I don’t even know if that’s a word. But this story has all the elements of a classic West Michigan story; 2nd-tier University, Lowell, and rednecks. Raychel Swift was driving back to Lowell Friday afternoon when her pet boa constrictor, Mr. Cracker Basket Sassy Pants, sneaked out of a pillowcase and slithered its way into […]
I’m a conservative, that’s no secret. I support this administration when I can. I have issues with a few things they’re doing, but Ashcroft is out, so that’s one huge thing off my list. Until today. This has got to be the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. In the event of a terrorist attack, the […]
Doing some work at home, I stumbled across .gov sites with block- and tract- level maps of almost every county in the country. They’re FTP sites, but the PDF maps are current from 2001. Wonder how long before this gets pulled down to save us from “the terrorists”? Block maps (FTP)Tract maps (FTP)County voting districts […]
I wonder how long before they get sued over this. I have money down for three weeks. Blockbuster Video is implementing a plan on 1 January to allow you to keep your video an additional week beyond the due date without penalties. However, if you keep it beyond that week, they charge you for the […]
Well, it’s official; I’m a Wolverine. I think we’re actually required to say that as new employees of the University of Michigan. I’ll read through the hundred or so dead trees I was handed today during orientation. Nothing too spectacular today; your basic sign-here, date-here, smile, sign-here kind of day. And then I got to […]
For anyone who doesn’t live in Ann Arbor (A2 to the initiated), this town has one, ok two, huge problems. The first one is that residents (which around here means “non-students”) don’t like the University. Oh sure, they love football and being able to say they live in Ann Arbor, Home of The University of […]
I didn’t know this, but they have made a new version of the Merchant of Venice (trailer at apple.com). Stars Al Pacino as Shylock, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, and Lynn Collins. Opens 29 Dec 04. Official site (gratuitous use of Flash) It will be curious to see how the play gets treated in this ultra-sensitive, […]
And it looks really cool. Note that this is not a commnet on the movie itself, just the visuals, but they are awesome. Check it out at Yahoo!. Link
In the vein of yesterday’s post on insulting cultual icons, I present McSweeny’s second look at some of the best films. Link
Here’s a list of way too many board games (yeah, they still make them). This list is heavily skewed towards fantasy/risk-type games, but it’s got a lot of other. Definately won’t find many of these at Meijer’s. LinkSlashdot story