Whenever I get an Ohio quarter, I keep it, thus taking it out of circulation and keeping some poor collector from having all 50 states. I just can't part with them, even if it means going without a Diet Coke. This means I have a few good luck charms lying around.

Ohio is my homeworld, and I think I hold it in such high esteem for pure nostalgia. That was the part of my life before my parents divorced, before I had to worry about things like school, college, lack of social life, paying bills, etc. Yeah, I know it's cold and sometimes overcast for days up there, that snow is a pain to drive in, they have a state income tax...I happen to like clouds and cold.

P.S. - Normally I don't have a sense of humor about the stinkin' Ravens (death to Modell!), but the following graphic, from Thomas H. Twine's home page, cracked me up. I must be in a generous mood.