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“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt

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"It's my own space, my own time, when I'm just out there letting my thoughts go. It's a part of my day like eating, and it's one of my favorite parts."

LOUISE KENT

Info Bits 5.28.09

1. Professional bunch

2. Had some good MAC

3. Mt. Obama

4. Empathy now a 'code word'

5. Phoneless until Saturday.

Info Bits 5.28.09

1. Explore yr. morals

2. Love the Roz Tracker!

3. Icelandic whaling

4. We got .16 inches of rain

5. What guilt do you feel if you stop read a book part way thru?

5 things 5.27

1. Old testament rain this morning.

2. Paint it white

3. Summer reads

4. Who has read Autobiography of Red?

5. "People who like quotations love meaningless generalizations." Graham Greene Travels with My Aunt

memorial day look back info bits

1 bbq had some hamburgs & brats.

2. practiced at the batting cage.

3. walked with the dogs and my beloved wife.

4. went go karting.

5. wife and I played mini golf. we tied.

Packers SOS

Post here indicates that the Packers 2009 opponents have a .428 winning percentage 30th of 32 teams. Bears and Vikings are below them showing that playing the Lions helps.

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If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.

Anonymous

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Education is what survives when what one has learned has been forgotten.
- B. F. Skinner

info bits memorial day sunday

1. hey tigers catcher gerald laird get the laird out at the plate!

2. don't confuse over simplified memorial day nostalgia with actual historical perspective.

3. at the 131 96 split can never hold my lane.

4. indy 500 not what it once was.

5. a facebook how well you do you know a person quiz from yr. wife is a suicide mission.

5 things 5.23

1. Joel Zumaya now has one save in each of his 4 seasons.

2. Extremely calm weather nationwide

3. Pros make a repair

4. LJG rules

5. "Whoever said you can't buy friends never bought a dog!"

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"Consistency requires discipline. Force yourself out the door."

BOB GLOVER and SHELLY-LYNN FLORENCE GLOVER, The Competitive Runner's Handbook

5 Things 5.22

1. burnt sage smells like dope or liverwurst.

2. temps in the u.p. 93 prior to wild fires.

3. mopping flores is highly paramedicky.

4. to all you memorial day cemetary visitors: where are you the other 51 weeks?

5. tigers have six straight wins and a possible pitching surplus.

Info Bits 5.21.09

1. Le Bron's Cavs 1st loss in 35 days.

2. Roger Cohen,"The president’s motto might be: “Give me facts.” I applaud it." So do I!

3. When was your wolf sighting? Had a friend who has seen one this week.

4. Lake Michigan temperature: 46 degrees.

5. Tigers 3rd base coach Gene Lamont was a 1st round draft pick, homered in his 1st major league at bat and had a total of 4 major league homers. One of his managers was Billy Martin.

Info Bits 5.20.09

1. Original Big 10 Members: Illinois, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin and University of Chicago.

2. Michael Vick: Reinstating him doesn't mean a team has to sign him.

3. Jon Gruden to Monday Nite Football....an improvement only because Kornheiser sucked so much.

4. No Country for Old Men--which McCarthy started as a screenplay in 1984 and adapted into a novel 20 years later.

5. Lame EMS week 'toon

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My story isn't on the evening news, it's in my head

Jon Katz

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Secy Gates: Wash.DC "the only place where u can see a prominent person walking down lovers lane holding his own hand

Info Bits 5.18.09

1. Clear map man

2. Mystery on the big lake

3. Month from now Cullowhee

4. ROTUS

5. DOD bible briefs

OBP 5.18

Typically baseball fans follow the batting title race. For 2009 I'll go new wave and post updates on the league leaders in on base percentage.

The Indians catcher Victor Martinez is the ML leader at .478. Mets Beltran is the NL leader at .473.

Others in the Top 10 include Chase Utley and Chipper Jones. Utley had the 7th highest OBP in 2007.
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In 2008 Chipper Jones topped the NL, and Milton Bradley had the AL's top OBP.

Abe

Abraham Lincoln’s Road to the White House

Failed in business in 1831
Defeated for Legislature in 1832
Second failure in business 1833
Suffered nervous breakdown in 1836
Defeated for Speaker in 1838
Defeated for Elector in 1840
Defeated for Congress in 1843
Defeated for Congress in 1848
Defeated for Senate in 1855
Defeated for Vice President in 1856
Defeated for Senate in 1858
Elected President in 1860

Info Bits 18 May

1. half million per year die from child birth or pregnancy complications.

2. life is a ten speed bicycle. most of us have gears we never use. johan bruyneel

3. falling down barn- dumpsters-evacuation before dilapidation.

4. leather clad biker dodges sprinkler splash!

5. tigers take 3 from athletics by 34-9!

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"We all need goals. Life is hard to live without one."

TORY BAUCUM

5 things 5.16

1. 57 percent of book buyers are female. They buy 65 percent of all books.

2. 67% of book buyers find info online.

3. Currently a dip in Mexican immigration: less jobs available.

4. Improvising is more fun when you are not at work.

5. Band: Dirty Skirts?

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“I get my information from looking, not talking,”

Red Auerbach

5 Things 5.15

1. woke up singing def leopard.

2. way to gift wrap one for the twins tigers!

3. name for blog: info bits?

4. bad review on mcds brownie melt.

