I get lost the coolness of this guy. Look at the four-leaf clover beard below his standard handlebar moustache...Plus the huge horn beard, the bitchin' shirt with fringe and the long goatee - there is just too much cool around this guy to list it all.Sunday, May 11, 2008
Handlebar Moustache Fandango Part IV
I get lost the coolness of this guy. Look at the four-leaf clover beard below his standard handlebar moustache...Plus the huge horn beard, the bitchin' shirt with fringe and the long goatee - there is just too much cool around this guy to list it all.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Handlebar Moustache Fandango Part II
The only thing sexier than this guy's 'stache is this guy's chest hair!Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Handlebar Moustache Fandango Explained...
My boys are coming up in 11 days. These guys have been with me for damn near 25 years! We have been groomsmen in each other's weddings (well, everyone except one...here's to hoping that someday they will legalize it for him - HA HA HA). We have stuck by each other through crazy ex-girlfriends (except that one time in 1996 when Jeffcephous was persona non grata). We have seen each other through first jobs, first children and first marriages (HA!). If these guys outlive me, I know that they'll be carrying my casket.
With that said, we are ringing in my 30th with a little moustache party. The ribs will be cooking, the beer will be shotgunnin' and the 'staches will be blowing in the breeze. There is no better way than to hillbilly-it-up for the weekend. I know that there will be beer cans in my yard and probably someone getting punched (out of love, not hate). In all the hoopla the signs of our hirsute upper lips will be a beacon unto the world (or at least Metro Detroit)...WATCH OUT! Here's to another weekend with "My Boys."
With that said, we are ringing in my 30th with a little moustache party. The ribs will be cooking, the beer will be shotgunnin' and the 'staches will be blowing in the breeze. There is no better way than to hillbilly-it-up for the weekend. I know that there will be beer cans in my yard and probably someone getting punched (out of love, not hate). In all the hoopla the signs of our hirsute upper lips will be a beacon unto the world (or at least Metro Detroit)...WATCH OUT! Here's to another weekend with "My Boys."
Friday, May 2, 2008
Almost 30...10 Days until Youth is Officially OVER
On May 12th I will be 30. I am not as nervous about this "milestone" as others around me. I have seen those fear, deny and detest their coming thirtieth birthday. I am welcoming it. I just recently got tenure at HFCC, I have started a new Religious Studies program, I am starting another master's degree at U of M and I have a lovely home and family. However, there is one thing missing....it is growing in now, but I am going to reign in the big 3-0 with a bitchin' 'stache.Hopefully, in 10 days I look as cool as this guy...
Monday, April 21, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
No Child Left Behind (or one's interpretation of it) Sparks Protest in Detroit Public Schools & Excessive Angst from the Detroit Police Department
The new Detroit Public School superintendent Connie Calloway recently decided to get a head
start on the Federal NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND program and order the complete restructuring of FIVE Detroit schools. This is not federally mandated (not yet, anyway) and Calloway does not have board approval. Yet yesterday teachers from the Detroit Federation of Teachers had to march on the administration building to protest the MID-SEMESTER staff cuts and shuffling (including teachers and principals) because Calloway wants to "clean house," flip the script and begin with a "tabula rasa." But this begs the question, do the ends justify the means?
Read more about Calloway's decision HERE.
Read about the teacher's protest HERE.
TODAY, the students of Henry Ford High School protested the layoff of their high school Principal, Dr. Tavillion. The Principal's last official day of duty was today. I am actually glad to see students rise up to defend their faculty and administration. While I am sure that not every protester was 100% "for the cause," it is nice to see students support the stewards of their education.
However, in a big bone-head move, the Detroit Police Department moved in like gang busters to disperse the crowd. I understand the principles of crowd control and do not argue that the motorcycle on the sidewalk is well within the modus operandi. Choking a student out and whacking one upside the head with a book bag while that student is handcuffed and in custody - that is another story.
