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so you want to legalize the Constitution?

I'm guessing you want the government to follow the letter of the law then?
Except maybe you better reread the 14th Amendment.

No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

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people who understand art are as intolerant as those who don't

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Cincinnati Rollergirls vs. NEO Roller Derby

Rollerderby: a contact sport played by two teams skating in the same direction around a track.
Sounds so simple. Like anything else though, the simplest sounding concepts can be the most complex. You can have the best coaches, the best plays and best equipment but it all falls apart if you don't have conditioning.

It wasn't hard to spot, the NEOrollergirls at the end of each jam coasted back to their seats, hands on hips huffing and puffing while the Cincy Rollergirls had arms raised above heads, smiling. Sure I guess its all easy when you're winning but it all comes back to wearing out your opponent before they wear you out.


The best play of the night, had me laughing at its simplicity and brilliance. See, if a girls goes off track she has to return at the back of the group. This one jam Bombtrack (pictured directly above) was forced out right at the start, one of the other teams members then proceeded to race her backwards around the track forcing Bombtrack to follow. I asked Bombtrack about it,

"I got pushed out off the line, and was REALLY close to cutting the track by accident, so I deliberately did a four-point fall so that I didn't cut the opposing jammer. By the time I got up, she'd reversed halfway around the track- really smart thinking!

The only part NEO had trouble on with that play (and the part that made me gesticulate so animatedly) was the final execution. Ideally, the jammer would have stopped about halfway around the track, because it would have forced me to go the furthest distance to re-enter the pack. But what she did instead was drag me so far back that we came around to the pack itself. So I was able to simply go to the back, pass all of their blockers, and still get lead! As I was rolling through untouched, I couldn't help but turn to the last blocker, look her dead in the eye, and ask, "I'm sorry, were y'all planning on blocking me?"

I shrugged at the bench because I couldn't believe they'd gone to all that trouble, only to miss out on the most important part- the blocking!"

Of course all this means nothing to you if you've never witnessed a rollergirls game, which I highly suggest you do. No worries if you know nothing about the sport, that was part of the charm for me at first, having no prior knowledge, gives you an opportunity to just soak the whole spectacle in.
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Yard House

One Hundred and sixty taps.
yeah
Say that out loud, one hundred and sixty taps.
There just aren't enough days in the week to drink all the awesome beer flooding Cincinnati these days, but it ain't gonna stop us from trying.
The newest joint in The Banks is going to be another go to place for beer and sports.
Where Holy Grail screams frat party, Yard House feels more like somewhere you can go and actually relax while watching some sports.

this went on for three pages.
one hundred and sixty taps and one hundred and sixty kegs


everything food wise we tasted was fantastic, you shouldn't have any problem finding something you like


the views of course are all amazing

getting creative trying to beat the setting sun
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once upon a time in OTR

An incredible single family on Race St.
Single family now, it probably had 20 families back in the day.


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dunnhumby Centre

If you live or work downtown undoubtedly you've paused for a moment to watch the construction activity on Race. A couple things come to mind as I've watched the excavation. Its been interesting as they've gone down through levels of old subbasements left from the original buildings. They've repurposed on large subfloor to stage equipment. Obviously I'm not close enough to have seen anything small or interesting appear, but I have seen large stone and concrete pillars appear, and then disappear. And considering the local of the site, it amazes me how large the site is.

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Carpe Diem 2.0: All Saints Parish - Kenwood

The FFF roadshow made its way to Kenwood this week and the All Saints Parish. The talk on the way up was of their fish tacos which they're know for. I've never gotten fish taco's so I sat wondering about the fish dinner. We pulled into a half empty parking lot and I hoped it didn't mean anything, probably another lot around back jammed packed I thought. Once inside it moved smoothly, people taking your order in line and then paying at another counter before queuing up to hand over your order and receive your food. While waiting in line we were all tempted and intriged by the Irish Car Bomb cupcakes and we all bought one. get dessert first, better to be safe than sorry right?

The presentation wasn't much, and not up to the standards of other fish fries. The fish wasn't as flavorful as most and it wasn't crunchy, a little more greasy than others. The sweet potato frys, what I had really been looking forward too weren't crisp like I like. if you like soggy fries, you'll like these but I like my fries nice and crisp. The cole slaw now, a traditional cole slaw with a twist, ground pepper added a pop to the slaw I wasn't expecting and I loved it!.
I'm a beer failure too. I walked up to the beer coolers and asked what they had, not much, they handed me a Miller Lite and I looked over and there were two Mt Carmel kegs! what the heck? I guess since I didn't walk straight to the keg they must have assumed no quality beer for me. Lesson learned, take a good hard look around before ordering beer.
One other gotcha, they have gangs of little pony haired girls walking around selling desserts. They really hit you were it hurts, how do you say no to little pony haired girls? I can't.
I hate to be a bad guy but I have to take the bad with the good. I'm giving All Saints a 2.75. Now some of the others I was with loved the fish tacos, so if you like them too don't let me stop you. If you only go to one fish fry this season this shouldn't be it, but if you've visited a few already you could try All Saints. One more caveat, I'm really splitting hairs so its not like everything was horrible. It just isn't up to the standards of the Ludlow KoC.

$5 for a beer and a Mt Carmel pint glass that you get to keep. How do these guys make any money doing that?
Irish Car Bomb *contains alcohol. gotta love Catholics.
careful note taking, Cincy Whimsey gave All Saints much higher marks than me

Chef Chad signing passports
the equivalent of turning the bar lights on. you guys don't have to go home, you just have to go

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