How did Freddie get that first round BYE?
Dear Mr. Ford.
Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
As I look back on the last seven years of Lions football, I think to
myself, why did I bother? Why would I go to games? Why would I watch
every week? Why would I pour my heart and soul in to this team of
futility? Why would I anticipate each game, each play, each ounce of
love of my Honolulu Blue? Knowing the out come of each game would be a
dismal loss to the opponent?
BECAUSE I LOVE MY DETROIT LIONS!!!
Let me say that again. I LOVE MY DETROIT LIONS.
Sports fans know NFL football is the pinnacle of sports. NBA, NHL, and
the MLB are great, but the NFL is king. The Super Bowl is the biggest
event in sports and the day my lions are in the Super Bowl, is the day
my life can end. I eagerly await that day. Today, thanks to you, me and
all Lions fans took a small step closer to that day.
Your firing of Mr. Millen today was needed - yet a few years too late.
While late, your decision was a huge spark in my life. My Lions are now
one small step closer to the pinnacle. We have a huge way to go, and the
road will probably be a long one, but today, my faith has been given a
boost. I thank you. I thank you for waking up, and making a statement.
Making an appearance. Making a comment. I encourage you to make more of
these statements and comments in the future. You dearly beloved Lions
fans are dying to hear more from you.
I am eager to hear of Mr. Millen's replacement. I am eager for the
future of my Lions. I am eager for more Lions wins. I am eager to see my
Lions in the Super Bowl. I am eager...
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Adam Comstock
(True Honolulu Blue since 05.26.1975)
From the NY-ALL wire this AM:
Nothing can send me into a meltdown faster than lack of coffee on demand at the office, so if you're anything like me, let me reassure you right now: we still have coffee.
Even though the Flavia machine in the kitchen needs service, the Flavia machine on the East side of the building (in the copy-room) is working! We also have 2 pots of brewed coffee in the kitchen (Fresh Direct's "Sinful Delights") and the coffee pods next to the fruit (look on the shelf below for the selection of pods).
Now we can all start our days.
-C
Kitchen Upgrades!
A slow transformation has been
taking place in the Detroit office's Main Kitchen due to the Beautification
Project. The first major change might have a few people confused as
they walk the halls of the building smelling fresh popped popcorn.
That's right - Detroit
has their very own Movie Theater Style Popcorn Machine (Thanks to Sam
Cannon's persistent begging and Continental Canteen for hooking us
up with a free popcorn machine)! Now popcorn can be enjoyed by all at
any hour.
The second major change was
a much needed upgrade to Detroit's vending machines. We now have fully
stocked Pepsi and Coke machines, a snack machine filled to the max and
a Fresh food vending machine that is stocked with sandwiches, soups
and salads.
--Anndrea Hubbard
(UPDATE: The machines are having some troubles, judging from this DET-ALL from this very morning. Whether or not this involved the new machines could not be confirmed by press time:
"Did you pay for a Diet Mountain Dew or Diet Lipton Green Tea and not get your product? Angel Andreas got them "unstuck" and they are now at my desk. Please come claim them.")
Rocket Pop. Push Up. Drum Stick. ChocoTaco. Smiling Dilly Bar. Oh, honey darlin'.
Detroit held a last
minute All Hands with the whole office with ICE CREAM. Detroit had an impromptu
ice cream social with an Ice Cream Truck! Everyone enjoyed their icy
treats outside; well, minus the bees. It was a great time!!
Nothing makes Detroiters line up like ice cream...except maybe if Grindline was playing a set in Royal Oak.
-Anndrea Hubbard
My Portfolio Mark Wagner
Pavel Zoubok Gallery
212-675-7490
Pavelzoubok.com
September 4th - October 4th
Art and commerce, this is a subject that interests me. I have works by Max Schumann, a wonderful painter. Max paints on cardboard; the subject matter is usually political, though he also paints beautiful flowers. Max includes the price of the painting on the front of his work. His shows are exhibited in 3 waves, a painting may be priced at 15.00, 50.00 finally 150.00 (approximations) they are the same image. I usually get in on the first wave. I feel Max is a) keeping the collector honest, b) showing us that people will pay for what they like regardless of cost. Years from now I guarantee we'll see a painting marked at $15.00 selling for thousands. This brings me to the current show at the Pavel Zoubok Gallery on
The artist, Mark Wagner, has chopped up crisp $1.00 bills and manipulated them into collages beyond belief, and yes, it's all legal. We see George Washington trimming a Sphinx shaped hedge, rowing in a sea of money, lurking under a lamppost on a rainy night holding an attaché case, the work is aptly titled "Waiting to Close the Deal". These images are all made of our almighty dollar. Years ago, people would say, "I don't like money, I like what it does". Well, I like money, I like what it does and Mark Wagner shows us what he does with money, by the way it cost 2.6 cents to produce a $1.00 bill. I love the pieces where shreds of bills look like grass in a flower pot.
You must see this show; you'll never look at a dollar bill the same way again. I'm still not used to the Euro; bring back the franc and the lire. Please.
Russ Hopkinson is a talented strategist. But boy howdy if he isn't known in horticulture circles for something totally different. This green thumb is always growing some crazy thing or another and we'll keep up with him as the 2008 harvest comes to a close.
In this edition, we explore the "Cream of Saskatchewan" watermelon...a small, ball-shaped, elegantly colored melon with a mild taste. And the word on the street is, Russ has a bunch at his desk TODAY. So stop by and eat some.
Art Bell fans have obviously been following this for months and years, but for the rest of the Earth, a bunch of scientists trying to create a 'God particle' has only recently hit the news cycle. And in case you didn't notice, the world didn't collapse on itself in a horrific black hole of human creation today. Real good then.
This video here is awesome. Watch as the scientists cheer at the little micro-Big Bang that happens on the screen after about 40 seconds. So awesome. Plus time didn't end. Hence the cheering...
Still not getting it, rube? Well, leave it to a Michigan State grad to start dropping science on the world with a YouTube "sensation" of classic hip-hop rhyming about high physics. And it's apparently a properly stated case of what the holy heck is going on over there in Europe.
Sparty got mad knowledge up in here, kid.
--Mike Hudson
We've got hella cyclists up in this piece...and some day we might even get one of them to write about it on this very blog...
But you can count on a lot more people in this company and nation(s) watching the Tour (aka, the best sporting event on this sweet Earth, IMHO)) next year.
Read the hot breaking buzz right here.
(UPDATE) And then read the team refuting the story here...but something is going on, no doubt.
--Mike Hudson