Detroit

Proud

February 6, 2012

I didn’t watch the Super Bowl on Sunday, I didn’t really care who won.  I used to tape it every year just to fast forward through the games so I could watch the commercials.  With You Tube around I don’t even have to do that anymore.  Honestly, I don’t really much care about them either.  [...]

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Election Day Again

November 7, 2010

Image via Wikipedia It’s that time of year again.  Working the polls and encountering some of the most interesting people. A gentleman of Armenian descent, born in India, immigrated to the US via Canada into Detroit right after World War II. A gentleman and his wife, he proclaiming he will take his wife’s ballot for [...]

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Diary of a Week

December 13, 2009

After the fun with friends last weekend, I headed down to Mishawaka to spend a week with the Zynda family. On the ride down, Erika and I hit up the new casino in Battle Creek called Fire Keepers.  What a beautiful place.  All brand new machines, nice comfy chairs, I didn’t want to leave.  But [...]

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Old Friends

November 23, 2009

Image by adriennevh via Flickr And by old I mean friends that have been friend afor a long time, not that any of them (or I) are old by any means. Anyways, when I was younger (note not young, but younger), I had a core group of friends in high school.  In alphabetical order and [...]

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Mrs. Howard

August 9, 2009

Image by adriennevh via Flickr I took a road trip while I was in Detroit.  Megan and Gordon were going down to Comerica Park for Warped Tour so after I dropped them off I headed towards the old neighborhood.  It was sad. It was depressing, it was different.  Had it not been for the On Star in [...]

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Bluelight Specials!

August 8, 2009

This post was sponsored by Kmart. All the opinions are mine. Because really that’s why you come here right?  Right? I haven’t been in a Kmart for a while, most of the ones near my house have closed or moved.  But these bluelight specials may lure me to drive farther. I remember shopping at the Kmart [...]

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American Made

August 1, 2009

Image via Wikipedia While driving around in Los Angeles, and especially in Glendale, you see alot of BMW’s, Mercedes and Lexus’ (Lexi?).  You see very few Japanese imports, although the Prius is on the rise, with one even showing up at our house.  And you see very few cars belonging to the Big 3, Ford, [...]

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