Much has been written about the New Journalism; that somewhat revolutionary way of publishing that boggles the minds of many newspapermen and cheers the fanboys to no end. I don’t profess to be Dan Gillmore (or, for that matter, any of the people who rank in the Technorati), but I was a journalism-type person at […]
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I just had a moment of clarity, and it creeped me out. I won’t relate who’s blog I was reading, but suffice it to say I was exploring my region when it dawned on me what bothers me so much about Ann Arbor and zealots in general. They define themselves via hate. I’m talking about […]
This line takes the cake, and makes me reflect that, while I live in the alternate reality of Ann Arbor, I don’t live in the City (that’s San Francisco). Why is that important? Because of lines like this: While the goal is reducing plastic bag pollution, paper was added so as not to discriminate. Thank […]
Required “I have a blog” link for the week: Bunny Suicides. Yes, that’s what it is. And damn it, I laughed out loud.
I was really bored on Thursday. Finally traced this from source sketch.
J– and I signed up for the trial of Blockbuster online, basically a NetFlix knockoff for about $3 cheaper (for now). A friend of mine in Grand Rapids had NetFlix and raved about it. The office was buzzing about Napolean Dynamite, so we figured what better time to get a couple free movies on trial […]
Oh man, looks like Detroit mayor Kilpatrick is squirming like he’s Bill Clinton. He even found someone to fall on the sword for him. Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings is copping to the purchase of the vehicle and claiming… wait, let me quote it, it’s classic: “I’m not sitting here in retrospect saying it was the […]
This just gets better and better. Channel 7, the local ABC channel here, went to the city Purchasing Department and asked to see requisition number 177316, a public document used to lease the Lincoln Navigator under suspicion. Guess what. They “lost” it. In the words of Dr. Evil, riiiight. The mayor is going to make […]
For anyone outside of the metro Detroit area, this is a HUGE news story right now. Basically, the mayor’s office leased, for one year, a Lincoln Navigator, allegedly for the mayor’s wife. Price? $24,995, exactly $5 under the amount that triggers a review by the City Council. Length of lease? 1 year. Oh, but Lincoln […]