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I see that « some local reporters have more chutzpah than the national press »: ’… as reporters in Omaha, Neb., proved last week. […]

« Dear America », ‘On November 2nd, please elect a new government. Signed, Your Friends in Canada …’

Frank took more really great pics of day two of the Ann Arbor Art Fair: « Ann Arbor Art Fair ‘04: Day Two » […]

Thanks to Steve for posting the photos. The one of the spray-painted “ART NOT WAR” sign was actually not “technically” part of the fair(s); […]

Frank took some pics of the first day of Art Fair around campus today: « Ann Arbor Art Fair ‘04: Day One » Love […]

For the average child born in 1999, the department estimates it will cost $160,140 for food, shelter and other necessities in the first 17 […]

I guess I’m still shaking my head over the blurb in the Ann Arbor News police blotter yesterday: A motorist who stopped to allow […]

Today, I took the longest ride yet: 10 miles roundtrip on the Bobcat. We won’t talk about what it did to my hands, even […]

Say hello to The Hearse, which you’ll enjoy if you also enjoy Six Feet Under.

… except that they’re not in Iraq, but in « North Korea »: ‘North Korea is likely to be producing nuclear bombs even as […]

I see that Amazon.com has now adopted something called a “plog®.” The “plog” is apparently yet another marketing scheme, although Amazon touts it as: […]

We took a very nice five-mile roundtrip to the library today, the first time we had done a double ride together. The M30 is […]

Not having biked in almost five years (my last bike rides were through rough neighborhoods in East Oakland, and while nothing ever happened to […]

Page Six reports on a contest in which 25 celeb-writers were asked by BlackBook Magazine to write a short story in no more than […]

My hands hurt worse than ever. I don’t understand it. They were fine before May and then grew steadily worse in June. And now […]

Much more temperate today than it’s been the past few days. I enjoy the sunlight and the warmth as long as there’s a dip […]

Bush was today driven in a campaign bus around the UP. The first appearance of a president in that part of the state since […]

The announcer deriding the American pronunciation of the word “soccer” (“sah-kuh”), a word which is already in itself apparently an object of derision because […]

According to a brief article on the back of the front section of today’s Ann Arbor News, a recent poll by EPIC/MRA found that […]

Whoever said that Ann Arbor is deserted in the summer? If anything, it seems more hectic during the summer than it does during the […]

Like I said, I’ll never understand Michigan drivers, no matter how long I live here. This afternoon I was waiting to cross the street […]

A list of all posts since April (when we switched from Movable Type to Textpattern) is now up and running. Now if I can […]

RSS and Atom feeds are working again; you can find links to them in the ‘Remember’ section of the navigation list on the left. […]

Southeast Michigan seems to have missed most of the Brood X periodical cicada event, but the regular “dog day” Tibicen cicadas, which are apparently […]

On the afternoon of the so-called “Marriage Protection Sunday,” Steve and I went out to the Michigan Theater and saw Vincente Minnelli’s “An American […]

I was over in Ypsilanti today, taking the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification at Willow Run High School, and had almost three hours between […]

The other day I startled myself by referring to a carbonated beverage as “pop” without thinking about it. Today the heat was in the […]

The first commute ride with the new Marin Bobcat went absolutely great. Especially since I’m not in shape for it any more. The only […]

This one caught my eye for two reasons: First, and most importantly, it’s a ringing denunciation of the bloody Cabal over the body of […]

With a great deal of sadness and regret, I withdrew from grad school classes yesterday morning, deferring my enrollment/involvement with the program until next […]

Interesting Michigan developments ….. According to a story in Entertainment Weekly quoted by Daily Kos, the GKC Theatre chain, which owns 13 movie houses […]

Crashing waves of anxiety, depression, nausea and panic. Not much else to report. Grad school is running better than expected, yet I’m not that […]

A little late this time ….. A glowing review by Larry McMurtry of the Bill Clinton memoir that covers the front page and two […]

A brand-spanking-new red Marin Bobcat Trail bike is in my living room and it’s a wonderful bike. I’ll write more and post some pics […]

It’s been amazingly temperate for at least the past week, if not the entire two weeks since summer began. There have been a few […]

We finally saw “Fahrenheit 9/11” this afternoon. An amazing piece of work, in many ways, and also infuriating in other ways (as everything Michael […]

The magical check arrived at 2:30 this afternoon, so I hotfooted it over to Ann Arbor Cyclery to make a certain purchase. Curses. Foiled […]

Best slogan for the Boy Emperor’s campaign I’ve seen yet: ‘Bush-Cheney ‘04: Don’t Change Horses in the Middle of an Apocalypse’

Still waiting on the magical check to fund my bike purchase. Feeling very under the weather with an infection, so it wouldn’t matter anyway. […]

I love this, and I’m not sure why: NPR’s ombudsman scolding NPR for producing and airing music commentary that’s too “hipper-than-thou.” The ombudsman (Jeffrey […]

Would we ever move back to California? Sometimes I fantasize about it, I admit it, despite being in complete agreement with Steve that there […]

We took a little drive to Saline, where we noted that the Dairy Queen is much nicer than the ones in Ann Arbor. We […]

I’m making progress on getting all the various pieces of AirBeagle working with new layouts. I added the new photo galleries portal page today […]

It was a beautiful day and would have been perfect for riding, if only my first bike wasn’t still in San Francisco and the […]

From the movie Born Yesterday, starring William Holden: ‘The whole history of the world is the story of the struggle between the selfish and […]

It’s been a very nice, temperate few days in southeastern Michigan. The high humidity of a week or so ago seems to have abated […]

So, let’s see if we’ve got this straight. Virgin USA has its corporate headquarters in New York, but its flight ops headquarters will be […]

From the Jack Ryan 2004 Website: ‘Jack Ryan on the Defense of Marriage: ‘I believe that marriage can only be defined as that union […]

A group of right-wing ‘bloggers, responding to President Gore referring to them as ‘Brown Shirts,’ have proudly donned the mantle and are featuring a […]

I honor his accomplishments, but for god’s sake can we shut up about Lance Armstrong already?