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  • Seen On Bluesky

    “At this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don’t think you can help but be involved.” American singer.Songwriter.Pianist.Composer.Civil rights activist.

  • Big Orange Ball

        Proof that Ann Arbor is not always a ‘sunless horror, devoid of joy and hope,’ was provided by a gigantic orange ball in the sky the last couple of days; beagles were especially grateful as they took the opportunity to get in some serious tanning. (No, he’s not mad in that last pic, he’s…

  • We Never Win Anything

    Weekend Magazine, The Michigan Daily’s, well, weekend magazine, put out its Best of Ann Arbor issue today and a very well-deserved Best Blog award was given to Rob over at Goodspeed Update. We weren’t even mentioned. Alas. I’m beyond crushed. The nod to GU is great, but the article’s true genius is the final paragraph,…

  • A Sudden Dark Age

    Technology is a wonderful thing … until it crashes and burns spectacularly. We’ve had our own problems (obviously) with technology here around the manse this week; the crash of our Movable Type CMS punted us back into the dark ages of hand-coding web pages (oh the horror!). But at least we weren’t alone. I went…