, The Cincinnati Reds were the first Professional Baseball team.
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      CommentAuthorstilton
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010
     # 12
    Ooh... good call.

    I'll probably do a full week on the Reds.
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      CommentAuthorGeorge
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010
     # 13
    Posted By: Mr.MickManI'm not really from Ohio, I'm from Cincinnati.
    I assume every state has this sort of thing going on. The part of Virginia I live in is known as "occupied Virginia."
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      CommentAuthorMr.MickMan
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010
     # 14
    Bunch of Cincinnati Fuck Yeahs
    * 1835 First bag of airmail lifted by a hot air balloon.
    * 1849 First city in the U.S. to hold a municipal song festival - Saengerfest.
    * 1850 First city in the U.S. to establish a Jewish hospital.
    * 1850 First city in the U.S. to publish greeting cards - Gibson Greeting Card Company.
    * 1853 First practical steam fire engine. First city to establish a municipal fire department and first firemen's pole.
    * 1869 First city to establish a weather bureau.
    * 1869 First professional baseball team - the Cincinnati Red Stockings, now known as the Cincinnati Reds.
    * 1870 First city in the U.S. to establish a municipal university - University of Cincinnati.
    * 1870 First city to hold annual industrial expositions.
    * 1875 First city to establish a Jewish theological college - Hebrew Union College.
    * 1880 First city in which a woman, Maria Longworth Nichols Storer, began and operated a large manufacturing operation - Rookwood Pottery.
    * 1880 First and only city to build and own a major railroad.
    * 1902 First concrete skyscraper built in the U.S. - the Ingalls Building.
    * 1905 Daniel Carter Beard founded the Sons of Daniel Boone, later known as the Boy Scouts of America.
    * 1906 First university to offer cooperative education - University of Cincinnati.
    * 1935 First night baseball game played under lights.
    * 1952 First heart-lung machine makes open heart surgery possible. Developed at Children's Hospital Medical Center.
    * 1954 First city to have a licensed Public television station - WCET TV.

    The Cincinnati Art Museum is one of the oldest art museums in the United States. Founded in 1881, it was the first purpose-built art museum west of the Alleghenies

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is the 5th oldest in the US. It's considered on of the finest in the world, lots of Fuck Yeahs here.

    The Cincinnati Opera is the 2nd oldest opera in the US.
    • CommentAuthorsal
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010
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      CommentAuthorGeorge
    • CommentTimeFeb 25th 2010
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    Posted By: sal
    +1
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      CommentAuthorscot
    • CommentTimeFeb 25th 2010
     # 17
    I think one of my first Star Wars cds was the cincinatti orchestra playing parts of the score

    FUCK YEAH!!
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      CommentAuthorMr.MickMan
    • CommentTimeFeb 26th 2010
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      CommentAuthorstilton
    • CommentTimeFeb 26th 2010
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    I remember a farm in northwest Ohio getting busted for slavery, when I was in college.

    I really like that article. Instead of simply parroting the stats, it discusses the difficulties in getting the numbers and points out that few others are even making an attempt.
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      CommentAuthorMr.MickMan
    • CommentTimeFeb 26th 2010
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    The Freedom Center is a client of mine, Paul's a really good guy (use to be Chief Communications Officer for Kroger).
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      CommentAuthorMr.MickMan
    • CommentTimeFeb 28th 2010
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      CommentAuthorGeorge
    • CommentTimeFeb 28th 2010 edited
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      CommentAuthorAndrew
    • CommentTimeFeb 28th 2010
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    There's an astronaut on the Ohio quarter!
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      CommentAuthorMr.MickMan
    • CommentTimeFeb 28th 2010
     # 24
    Birthplace of aviation, Fuck Yeah!
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      CommentAuthorscot
    • CommentTimeMar 1st 2010
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    Ben Orr and ric ocasek met in Ohio.

    FUCK YEAH!!
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      CommentAuthorstilton
    • CommentTimeMar 1st 2010
     # 26
    This is a magical land.
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      CommentAuthorWookiee
    • CommentTimeMar 1st 2010
     # 27
    Posted By: Mr.MickManBirthplace of aviation, Fuck Yeah!

    Oooh they were born there.. the flight took place here BEOOTCHES.
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      CommentAuthorstilton
    • CommentTimeMar 1st 2010
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    Ha... You were just used for your land.
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      CommentAuthorGeorge
    • CommentTimeMar 1st 2010
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    Posted By: WookieeOooh they were born there.. the flight took place here BEOOTCHES.

    Posted By: stiltonHa... You were just used for your land.


    Been waiting patiently for this fight to break out.
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      CommentAuthorMr.MickMan
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2010
     # 30
    The U.S. House voted 378-3 for a resolution naming Dayton, Ohio - home of Wilbur and Orville Wright - as the place where aviation was born. The measure passed the Senate late Thursday on a voice vote.

    Ohio is also the state that has produced the most astronauts, 24 in all, including John Glenn and Neil Armstrong.

    Suck it!
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      CommentAuthorGeorge
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2010
     # 31
    FIGHT! FIGHT!
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      CommentAuthorWookiee
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2010 edited
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    Posted By: Mr.MickManThe U.S. House voted 378-3 for a resolution naming Dayton, Ohio - home of Wilbur and Orville Wright - as the place where aviation was born. The measure passed the Senate late Thursday on a voice vote.
    Ohio is also the state that has produced the most astronauts, 24 in all, including John Glenn and Neil Armstrong.
    Suck it!

    Aviators may have been born in Dayton, but Aviation wasn't.

    Why does Ohio suck so bad that everyone tries to escape by air?

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