Monthly Archives: July 2007

Can we please start ignoring celebrities!

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What the hell is wrong with people?  With all the problems in the world why are so many people obsessed with seeing how stupid rich, famous people can be?  Yesterday over on ABG one of the guys wrote a post about a certain idiot who happens to be heiress to a hotel fortune.  I will neither mention her name or link directly to the post but she is hardly the only one of her kind.  The reason I bring all this up is because that post happened to be the most viewed post of the last thirty days on the site after the AOL home page linked to it.  What did she do that was so noteworthy?  She traded in her Range Rover for a Ford Escape Hybrid.  Who cares what celebrities drive? especially the likes of her.  We all need to make a pledge that whenever anyone mentions Paris, Britney, Lindsay, Russell, Robert, Mel or any of the other idiots who drink too much or use too many drugs or whatever, that we will immediately change the channel, leave the site and generally ignore their foibles.  Stop watching the slow moving train wreck that is celebrity life.   We need to stop enabling these morons.

Vultures 2

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This morning Max and I drove down to the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty Ohio to cover a story I’m working on for AutoblogGreen. About twenty miles from our destination we spotted this group of vultures having breakfast by the side of the road and stopped to grab some shots.

Vote for local businesses as the best 4

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I got an email from Kate Conat tonight that Channel 4 in Detroit is running a poll right now called 4 the Best with all kinds of SE Michigan businesses nominated in various categories.  Locally we’ve got several nominees including Cafe Luwak for best sandwich shop, the Sidetrack for best burger and Smokehouse Blues for best wings.  Zingerman’s Bakehouse is also in the running for best bakery.  Head over to www.clickondetroit.com/4thebest and cast your votes for some local businesses.

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smart fortwoIt’s that time of year again, the Art Fairs are back! The action kicks off this weekend at the Corner Brewery with the Shadow Art Fair. From noon to midnight on Saturday July 14 over forty artists will be hawking their wares amidst live music from Patrick Elkins, Black jake and the Carnies and more. Once the fun is over at the brewery if you have any cash left over you can over to A2 for some other fair. Actually their is a reason why some of you might want to head down to South University between Wednesday and Saturday to check out the Smart USA road show. The tiny Smart ForTwo is coming to the US market early next year and they are touring the country this Summer to let people check out the cars. If you’re interested you can even get a test drive in a Smart.