Read more about the protest at Henry Ford HS on Fox2Detroit HERE. (There is raw helicopter footage of the police in action).
start on the Federal NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND program and order the complete restructuring of FIVE Detroit schools. This is not federally mandated (not yet, anyway) and Calloway does not have board approval. Yet yesterday teachers from the Detroit Federation of Teachers had to march on the administration building to protest the MID-SEMESTER staff cuts and shuffling (including teachers and principals) because Calloway wants to "clean house," flip the script and begin with a "tabula rasa." But this begs the question, do the ends justify the means?Read more about Calloway's decision HERE.
Read about the teacher's protest HERE.
TODAY, the students of Henry Ford High School protested the layoff of their high school Principal, Dr. Tavillion. The Principal's last official day of duty was today. I am actually glad to see students rise up to defend their faculty and administration. While I am sure that not every protester was 100% "for the cause," it is nice to see students support the stewards of their education.
However, in a big bone-head move, the Detroit Police Department moved in like gang busters to disperse the crowd. I understand the principles of crowd control and do not argue that the motorcycle on the sidewalk is well within the modus operandi. Choking a student out and whacking one upside the head with a book bag while that student is handcuffed and in custody - that is another story.
Read more about the protest at Henry Ford HS on Fox2Detroit HERE. (There is raw helicopter footage of the police in action).
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Muslims now outnumber Catholics
The Vatican has announced that Muslims are more numerous than Catholics. Islam is practiced by 19.2% of the world's population while Catholicism is practiced by 17.4%.
Read more HERE.
Read more HERE.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Bush Changes Stance on Rabbit Hunting
This is perhaps one of the most disturbing images to come out of the White House in the last 7 years. In an unprecedented unilateral move, President Bush has decided to cease his personal rabbit hunting trips and has decided to leave Laura for his newest love, Petunia Cottontail.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Detroit in the News - Vol. II - Kwame's Mugshot
Here's the booking mugshot of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Mayor Kilpatrick, innocent until proven guilty, was booked today in Westland, Michigan (only a few miles from my homestead).Way to go, Kwame.
"Replacing the bad reputation of politicians with one much worse for 6 years, but he did get us a Super Bowl..."
XM-Sirius Merger
After much bulls**t foot-dragging, the American government has finally moved to approve the Sirius-XM radio merger. It has taken 400+ days to decide on this merger and it is well welcomed. Imagine, Bob Dylan and Howard Stern cavorting with Martha Stewart and Oprah...it's on it's way baby. The details aren't 100% clear, but it seems this merger might actually result in a lowering of monthly subscription costs.
Read more HERE.
I am wondering, however, if this had anything to do with Howard Stern's prodding of Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA). Senator Specter was on Stern's program last week and vowed to look into the merger and promised a decision before the end of the month. Just this morning Stern was commenting how the end of the month would soon be upon us. Oh, the wheels of government have finally moved in a logical direction.
Read more HERE.
I am wondering, however, if this had anything to do with Howard Stern's prodding of Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA). Senator Specter was on Stern's program last week and vowed to look into the merger and promised a decision before the end of the month. Just this morning Stern was commenting how the end of the month would soon be upon us. Oh, the wheels of government have finally moved in a logical direction.
Detroit in the News
So, Detroit's mayor was charged today on 12 counts...quite a day for the "new" Detroit. As a new member of the metro community, I DO believe in the city and know that Detroit can turn it around. Kwame did do a lot as far as economic development, but this debacle is not helping the spiritual and emotional development of a much-bruised city.This is how we were portrayed in the major internet news world. The headlines earlier in the day were much, much bigger, but were trumped by the much awaited Sirius-XM merger...Baba Booey, Baba Booey, Baba Booey.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Are you a sinner?
Well, after 1500 years of the good old Seven Deadly Sins, the Pope and his minions have unleashed some additions for the digital age. Chris Hanson has new fodder for "To Catch a Predator" - He is now on a mission from God.
The sins old sins are as follows:
The sins old sins are as follows:
- Pride
- Envy
- Gluttony
- Lust
- Anger
- Greed
- Sloth
The new sins, according to Mgr Girotti, are as follows:
- genetic modification (watch out supporters of stem cell research
- human experimentations (so are we going to trust a medical degree from a Catholic university?)
- polluting the environment (a win for Ed Begley Jr.)
- social injustice (George W?)
- causing poverty (again, George W?)
- financial gluttony (watch out McMansions)
- taking drugs (damnit!)
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