NovemberNov 21 Saturday 09
Know your customers: Hollywood video now offers a “Stoner Movie” Section
With the rise of On Demand video, an overall lack of new movies I have no interest in seeing *cough* and the fact that nobody I know works there any more, I have little interest in going to Hollywood Video any more. With the desolate wasteland that the area is, it’s …
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NovemberNov 14 Saturday 09
Down the Tracks [HDR]
So with the weather surprisingly pleasant and the sun setting, I opted to head out with a camera and see what I could find. Here’s what happens with a camera on railroad tracks as the sun is setting.
Down the Tracks
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Book Review: Last Harvest, How a Cornfield Became New Daleville
Back in my undergrad days, I started putting up my papers online for people to see. So I decided, what the hell, I’ll keep the tradition alive in grad school as well with anything that may be interesting. Peer review is always good too, of course. For those curious, …
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OctoberOct 29 Thursday 09
2009 November Election Endorsements
With elections coming this Tuesday, I figured it’s as good of a time as any to make my election endorsements for the Metro area. Some of these people I’ll be able to vote for, others I won’t. But if I could, here’s the direction I’m heading.
Macomb County
All …
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OctoberOct 17 Saturday 09
Polka-dot Heidelberg House [HDR]
A shot I took the other day of a house that’s part of the Heidelberg Project on Detroit’s East Side, on Heidelberg Street by Mt. Elliott. . You can view all of the pictures I took over in the photos section, but here’s one of my favorites that came out of the HDR …
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Macomb Daily: You have got to be kidding me
Unlike many of my comrades, I usually take it easy on the mainstream media. After all, they’re just people trying to do their jobs, usually. Particularly, I’ve shied away from making comments about news outlets that gave me positive press during the past school …
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OctoberOct 15 Thursday 09
The Detroit Opera House Chandelier [HDR]
Today I did the first of three days as part of the Detroit Orientation Institute. You can learn more about it here, and if you get the chance I highly recommend doing it sometime.
Anyways, we were in the Opera House for a tour and a panel discussion on the Arts, and …
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OctoberOct 6 Tuesday 09
Meet the Shawarman
I found this today on the wall of the Bucharest Grill, around the corner from Cliff Bell’s and a block from Grand Circus Park.If you haven’t been there, you must try it. It is a great place in Detroit to buy shawarma (or döner, whatever you call it), so stop in …
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Levi Johnston’s Nuts
If you are viewing this though RSS or Facebook, go to http://www.cruzweb.net/2009/10/06/levi-johnstons-nuts/ you’ll really want to see this video.
In case you don’t recognize the name Levi Johnston, he’s the fine and upstanding young man who Sarah Palin’s …
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OctoberOct 5 Monday 09
Brian Johnson on the Employee Free Choice Act
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Brian Johnson, the executive director of Americans for Worker Freedom, explains the Employee Free …
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OctoberOct 3 Saturday 09
Pictures from the Defending the American Dream Rally / Townhall Yesterday
Because it deserves it’s own post. I would have put this up yesterday but I was exhausted and needed to get to sleep. View them all over in the Photos section.
People boarding the busses to the capital from the hotel:
A Wheelchair-bound patroit
The Press. Didn’t …
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Jim DeMint Speaking at the Defending the American Dream Conference
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Newt Gingrich Speaks at the Defending the American Dream Conference
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Response to The Huffington Post’s Artice on AfP Yesterday
Yesterday, the Huffington Post wrote a cute little article titled “Conservatives Revel in Obama’s Olympic Bid Failure“.
Let’s set the record straight. Nobody is opposed to hosting the Olympics in an American City. That helps everybody. However, Obama decided it …
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Day 1 Recap
The first day went pretty well. The highlight would have been the rally on the capital, where a couple thousand AfP supporters gathered to hear from people who had their say on the health care “reform”.
The best ones were of course the Canadians who had to come to …
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OctoberOct 2 Friday 09
Dick Michigan and the Delegates
I know I’m supposed to be blogging about the AfP conference, but I discovered something interesting that I wanted to share.
The one thing that I truly admire about Rick Snyder’s campaign for governor is that he is making good use of the internet. With that, I saw a …
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Made it to Arlington
After a long bus ride without a lot of sleep, we’ve made it to Arlington for the Defending the American Dream conference.
The Michigan buses were the first to arrive, however there are a lot of issues (apparently with DHCP client / server limitations) that has …
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SeptemberSep 28 Monday 09
Mackinac and DC
So with the political season under way, expect a little more of a shift into politics (hey, gotta stay relevent, right?). With that in mind, I’m happy to announce that Conveniently Misplaced will be on the blogger’s row at the American’s for Prosperity Defending …
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