5. why do our wx forecasters say chance of rain prior 2 pm. what is magical about that time?

Kit

I've been working on fashoning a survival kit based on the info in 98.6 degrees keeping yr. ass alive by Cody Lundin.

Picture shows a fire I started using the fire starter at left, and a vasoline slathered cotton ball. Did not use the matches in the orange match safe at right. You can also see the fanny pack which contains the kit at the top of the image.

Other things I noted today: I forgot my cordage, the iodine has no dropper, the lanyards held on by gorilla tape came lose (try duct tape?).

Info Bits 5.14.09

1. EMS Mgt.- is it for me?

2. Local land line service bought. Does it matter?

3. Headline: Ike Baby Spike

4. Willis is...?

5. Month of May

Have a Good Read: Winter Study

This books continues my impression that Nevada Barr and her Anna Pigeon series are slipping.  This book is overlong, the animals are more interesting than people and the plot is both slow and convoluted.

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Have a Good Read is written By Isaac Stephensonreader of over 100 books per year and operator ofBookScoutLookOut Purveyor of Interesting Things to Read.

Info Bits 5.13.09

1. Who wants to help name this blog?

2. Reef sandals are comfy

3. Cat and dog vet appts. today.

4. New slider in town?

5. Slap happy saudis

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"The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder."

Ralph Sockman

Info Bits 5.12.09

1. Piracy list

2. Arrogant Notre Damers protesting the president.

3. "I've been dusted in the dark up in Penetration Park."

4. Seeking new name for this blog....

5. Campground Closings

Packers 14th in Kings Rankings

Campground Closings

List of Michigan State Forest campgrounds that are being closed due to budget cuts:

Campground closings

Northern Lower Peninsula
• Thunder Bay River, Alpena County
• Twin Lakes, Cheboygan County
• Big Oaks, Montmorency County
• Lake Marjory, Otsego County
• Muskrat Lake, Oscoda County
• Forks, Grand Traverse County

Upper Peninsula
• Pike Lake, Marquette County
• Merwin Creek, Schoolcraft
County
• Little Brevort Lake south, Mackinac County
• Shelldrake Dam, Chippewa County
• North Horseshoe Lake, Marquette County
• Headquarters Lake, Luce County

Info Bits 5.11.09

1. Nice...ambulance helicopter collision.

2. Cattle Dogs!

3. Isn't it getting late in the yr. to be scraping frost off wind shield?

4. Are you an adrenaline cowboy?

5. New NBC Ems show 'Trauma' looks horrible

OBP 5.11

Typically baseball fans follow the batting title race. For 2009 I'll go new wave and post updates on the league leaders in on base percentage.

The Red Sox Kevin Youkilis has the ML lead at .505. The Reds Joey Votto leads the NL with a .479 mark. Votto did have some + .400 OBP marks in the lower minors. Others in the Top 10 include the Brewers Ryan Braun and Cubs Kosuke Fukudome.
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In 2008 Chipper Jones topped the NL, and Milton Bradley had the AL's top OBP.

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“The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.” ~ Ralph W.Sockman

5 things 5.8

1. Maybe I am French as they spend longer periods of sleeping.

2. Ellen around Britain again for a cause.

3. The mystery man in the truck with the bears licence plate who appears to be in the junk business leaving the funeral home.

4. Manny out for 50 games....remarkable

5. No go for Favre. Good all around.

5 things 5.7

1. Joes Goals

2. New Dead downloads

3. Michigan Hockey teams: Wings, Griffins and Lumberjacks all losing playoff series.

4. Climate info

5. Bristol Palin update

5 things 5.6

1. Brett Favre: go away!

2. Packers should begin training Clay Matthews Jr. to knock Favre out of the game.

3. Is dot eco coming?

4. Secretary takes a bite

5. School election- Muskegon passes

OBP 5.4

Typically baseball fans follow the batting title race. For 2009 I'll go new wave and post updates on the league leaders in on base percentage.

The Red Sox Kevin Youkilis has the ML lead at .519. The Dodger Manny Ramirez is the NL leader at .495. Manny has more BB's, Youkilis more hits. Other top 10 hitters include Beltran, Cabrera and Poujols.
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In 2008 Chipper Jones topped the NL, and Milton Bradley had the AL's top OBP.

5 Things 5.4

1. Genie day: I define this as a day you wished for this winter.

2. Its grillin' time.

3. Saw a timbuk 2 messenger bag same color as mine though smaller.

4. Book 'something for the pain' er doc memoir mediocre.

5. First up: getting blood drawn.

5 Things 5.3

1. Voted absentee for tuesdays school election. 1st time absentee.

2. thanks curtis granderson for that loss streaking homer.

3. What a sunny day!

4. enthusiastic new puppy in the house.

5. love kzoo's sweetwater donut mill.

5 things 5.1

1. Going to pick up a new scottie today. He will be my parents 5th.

2. All Supreme Court Justices were formerly federal appeals court members.

3. Book: Sag Harbor how will it fare?

4. Tigers on Fox today.

5. An Ellen Macarthur project

5 Things 5.1

1. its now h1n1

2. one of the 'supremes' souter to retire.

3. saw the old hand out the window clearing rain off wind shield with squeege routine.

4. quality work with a broom is rather dust pan dependant.

5. Happy 76th Dad!