29 July 5 Interesting Things

1. Favre Finally Finished

2. I am Fort Bragg bound

3. Roz: SA not yet

4. Eagles DC Passes

5. Random College Football Fact: Purdue's SR. starting QB completed 7 of 26 passes last yr.

5 Interesting Things 28 July

1. By 2016, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, paramedic occupations are expected to grow by 19% in the U.S

2. The east shore of Michigan/West Shore of Lake Huron and the Southern Shore of Lake Superior/Northern shore of U.P. look similar.

3. 40 percent of people who are having a heart attack delay treatment for over 6 hours.

4. Texting drivers have a 23 percent greater collision risk.

5. Random College Football fact: Cal CB Syd'Quan Thompson is from their 2006 # 23 ranked recruiting class had 4 int's last year and is 1st team all Pac 10.

5 Interesting Things

1. Random College Football Fact Western Michigan players have 421 starts entering the season

2. Contador mouths off

3. Moneyball Update

4. Vick tenatively back

5. To finish a book?

Quote

"I have never been accused of being the sentimental type. Just not part of the game so to speak. Find a goal, plan it and get it done. Keep it simple. Not a lot of moving parts to mess up."

Ken Read

Quote

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)

5 Interesting Things

1. Ever heard of Greenbelt Park in DC?

2. Buehrle is 1 walk of Sammy Sosa from having 2 perfect games

3. 90 percent of registered voters went to the polls in 2008

4. In Maine 33 summer camps have flu outbreaks.

5. Random College Football Fact: New Mexico States last bowl game was in 1960.

5 Interesting Things

1. Carolina derives from the Latin for Charles.

2. The oldest Presidential residence is the Deshler-Morris House in PA.

3. Illinois & Wisconsin are the only states to not allow concealed weapons.

4. "The hazy world of medical marijuana'

5. Random College Football Fact: Alabama was 7-0 at home last year.

07/22/09 Interesting 5

1. The two remaining ww 1 vets are 111 & 108 years old.

2. random college football fact: after being ranked every week 2004-2006 Michigan was not ranked at all last season.

3. 11/12 men to walk on the moon were boy scouts.

4. Cal Hubbard a Packer from 1929/1933 is a member of the college football hall of fame (1962) pro football hall of fame (1963) green bay packers hall of fame (1970) and baseball hall of fame (1976).

5. The #1 reason for not voting in 2008 was 'too busy'

5 things

1. Dylan: "read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall."

2. Tigers 27&13 @ comerica 41 home games remain including 6 this week.

3. 2008 election turnout: 64 percent.

4. random college football fact: Frank Spaziani is the new Boston College coach

5. Strongest reccomendation to Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel.

7/20/09 5 things

1. bikes strapped to a vehicle in the rain. seats covered by plastic?

2. ohio license plate: birthplace of aviation.

3. each yrar the moon is 1.5 inches farther from earth.

4. north carolina plate: first in flight.

5. frank mccourt passes: an interesting, impactful and shared life.

5 things Tigers edition

1. 87 games have been played 6 into the second half.

2. To get to 90 wins they need 42 wins.

3. This would be a .560 clip higher than the .552 they are at.

4. Tonite 1905 Yankee stadium rookie French against the bombers.

5. 75 games remain.

5 Things NC Trip

1. Lot of trees in NC, just a little bit less than Michigan.

2. 2 great meals.....being romanced via stomach

3. Roads in NC tend to have more than 1 name!

4. Frank Slaughter: NC Author

5. Expect to be in residence soon.

Monday 5 things

1. epi pen deployed last nite.

2. current tiger inge former tiger pena in hr derby.

3. roy bloint jr: walking ears or talking legs.

4. soh-toh-my-YOR

5. tigers 3.5 game lead at all star break biggest in al.

7/10/09 5 things

1. book: whole five feet. shows the value of reading to the whole person.

2. I am putting a jar of peanut butter in my e kit.

3. a petabyte is a quadrillion bytes.

4. thoreau: let walking be "the enterprise and adventure of the day."

5. book: horse soldiers. about the special forces success in 2001. how the shape of the war changed!

5 things

1. climber john bachar falls and dies.

2. my tests favor google over bing.

3. fayetteville nc named after lafeyette.

4. tigers get greinke!

5. prior to murder suicide death steve mcnair filmed psa for suicide prevention.

07/08/2009 5 things

1. no rx refills this week: yaaay

2. vaisala barometer: I need one!

3. job hunting the elusive contact....a two way connection etc.

4. how about a duel with ems shears?

5. you can't know the universe and you can't fix stupid.

Quote

Charles de Gaulle - "The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs."

5 things 7.7

1. nylons filled with ice down the back to keep tour de france riders cool.

2. late second def. mcnamara nukes serve no military purpose.

3. under two months to college ball

4. 30 degree difference in temps between nc and mich.

5. bullpen blowup @ comerica.

5 things 38th birthday weekend

1. the overwhelming love my wife has for me.

2. the porta potties @ wesco.

3. the first pitch made it home plate in the air.

4. the whitecaps 13 run first inning.

5. my wife's birthday card: kelly clarkson!

7/3/09 5 things

1. 21000 new health care jobs: 400 per state.

2. sec. labor says stimulus slow due to government permitting.

3. rainy days mean less murders in nyc.

4. paul depodesta now a padres man.

5. let's just ritalin the h2o supply!

7/2/09 5 things

1. 1k day sea voyage @ 800

2. grand marais mi below 50 degrees last two days.

3. succesful bike race at camp last nite.

4. national unemployment of 9 plus percent highest since 6.83.

5. in hospital cardiac arrest survival rate 18 percent.

5 things

1. book: living off the grid

2. ode magazine

3. minnesota loves celebrity pols.

4. tdf starts sa.

5. Polanco power!