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Reply to Yep, There Really Is A Forum For Everything in Misc JoeUser Forums

And now we have a forum....about other forums...excellent

Homemade Veggie Pizza, Who Knew It Could Be This Good in Cooking JoeUser Forums

Let's just say that JD was always raised as a meat and potatoes kind of guy. There is Polish in my blood, so there was always a steak or sausage at our dinner table. In the spirit of branching out to try new things, and in the quest to get back down to the college fighting weight, JD has agreed with the Wife to try some vegetarian dishes. Now of course I laid down s

Instasnuggle in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

I wanted to write a little blog tonight about the romantic power of water. The wife and I were Downtown for the Detroit River Days (see last blog), and it seemed to me that every time we took a second to walk up to the river and pause, my arm just naturally went around my wife. We were instantly drawn together so we could look out over the dancing water at the ships g

Detroit Riverdays 07' in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

So on Saturday afternoon the wife and I decided to head Downtown to check out the inaugural Detroit International River Days . We arrived about 6pm, and parked just East of the Rencen. First I want to say kudos to the people who put this on. It was well run and there was tons to do. We first watched the Airdogs display, wh

Reply to Where's My Oil? in Politics JoeUser Forums

It is a lot easier to blow up a pipeline in the middle of the desert then it is to patrol the thousands of miles of pipeline. 1 point bad guys. Of course we would not have to patrol those pipelines if we had not pissed off the entire population of Iraq and hung out in their country for about 5 years. Just a thought.

The Chrysler 300c in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Yes, I am talking about that Chrysler 300-C. The ones that you see in all the rap videos and in all the movies. This car has been a huge success for Chrysler, but it has often been pigeonholed as appealing to the urban crowd. Well Chrysler's marketing team should be proud, because there I was cruising down I-94 on my way to wrk when I see a silver 300C up ahead. It lo

Reply to I Heard No Paris Hilton News Today or in Current Events JoeUser Forums

"I thought she was a member of the itty bitty titty committee." She most definitely is, that is a completely airbrushed enhanced picture of Paris. I am sure I could have a sixpack if I had this kind of picture taken of me.

Reply to Always Trust a Dog in Humor JoeUser Forums

Excellent..... I bet that dog was paid by Obama 08'

I Heard No Paris Hilton News Today or in Current Events JoeUser Forums

This is going to be a short and sweet entry today. I heard no Paris Hilton news today. No mention of it on the morning radio show, no one walking by me desk with the proverbial "You hear about Paris today?" I am sooo tired of getting dragged into this news story even when I hate the very idea of having to listen to any of it. There are plenty of important things going

Reply to Map of USA with states replaced with countries in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I always thought that my state (MI), should take over Ohio, so now i have to reconcile Argentina taking over Australia. Hey, they did give England a run for it's money.... We could at least get Toledo out of the deal.

The Deadliest Catch in Current Events JoeUser Forums

p>For those our there who do not know what the "Deadliest Catch" is, let me give you a description. This is a show that is on the Discovery Channel. It follows the working life of several Alaskan crab boats as they work to recieve your future dinner on the Bering Sea. Here is the blurb that the <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/deadliestcatch/deadliestcatch.h

Wheelchair stuck to a semi...you can't make this up... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

In Grand Rapids, Michigan today, a man in a wheelchair got stuck to the grill of a semi-truck, and was driven 2-3 miles down the highway at 50mph. I am not making this up. Now, I don't want everyone to think I am making fun of people in a wheelchair, that would be incorrect, I am really just truly confused. Here is the <a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic

Stupid Inefficiencies.... in Life JoeUser Forums

My time was thoroughly and intensely wasted today. This I can say with absolute certainty. In fact, I can point to a specific group as someone who helped further the advance of global warming by making me drive around for 30 minutes looking for a stinking drop box. OK, here is the situation...JD wants to enter the Ann Arbor City Tennis Tournament. On the website

