A button owned by a friend of mine back in Ann Arbor provides the title for this post. Amanda called me out on her blog, announcing somewhat cryptically the upcoming Idiotarod. She says:
I have a friend who said once “oh, yeah, we do that in Ann Arbor, too” and I am here to […]
ATF rids Univ. of ninja threat
ATF agents are always on alert for anything suspicious — including ninjas.
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearm agents, on campus Tuesday for Project Safe Neighborhoods training, detained a “suspicious individual” near the Georgia Center, University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said.
Jeremiah Ransom, a sophomore from Macon, was leaving a Wesley Foundation pirate vs. […]
ArborUpdate, an Ann Arbor area news blog I help operate recently posted an article on a clash provoked by white supremacists marching through a neighborhood in nearby Toledo. Google lead the racists to ArborUpdate, where they began to spew their hate in the comments thread. Rather than deleting comments and engaging in a […]
MSN UK is running a Thought Thieves video contest, calling “intelectual property thieves,” “thought thieves.” I guess that makes creatively reusing what should be our cultural commons a thought crime. Hasn’t Microsoft learned they should avoid Orwellian language?
Murph posted his saga with his Ann Arbor landord. Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4
If you have questions about your landlord, the MichiganTenants.org web site has a lot of good information. If you’re not a University of Michigan student and a Washtenaw County resident, they can provide assistance over […]
mousemusings links to an article that reminds us that May 1st is the real labor holiday. Map Room systems also writes about May Day today, with a little dose of history and some local tie-ins.
I put my troublemaker hat on after reading this post on BoingBoing:
‘The Delocator’ is a site that helps you find independent alternatives to Starbucks in your neighborhood. So why isn’t it called the ‘Starbucks Delocator‘? Because the San Francisco Art Institute was too scared that Starbucks would come through with the corporate smack-down. Of course […]
