Random observations

Today, two random and unrelated observations.

First, the most affecting moment of the Michigan-Ohio State game -- I vote for Mitch Albom's elegy to Bo Schembechler during halftime. Maybe you had to have ESPN to see it.

On Schembechler's impact: "He may not be watching, but he'll be everywhere you look."

Albom may catch flak for being overly sentimental, but no one strikes the flint of remembrance like a good eulogist and Albom (Tuesdays with Morrie) may be one of the best.

Secondly, a vague feeling made concrete -- Zingerman's co-founder Ari Weinzweig. Separated at birth from Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne? Consider:


I'm sitting in Zingerman's Next Door, and this is what passes for inspiration.