Colonblow....are you seroius/the fall of America in Humor JoeUser Forums

One of my coworkers, who shall remain nameless said that he heard an ad on the radio for a product called "Colonblow." Lets just say that a rousing round of man humor followed in the discussion of the product, and all the fun that you could have with practical jokes. I have to admit that I honestly did not think that this was serious. But no, JD is wrong,

Reply to Decline of Black Baseball in Baseball JoeUser Forums

Gideon, I am no way advocating such a system as quotas. What I am saying is the fact that international talent can bypass the draft hurts the chances of ALL American players of the game, and rigs the system against them. Because teams can acquire talent for lass money elsewhere that is what they do. All players wishing to enter the majors should go through the same system. This way talent will become the trumping factor that is should be. This w

Reply to The Republican Party is broken in Republican JoeUser Forums

Draginol, I have to agree with you here. I am not a die-hard conservative, but I have always at least respected the Republicans for sticking to two principals that I can relate to: fiscal conservativism, and high moral standards. The current administration has completely lost the high ground on both of these issues. I often wonder whose bright idea it was to take the old conservative concept of being fiscally sound, and saying..hey why don't we

Decline of Black Baseball in Baseball JoeUser Forums

Here is the statistic: 8.4% of Major League Baseball players are currently African American, as opposed to over 15% just 10 years ago. This has quite a few people in the baseball world rightfully upset and worried. So what are the causes for this decline? Many people cite economics or college scholarships as the reason. They say that blacks are

Reply to Overwhelmed By Hope in Misc JoeUser Forums

I think you are suffering from overexposure to Barack Obama

Reply to Jennifer Granholm - still doesn't understand economics in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Draginol, Hi from around the block.... Haggerty and and Ann Arbor Trail to be relatively exact. I understand where you are coming from concerning much of your post. I want to know why you are harping on the SBT when it has already been eliminated? It was eliminated in a public referendum last year. There has been much debate on what kind of tax should replace it and if it should be revenue neutral or essentially cut the tax rate. From what I kno

Reply to I Hate Tarps in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Agreed, there needs to be some kind of technological advance that could replace tarps. What about some kind of portable shrinkwrap. This si the stuff they use on boats for long term storage. What is you could bring one to any job site and put it over what you needed covered and activate it somehow. This would help solve the problem.

Big Three Impressions in Automotive JoeUser Forums

I was just wondering what everyone's impression of the state of the US Big Three automakers are? I live around Detroit, so I know that we see things a little differently here. I can tell you that the general perspective around here is that GM has turned the corner, and the Ford is on the way down. I know it may sound old fashioned, but I really am rooting for the come

Reply to Ask for War in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Why can you not threaten the other players like they can you...... I want to be albe to tell them that thier influence starbase is pissing me off and i am willing to trade something for it. As it is now i have no choice but to just go towar with them.....

Reply to Freaking DarkLords in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I also agree with the general theme of everyones posts....The thing i hate most about games is when you can run through the campaign in about...oh....30 minutes. This game does present a challenge, and I love the non-linear aspects of the campaign. Just because you cannot beat the game the first time through does not make it abad game, in fact in my humble opinion, it makes it a better game.

Reply to Damn military might rating! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I am pretty sure that you are misunderstandign the point of the relationship indicator when it comes to military rating. It is not telling you that you have a lower military rating...it is telling you that they are not getting along with you because of where your military rating is. probably higher then thiers. They basically don't like you becasue you could kick thier a** at any given time. If you want a snapshop of how you stack up militarily with t

Reply to Visit to Stardock? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hey, I live right around the corner in Plymouth....I would love to hang out and show the town to anyone coming into the Detroit area....its really a nice area. I was thinking that Stardock should do some kind iof open house one day where you could come in and meet the devs. I am pretty sure we could raise enough i donations to cover pizza or subs for anyone who wants to attend.... Anyone out there have any thoughts or odeas on this???