Flat panel LCD TVs in hotels are great and all as a selling point. But what’s the point of having that great high definition set if you’re still gonna have crappy analog cable hooked up to it? And the thing is, standard definition analog cable looks worse on that widescreen LCD than it [...]
The Lansing State Journal is running a story today about a case of neglected animals found in Eaton County. What is unique, or possibly not-so-unique (which is why the whole ordeal is so depressing) is how the county has handled these pets.
To summarize the article, five weeks ago an elderly woman was forced to [...]
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Michigan. Mid-February. Temperatures in the teens, with an average of about 20F for the past week. And the Dairy Queen in Charlotte has opened. Yeeaaaaah.
Less taxes and more spending power? No penalties for actually saving your money? I’m just sayin’…..what’s your FairTax calculator say?
2 hour software upgrade to make your expensive new phone system actually sound normal: two people, 8 hours on Saturday, 5 hours on Sunday
Elapsed time before end users tell you they are randomly unable to make outbound phone calls, or repeatedly get busy signals, or keypresses don’t register on voicemail: 2 days
4+ hours on the [...]
What are you guys doing in GR?
via the Grand Rapids Press:
Less than a third of the people responding to a recent survey believe a good education is essential for success, pollster Ed Sarpolus of the Lansing-based EPIC/MRA told county school board members and business leaders at forums today.
With manufacturing jobs losing out to globalization and [...]
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C-Town is growing up! A new Dunham’s! Could a BW3 be too much to ask for, too?
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EGR students fight ban on phones, gadgets - Latest News - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
How in the world did we get through high school without cellphones and iPods?
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So we need a desk. Something to put the printer on, the desktop PC monitor, and just to store “desk” stuff. Unfortunately, the stuff at Staples, Office Max, Office Depot, Best Buy, etc…..they all suck. Nothing seems to fit right in the room where we need it to go.
After poking around a [...]
The state, not the school….more on that later. This week marked the first paychecks with the increased income tax that was recently passed. Between the two of us, it’s roughly $40 less a month. Now, I know we had $480 burning a hole in our pockets that we were like, “hey, State of Michigan! I [...]