Stories of the Shoe is heading on vacation soon so if you e-mail me you might not get a quick response. Unfortunately my beach reading will be the Chicago Manual of Style and Keys to Great Writing.

Your beach reading should be one of my favorite Buckeye books. Try Heart of a Mule: The Dick Schafrath Stories by Dick Schafrath, Expanding Your Horizons, Collegiate Football’s Greatest Team, by Dr. Donald Steinberg, Game of My Life Ohio State: Memorable Stories of Buckeye Football by Steven Greenberg and Laura Lanese, or Back Porch Swing by Allen Bohl. All are highly recommended by this author and guaranteed to get you in the mood for the coming season.

Oh, and if you see a short stocky guy in red combing the banks of the Chesapeake Bay, give me an O-H....