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One more to take with me if I got stranded.

So good!

Posted for the song, not for the video of still shots. One of my "stranded on a deserted island" records that I would need with me.

The cup

Unfortunately I didn't see this live, just read about it afterwards. How cool for the audience members from Detroit.

Navy vs. TTU

Filipino Dance Troupe

Thanks Kristen! Your mom sent this to me to watch a few weeks ago, but I just got around to it now. Very impressive. While all the faces are funny, I must say Sean's is the best. It looks like he's taking his moves very seriously - like he's in it to win it.

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Office space

Is it possible to fall in love with a city?

Yes.

More sports

About 8 months ago, I wrote something about Detroit being arguably the king of the sports world. I think MSU had just come off a national hockey title and the Red Wings and Pistons were both deep in the playoffs. All this coming off of a World Series appearance a few months earlier. Pretty cool.

And although this is only regular season, today was a pretty damn good day for Michigan sports. MSU is heading to the Champs Sports Bowl. OK so what, mid-tier bowl for a mediocre to even bad football team. I'll take it. New coach, young players, Florida for the holidays. Why not? MSU b-ball is ranked 9th in the nation and won a pretty big game today. Don't let unranked Bradley fool you - they treated this game as their National Title game and came out blazing. They also own the 4th longest non-conference home win streak. This game was no gimme.

The Red Wings (best record in the league by a lot) just smoked Montreal. I love beating other original 6 teams ON THE ROAD. By the way - the Red Wings haven't played in Montreal since 2004. Gary Bettman sucks. They haven't played in Toronto since 2003. Bettman has ruined hockey marketing. I read some proposal recently that said to make the original 6 it's own division in the current NHL. Very cool. They should call it the Norris Division in the Wales conference.

Pistons won. 1st place in the division.

Tigers. How can a team not even in action make the biggest noise over 3 big wins today. By signing Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera, that's how. Best lineup in the American League? All of MLB? More than a couple experts think so. Even the sportscaster here in the Bay Area made mention of this lineup. Terry Francona has stated he's officially nervous. Ozzie Guillen wants to know what the difference is pitching to this lineup or the Yankees lineup. ESPN is asking who do you pitch around in the lineup. They now have FIVE bona fide starting pitchers. They go into camp with Bonderman, Verlander, Robertson, Rogers and Willis FIGHTING for a job! And by the way, the 2 guys they gave up (Andrew Miller and Raybin), I actually thought were great.

Great day in Michigan sports.

It's Not Unusual

If you watch closely, he really can dance pretty good.

Touching

Great song.

Great moments in presidential history

If you're an avid David Letterman fan you've seen this. If not, here's the setup. He has a daily segment entitled Great Moments in Presidential Speeches. One day you may see JFK stating - "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country". The below video is the funniest one I've seen in a few months. Still don't really know what he's saying.

Our new kitchen

Hey all - we finally built our dream kitchen. We talked about doing this in Connecticut, but never got around to it. The contractors were impressive. They quoted 8 days, we prepared for 14 days and they finished in 10. We've been going out to eat all week (which sounds fun - it did to me the first 2 days, but it gets old pretty quick), been living with dust in the house all week, but it's all worth it. The only thing that hasn't delivered yet is our new GE Profile stainless steel stove, which is scheduled for delivery this Friday. After that, our vision is finally complete. Take a look.

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Waterbed

Baby Got Back

Prank calls

Back to Oakland

The Tigers are back in town for the first time since sweeping the A's in the ALCS. This was also my first game back in the Coliseum since the Tigers were in town since sweeping the A's in the ALCS. 4 rows behind the Tigers dugout. How cool is that. NIce thing about Oakland being the bastard stepchild to the Giants across the bay is that tickets are much cheaper and easier to get. I love being the visiting team's fan - somehow it's even more fun than seeing them in Comerica Park.

Who won? The Tigers, again, since sweeping the A's in the ALCS.

Debbie Downer

This thing is 6 minutes long but stick with it. Funny. I saw this when it originally aired and have been hoping to see it in a rerun again. Decided to take the reins myself and was glad to see it on youtube. Funny. Funny.

Tigers over Mets

The only bet I haven't made this year (thankfully) was the Pistons over Cavs. I have a co-worker from Ohio who may have liked to take that action, but for some reason I just didn't pull the trigger. My co-worker from New York, however, did take the Tigers - Mets action. Who won? He'll tell you below.