I’ve got a weird obsession with the Flint Journal (as opposed with my obsession with Flint in general, which is more encompassing and pathological than simply “weird”). For the most part it’s a mediocre newspaper… well funded but debatably more mediocre than is necessary for the flagship periodical of a community of 450,000.
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– OCTOBER – is the month of service dogs.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Oscar Wilde, Eugene O’Neill
– NEWS OF THE WEEK –
Here.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
What is your favorite black-and-white movie?
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After tying the game at 3-3, the Tigers swept the Athletics at the bottom of the ninth when Magglio Ordonez drove in a three run homer!
As covered in the Detroit Free Press.
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I felt seduced by this writing more than any other we’ve engaged. Now that I’ve got a bit of the syllabus under my belt, I can start to compare my reactions to the different pieces and use that itself as a gauge.
… Read the restThe Master Letters, by Lucie Brock-Broido. Read More »
This book has taken me all over the place. Originally, when I first glanced at the table of contents, I almost emailed you to ask whether we were supposed to read just Fernando Pessoa or if the work of his associates was relevant.
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Mayor’s hiring of Cleaves assailed.
The mayor of Flint, Michigan needs a bodyguard now?!
The $33,000 the mayor is paying Cleaves is a sizeable chunk of what it would take to keep the Haskell Community Center open… the mayor gets a bodyguard and the only community center in one of the most poverty-stricken and violent neighborhoods of one of the most poverty-stricken and violent cities in the country is closed.
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– OCTOBER – is Roller Skating month.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Lenny Bruce and Paul Simon.
– COUNTRY OF THE WEEK –
Panama.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
When was the last time you felt absolutely perfect?
– Weird day yesterday. I’ll tell you about it later…
– OCTOBER – is for Orthodontia.
– LINK OF THE WEEK –
Hollywood Images, Hollywood Photography and Photo Prints.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Foreshadowing or Flashback?
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After watching the Tigers trounce the A’s yesterday (the A’s were supposed to have had the edge, but it was 5-1 at the end; a pretty boring game), Jess and I were exhausted and went to bed.
