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you can tell what my impression of the economy is...
The Market Recap on my yahoo page said "stocks continue their choppy trade" and my brain automatically mapped that to "stocks continue their crappy trade." I thought it was odd that an official news outlet used the word crappy in an Read More...
Zowie!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071222/bs_nm/goldmansachs_blankfein_dc_1 67.9 million dollar bonus. Now that's a nice payback for a job well done... Read More...
A loss for Milan
No, I am not referring to the football team, I am referring to the fact that the only real restaurant in town has closed its doors . I'll be the first to admit that many people who live in Milan don't seem to be restaurant frequenters (at least Read More...
Maybe not just, but at least he's free
I posted some time ago about how this article about Genarlow Wilson made me unhappy. Well, ESPN published a follow-up story covering his release from prison , finally. It still makes me unhappy that there are people who think the right thing was done Read More...
RIP George Webster
George Webster has passed away. One of the all-time great college football players, and certainly one of the greatest ever to play at MSU. Joe has a nice writeup both in the Journal and on his blog. First Mad Dog Thornhill, and now George Webster -- unfortunately Read More...
Yikes, here we go...
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/04/i_want_to_clear.html Reading the article and several comments following reinforces to me that ignorance and fear are extremely dangerous. When I say ignorance, I am not trying to insult anyone, I am only referring Read More...
Very interesting...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article1637528.ece Using stem cells as a treatment mechanism for a variety of diseases is an area of medical study that we appear to be just scraping the surface of. This article certainly paints Read More...
'Justice'
This case makes me ornery. (Just to be clear -- it makes me ornery because I don't think that young man deserves prison time for the situation at hand. Bad judgement? Yes. Criminal act and sexual offender needing rehabilitation in a state penitentiary? Read More...
A cure for diabetes?
Obviously, that post title is a little bit hopeful, but this medical article and the more readable national post article , are compelling, to say the least. As a diagnosed Type II diabetic (as well as someone who lives with Multiple Sclerosis), this is Read More...