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Bring it on

September 5th, 2008 · How To Annoy Me, politics

Normally I don’t even try to talk politics to conservative friends and family, or try to bring the subject on my blog. Not because I don’t value intelligent discussion, but because it usually takes all of 5 minutes for me to get so angry at people who refuse to see the other side of the coin that all I can do is sputter and froth a little at the mouth.

The past 2 days, I’ve been doing a lot of sputtering and frothing while watching the Republicans dance around the issues and build a facade of truthiness to an otherwise blinders-on-to-the-world point of view, and frankly, it makes me sick.

How about a little facts check, and if you have the time, read this. It’s written by someone who is more eloquent than my sputtering and frothing could ever be.

Vote Obama 08

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Goodbye and thanks for all the scandals!

September 4th, 2008 · How To Annoy Me, detroit

If you’ve got to go, go out in style! The Detroit mayor’s resignation and guilty pleas trump the Republican National Convention coverage today.

At least the embarrassment is over and some good thorough house cleaning can get underway to move the city forward.

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A new line of work

September 3rd, 2008 · random thoughts

Bottle Collector

I decided this morning that if people can afford a new car on the salary of an empty bottle collector, I’m in the wrong freaking business.

Kudos for making it a whole 2 steps out of your car before picking around in the trash that’s been sitting out since last night – that should keep the stench out of your car for sure.

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Politico

August 29th, 2008 · politics

If you missed Obama’s speech last night at the DNC, you missed one of those where-were-you-when-history-happened moments.

Go ahead, watch it. I guarantee you’ll walk away feeling like you’ve just completed a 3 day health retreat that your kids bought you for your wedding anniversary and at first you were like ‘No way this is lame’, but then you got there and discovered a range of great services at your disposal and you completely vegged out and now you’re feeling a million bucks.

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Oh The Irony

August 24th, 2008 · whatever

Then what’s the point?

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World’s Largest Record Collection

August 22nd, 2008 · geekdom, random thoughts


The Archive from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

And Christa thought SHE had it bad with my collection hogging up space in the basement. Check this dude out. Stick around and watch the whole thing, it’s well worth it.

I love my (little) record collection.

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Play Date

August 21st, 2008 · Photos, the kids

Monty has a new play date, and he’s no less than 10 times bigger than he is.
You better believe he still KNOWS he’s the alpha male, but I think Cooper still loves him anyway…

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Why am I not surprised?

August 20th, 2008 · whatever

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Riverwalk Revival

August 19th, 2008 · detroit

The Dequindre Cut is a sub-grade railroad corridor. Originally used to link commercial manufacturing in the early 19th century, The Cut was later used as a commuter rail traveling from Pontiac to the Ren Cen. In the decline of the 80′s, The Cut was tagged by graffiti artists and home to the homeless. Now the one mile stretch from the Riverwalk to Eastern Market is being revitalized for bikes, pedestrians, and (some key words here) future mass transit.

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Light Rail Transit in Detroit

August 6th, 2008 · detroit

My dream INCHED closer to reality back in April with the release of a study trumpeting light rail transit as the best regional transit option for the Woodward corridor.

An intensive 18-month technical review that is following guidelines established by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) New Starts Program concludes a light rail line along eight miles on Woodward Avenue from Downtown to the Michigan State Fairgrounds near Eight Mile Road is the best alternative to build the starter line for a regional rapid transit system in the Detroit area.
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Someday, we could hop a train down the block from our house to hit up a ball game or a night on the town. Someday

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