Monthly Archives: June 2014


once again science shows us that complexity of the world around us defies simplistic solutions

once again science shows us that complexity of the world around us defies simplistic solutions ?

What if at the very beginning stages of development you absorbed your twin’s cells? You’d be twins—a phenomenon called a chimera. Would you suddenly feel extra special because you are really more than just one person? Threatened and confused about your identity? These are not just hypothetical questions. Some people…


Sure it's a cat food commercial, but to anyone that has ever had it's both true and entertaining and it's got Ze Frank narrating so it must be good

Sure it's a cat food commercial, but to anyone that has ever had it's both true and entertaining and it's got Ze Frank narrating so it must be good?

Cats everywhere are promising big changes for a taste of wet cat food. What will your cat do? Tell u


I'm not a fan or football of the University of Michigan, but what their current athletic director has done is just ridiculous

I'm not a fan or football of the University of Michigan, but what their current athletic director has done is just ridiculous

During the more than 20 years I've lived in the Ann Arbor area, I've always made a point of avoiding the area near the stadium on football Saturdays in the fall so I don't get stuck in traffic. Thanks to John Brandon, that might not be so much of a problem going forward.

Brandon's incredibly tone-deaf policy changes have all been about money, not maximizing the experience for students and fans. This quote really sums up how utterly ignorant Brandon is: 

“You’re a 17 to 18-year-old kid watching the largest crowd in the history of college football with airplanes flying over and Beyonce introducing your halftime show? That’s a pretty powerful message about what Michigan is all about, and that’s our job to send that message.”

Yes, it's a powerful message and Brandon has sent it loud and clear. But it's also absolutely the wrong message to be sending. Students have been told they don't matter to U-M and they are now staying away from games in droves. 

I highly recommend that anyone that is a college football fan read this and consider not spending money on football tickets and merchandise.?

Last week, Michigan Athletics admitted student football ticket sales are down —from about 21,000 two years ago to just 13,000 this fall. How’d Michigan


Over the years Apple and especially Steve Jobs were renowned for putting on remarkably polished keynotes and demos

Over the years Apple and especially Steve Jobs were renowned for putting on remarkably polished keynotes and demos

But it wasn't always that way.  There have been a surprising number of flubs over the years including one that came several years after this compilation was assembled when Jobs tried to demonstrate something with an iPhone on a saturated wifi network and had to ask people turn off their devices.?

Some of Steve Jobs’ more humbling keynote moments…


Red-tailed hawks are a pretty common sight around here. Not so common is having them attack people

Red-tailed hawks are a pretty common sight around here. Not so common is having them attack people

Clearly this bird is of the belief that golf is a good walk spoiled?

A red-tail hawk that has taken up residence between the 10th and 18th holes at Huron Hills Golf Course in Ann Arbor swooped down and attacked a golfer in the rough Thursday evening, officials said.


I'm shocked, shocked I say to hear that an entrenched monopoly is involved in such shenanigans

I'm shocked, shocked I say to hear that an entrenched monopoly is involved in such shenanigans

No surprise that that use "newspeak" language like Broadband for America to name their astroturf group and that John Sununu is part of this mess.?

The public wants net neutrality so badly that it broke the FCC’s website. But can the weighty voice of the people combat well-funded astroturfing? VICE