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Ann Arbor News Says Goodbye
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The Ann Arbor News (in Ann Arbor, MI of course) recently announced it’s closure. After 174 years, the Ann Arbor News could not see a way out of economic difficulties and will be relaunching as an online media company — AnnArbor.com. But this post isn’t about the closure… for information on that check out:
Continue Reading »Selected Quotes about Government
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Dealing with Ann Arbor’s Downtown Development Authority (the A2DDA) definitely elicits an emotional response. Sadly, the happy emotions did not make the cut. Anyway, the experience finds me recollecting some of my favorite government quotes…
Continue Reading »Benjamin Franklin, Motorcycles, and Ann Arbor Parking
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We’re not playing the Pyramid here, but wouldn’t that be great? Man, I miss good 70’s game shows. Give me the Pyramid and Match Game and I’m happy as can be. Anyway…
Benjamin Franklin
I’ve always liked Mr. Franklin. Some think he’s the only non-president on money… but those people probably think Mr. Hamilton was once a president. Anyway, Benjamin Franklin is perhaps my favorite American in history. I love his quotes and many of his thoughts can guide us still today.
Today’s the following Benjamin Franklin quote comes to mind:
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.
Which brings us to…
Continue Reading »Ann Arbor Blocks My Parking App
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Ann Arbor DDA, you massively fail. If you were a ship, you’d be the titanic…
Can you believe in today’s world that a government agency would conspire and discuss the control of public information? What if that information was a top secret as… parking space availability?
Continue Reading »My information is everywhere…
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I ranted today about YET ANOTHER security breach at the University of Florida (Go Gators). It’s a decent rant:
http://www.voiptechchat.com/tech/245/university-of-florida-security-strikes-out/
I like ranting now and then 🙂
Continue Reading »Motrin Moms
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Heard about Motrin Moms?
So Motrin (yeah, the pain reliever) just a little headache today courtesy of Twitter. They launched a new ad campaign targeting the pains of moms… however… the campaign did not sit well. Not well at all.
Continue Reading »Progress Report from Gainesville
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GAINESVILLE, FL — So for the last few weeks, I’ve been working hard to get the house “ready to sell.” With the help of Orlando, Linda, and Richard (aka J4 Cruisers), the kitchen, master bedroom, and living room have been painted. When no wood flooring was available to repair the living room I had two options — (a) replace the entire wood floor (over 1000 sq ft) or (b) carpet the living room.
Continue Reading »I have a yellow crowbar now
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Yellow Crowbar, Utility Knife…
Punk bands from the 80’s?
Spackle, Measuring Fee…
Things you bought at Home Depot
And we have a winner. 🙂
Continue Reading »Carpet Estimate — Ouchie!
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First… let me tell you how big the Spiders are in Gainesville. They are what I like to call HFS big… (Holy Fucking Shit Big). Except for Peter Parker, I’ve never liked spiders… but at least growing up they were managable annoyances. Spiders in the South are large and in-charge. They are huge… beyond big… they have zip codes and in some counties can even vote. Anyway, the point here is (1) not liking spiders + (2) HFS big = scared Fred.
Continue Reading »I'm not a great painter…
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Well, there are three main rooms that need to be painted. The Kitchen, the Master Bedroom, and the Living Room.
The Kitchen was mostly a second coat. The lovely former real estate agent had her “handy man” paint the room, however they did at best what I’d call “half assed” work. Half-assed at best. So, I started painted and the realization of my painting skills became immediately apparent. I do not paint well. I do not paint well… at all.
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