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Opposites attract a blanketful of trouble

November 16, 2008

Cupid is sadistic. The little winged guy with the quiver of arrows and lack of diaper loves to match thermostat crankers with thermostat killers. Opposites attract, but always under the optimistically silly notion that they can reform the faults of the other person. Consider my friends Tom and Denise, perhaps the most drastic case of mismatched degrees I know. Here she comes, mummy-wrapped in layers of afghans, nudging the thermostat north with her frozen nose. That’s him a couple minutes later, strolling by in gym shorts, sweat dripping from his brow, as he knocks the numbers back down. Sure, they love each other. They’d just rather do so from separate climates. Similar dramas are playing out in households all across the chill zone as mismatched pairs try to survive each other. ‘‘What,’’ each person wonders, ‘‘attracted me to this wacko in first place?’’ It’s simple: Opposites attract. Or so the claim goes.

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Warren Community College — a perspective

November 11, 2008

On Oct. 29, a public meeting was held in the Warren City Council Chambers to discuss the prospect of a community college, to be located in Warren.

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Lost luggage or lost grandmas: At airports, it’s always something

November 9, 2008

Many people have lost their luggage at an airport. It’s common, even expected.

Losing your grandmother, however, isn’t.

It wasn’t that I lost Grandma, exactly. She was where she was supposed to be.

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A minute to spare: Time is a big, honkin’ relative thing

November 2, 2008

Time is relative. And nothing divides relatives like time.

I was thinking about this the other day while tapping my toes waiting for my wife to get ready to go out.

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One last chance for influence in election

October 31, 2008

With the elections finally getting ready to fall on our doorsteps after a mere two short years of campaigning, this is my last chance to influence you in the ‘‘right’’ direction.

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Keys unlock parents’ power to slow down teen drivers

October 26, 2008

A new set of car keys promises parents that it will slow their lead-footed offspring to a mere 80 mph.

I remember when I was 17. Yep, 80 mph would be just about right for city driving.

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