Should we have a casino in Ohio?

Last month, I was asked to sign -- and signed -- a petition to allow voters to choose to put a casino in the state of Ohio, in Clinton County. The proponents have been on local talk radio, and have also put up a website: myohionow.com.

I probably won't ever go to the place -- I know enough about game theory that the house always wins -- but I'm not gonna stop other people from gambling away their money. Besides, people from Ohio are already going across state lines to Indiana to gamble. Let's keep the money in the state.

Shout-outs: Happy birthday shining_woman!

We play anything.....well, almost everything......

So there's another new radio station in town: Fly 92.9. Their slogan is "We play anything".

I'd like to challenge that.

In the past two weeks of listening to them in the car, I've yet to hear any Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Bjork, Gowan, Kim Mitchell, Saga, Marillion, Renaissance, the Grateful Dead, Phish, or John Valby. And I probably never will because these artists are too obscure for the average American radio listener. Either that or they've never had any top 40 hits in the States. (Okay, there's "Running Up That Hill" and "Touch of Grey", but that's about it.)

Despite my quibble, I do like listening to the station. They're not limited to any particular genre or era. (I've noticed the Eagle doesn't play anything released after 1979.) I've heard songs on there I haven't heard in years, or have never heard at all. But it seems that the only limiting factor in air play is that the song must have cracked the top 40.

I'll keep listening. And when I get tired of it, I'll change the station.