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Detroit Lions new logo

2009-04-21T13:15:00.000-07:00

The Lions officially unveiled their new logo today.

2009-02-12T00:55:00.000-08:00

Wal-Mart Bingo

2008-12-20T05:20:00.000-08:00

Alice by pogo

2008-10-04T06:24:00.000-07:00

Hypnotic

Fire Prevention Week 2008

2008-10-04T05:51:00.000-07:00

October 5-11, 2008 is National Fire Prevention Week. Be sure to have a Fire Alarm in every room of your house.

Football Photos

2008-09-10T07:29:00.000-07:00

I got to take some photos for the Munising/Negaunee High School Football game last Friday.
I'm glad I'm not a full time photographer, but I enjoy shooting football.

A nice place to visit

2008-07-27T05:24:00.000-07:00

TV6 News has a series called "Trips on a Tank" which showcases places to go and things to do locally from Marquette.
Even though the title of the episode is Seney, Germfask is the main attraction.

Trip to New York City

2008-06-07T11:18:00.000-07:00

Phil's daughter Megan graduated from Cardozo School of Law in Manhattan on May 29th, and I went with Phil and Bob to see her.

Phil and I got up at 4 am to drive to the airport. The plane in MQT took off about 7 and we arrived in Detroit about 9, I had window seat on both flights, and had great views. We landed at LaGuardia around 11.
We caught a cab and drove into the city across the 59th street bridge and checked into hotel at 47th and 7th about Noon. Megan showed up as we were checking in. We put our bags in our room and walked to Angelo's on 57th street and had a pizza before heading over to St. Patricks Cathedral on 5th Avenue.
Then we met Tim and his brother in front of Rockefeller Center and went up at 2. The view from up top was very cool.

We made our way to Grand Central and took the subway back to 47 street and the hotel. We got ready and got on the subway to the award ceremony at 5.

After the awards we all went to dinner at Knickerbockers on University Place. When we were done eating dinner, Bobby Phil and I walked back to the hotel up

and by Union Square, Empire State Building, Union Square, Public Library, Diamond District, etc. back to 47 and Broadway. Phil stayed at the hotel but Bobby and I went and walked around Times Square. Very busy
Next morning, I got up and went for a walk about 6:30 am. The streets were very quiet. I was back to room at 7 and we took off for the Hudson river. We didn't get far and realized we better just head to Lincoln Center. We finally got on the subway to make it there on time. Lincoln Center was very impressive.
After the graduation we took

made our way to the Hudson and got a quick boat ride down south past the statue of Liberty and back.

Then we caught a cab back to 47th street.
Phil and Bob went to dinner and I went to Free Friday night at the Museum of Modern Art at 53rd and 5th. On the way i got a plate of food from a cart. It was very good. MOMA was impressive.

I walked back to the Hotel about 10, and when Phil and Bob got back, we went for a walk. We stopped at the wax museum on 42nd, walked around some more, had a few beers at a bar on 47th, and went back to bed.

Got up early and caught the Subway to 79th street and the Museum of Natural History. It wasn't open yet, so we walked Central Park West all the way down to Columbus Circle,

got something to eat, and took the Subway back to the Museum.

The museum was very cool, we spent quite a bit of time there before catching the subway back up to 42nd street. Back to the hotel and a quick slice of pizza around noon. Coming out from eating pizza, it started raining, we only had a few minutes before heading to the airport anyway.
We caught a car out to LaGuardia and when we left New York city it was raining hard going into the Holland Tunnel. When we came out the other side, it was sunny. Weather stayed good, and I got a good seat for flying back. We made our way back to Marquette around 9:00 p.m.
Everything went great!

Photo of Germfask nightlife scene.

2008-04-12T20:52:00.000-07:00

My favorite podcasts

2008-04-12T18:32:00.000-07:00

These are my favorite podcasts to listen to while riding the bus from Marquette to Munising and back. I just have a shuffle, so these are audio only.

