I just read this article at the Detroit Free Press stating that Michigan is one of only 4 states to spend more on our prison system than higher education. For every $1 spent on higher education, Michigan spends $1.19 on its prison system. Contrast this with Minnesota (happy owner of the lowest ratio) [...]

Biggby Coffee (the coffee shop formerly known as Beaners) has a neat blog that I just found out about today via an email. The blog’s title is “Where is Bob?” with “Bob” referring to Biggby CEO and co-founder, Bob Fish. It’s basically a collection of Biggby Coffee news as well as stories about [...]

Yesterday, after posting about MichiganIsAmazing.com shutting down on January 31, 2008 I did some quick searching to find out just who was behind this blog/website. A WhoIs Lookup didn’t tell me a thing as any private data was hidden.
I then remembered seeing BCBS (Blue Cross Blue Shield) of Michigan ads prominently displayed at MichiganIsAmazing.com. [...]

MichiganIsAmazing.com shuttered their virtual doors on January 31, 2008. While not one of my daily visits (I caught up with the site once a week or so) it was an interesting site that tried to get Michigan residents to use stories, photos, and comments to tell their version of why Michigan is amazing.
It’s too [...]

The top news headline of each day is one of the following:

“Yet another day of single digit temperatures”
“4-6 inches of snow expected overnight”
“Number of potholes at a record high”
“Warm temps and rain to bring another round of flooding”
“Today’s near record warmth to be followed by sub-zero wind chills”

Seriously, I can’t remember a winter like this [...]

I don’t know about anyone else, but I still have a few $.39 stamps and even a $.37 stamp that I have yet to use. On May 12, 2008 the Postal Service is again raising rates for stamps up a penny to $.42. It looks like they will most likely be raising their [...]

A house about a half mile down the road from our house exploded this morning. I never heard the explosion, but the constant cavalcade of emergency vehicles convinced me that something bad had happened nearby.
Where did I hear some information about the explosion?
The radio? No.
Surely the local television station carried it as breaking [...]

Did you know that Michigan is currently home to six indoor water park hotels with two more scheduled to open later this year?
So far only the lower peninsula of Michigan has indoor water parks attached to hotels. Although, they are getting closer to the U.P. with one opening in Mackinaw City later this year. [...]

Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse - A History & Pictorial Souvenir is produced by the Mackinac State Historic Parks and is available for $10.95. The book covers the lighthouse from its construction to its decommission in 1957 when it was made obsolete by the lights of the Mackinac Bridge.
The lighthouse is currently undergoing a restoration [...]