Philosophy Bites
LSAT Logic in Everyday Life
NPR: Driveway Moments
Coverville
Real Time with Bill Maher
KCRW: Left, Right and Center
NPR: Talk of the Nation
Slate Magazine daily podcast
Patriots Football: PFW in progress
BMC's Reggae Mixes
New Yorker: Comment
This American Life

There is so much to listen to, I never get to hear it all before new episodes come out.

more snow...

2008-04-12T13:03:00.000-07:00

Almost the middle of April and more snow.
In November snow seems so cool.
In April, not so much.

A crossword puzzle can help you kill time till the snow melts.
Maybe by May

For Answers Click Here
http://flickr.com/photos/yooperphotographer/2408540956/

March Snow

2008-03-09T13:16:00.000-07:00

Still lots of snow on March 1st, This field was full of powder last Saturday

Arrow get's blog mention

2008-03-09T12:48:00.000-07:00

Here's a link to a blog th at mentions Arrow as they were camping at Northland Outfitters.

"Our last evening at camp and we enjoyed another version of Mountain Man Breakfast for dinner, and were visited again by Arrow, the mooching, roaming chow-hound beagle owned by a Germfask resident. He'd turned up two evenings before, and alarmed, we hooked a bungee cord to his collar and took him up to the camp store where the campground owner told us he wasn't lost, he was just on his normal suppertime rounds of the campsite looking for a free meal. Apparently he's been doing this for all of his 14 years (judging by the size of his belly), along with bumming canoe rides from unsuspecting campers, too. Well, how can you fight 14 years of tradition (and a pitiful brown-eyed beagle face)? He had dinner with us for two nights, and then got a leftover hot dog for breakfast too, before we pulled out. He was a pro. He probably had a notebook back at home where he'd noted 'Suckers on site #6. Obscene amounts of food for only 2 people.'"

Deal of the Week

2008-02-25T18:30:00.000-08:00

I went to the Salvation Army last Saturday and found a nice American Tourister briefcase to use for work. I can carry my lunch and books and laptop with room to spare. The case is just like new, it was missing a strap, but I found one that I had on an old duffle bag that fit perfect. Now I will be the envy of all the prison guards and school teachers who hog all the good seats on the bus ride from Marquette to Munising.

Beagles Finally get their due.

2008-02-14T05:56:00.001-08:00

Finally. After 131 years, they got it right. Uno, a 3 year old, 15 inch tri-colored package of personality was picked best in show at the 132nd Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Even though he may be more of a show dog than a rabbit chaser....

"Don't expect Uno to get his paws dirty and act like a typical hunting beagle. He has no interest in chasing deer or rabbits. The only prey he's interested is his little yellow rubber ducky, his favorite toy. "He doesn't put his nose straight down and go to the woods," says Wilkerson. "He's a show dog. If you put him near the woods, he'd come right back to me as if to say, 'You want me to walk in there?' "

I'm not sure I believe that. Maybe he's lived the soft dog-show life, but if he's a beagle, he has to have a nose for tracking. He probably dreams of chasing hares when he gets done with the dog show circuit. What self-respecting beagle would rather walk around an arena on a leash and get probed by judges instead of diggin after a squirrel? You know if he came across some fish guts he would roll around in them.
I think he would jump right into the swamp if you just gave him a chance.

Even so, it's nice to see a beagle howl on the winners stand for once.

What kind of name is Germfask?

2008-02-06T22:29:00.000-08:00

The white man came to the Germfask area in the late 1800's and early inhabitants decided on a name by taking the first letter of the last name of eight of the original settlers in 1881. John Grant, Matthew Edge, George Robinson, Thaddeus Mead, Dr. W. W. French, Ezekiel Ackley, Oscar (O.D.) Sheppard, and Hezekiah Knaggs.

Iced windshield

2007-11-10T04:36:00.001-08:00

Iced windshield, originally uploaded by kcg92000.

Pine needles on windshield.