Oh HamNo, why are you so angry? That said, I have never really been under the impression that the Ross School or the Athletic Department have been want for cash. I mean, it's definitely nice that Stephen M. Ross donated the $200 million to Michigan. Still, wouldn't it be nice to see the same amount of money going to fund scholarships for under-represented students, lower tuition, or even just to the endowment?
HomeGrown Fest, the annual celebration of local food, is this Saturday at the Farmers Market. At this point, it looks like they might be a few volunteers short. If you think you'd like to volunteer there, you can signup on this Google Doc.
The Saturday Giant - "When Death Comes" from seth a. moherman on Vimeo.
Sorry to be getting this to you so late, gentle readers. If you're looking for something to do in the greater Ypsi-Arbor area this evening perhaps you'll consider checking out The Saturday Giant at Woodruff's. Hot off his first Daytrotter session, The Saturday Giant is touring from Columbus, but we wont hold that against him. Doors are at 9, music starts at 10 and cover is $5. Other acts include, Tauk, Live Antics, and the Howling Loud.
The Com emerged in 2009 [ed: for those of you who enjoyed the jellyfish metaphor above, The Com, could be considered analogous to the T. nutricula's medusa, or sexually mature, phase] from the closure of The Ann Arbor News. To me, it always seemed stupid to switch from the Ann Arbor News to AnnArbor.com; the name of a newspaper with a 174 year print run has to have some intrinsic value. Also, the idea of a print edition of a website has always seemed, well dumb. So I'm glad to see the Ann Arbor News name coming back. That said, over the past four years, AnnArbor.com has also developed some value. And it appears as if the new AnnArbor.news Ann Arbor News [ed: polyp stage] will be dropping the site, AnnArbor.com, as it fully integrated with MLive.com. Personally, it seems a little short sighted to get rid of the AnnArbor.com domain. Why not just have AnnArbor.com contain the Ann Arbor News' content using MLive.com's servers and formatting?
The upswing of all this is that you will no longer be forced to watch in horror as unordered print editions of a website continue to pile up in your lawn. Yeah, I'm looking at you @trevorstaples. Instead, you can watch in delight as unordered newspapers pile up in your lawn. Newspapers, they are so olde timey and quaint--such a throwback to 2009.
Still waiting 4 @AnnArborcom's investigative exposé on the bagged litter problem in #annarbor pic.twitter.com/Wh5XdI5BNs
— Trevor Staples (@trevorstaples) September 1, 2013
UPDATE--12:00PM:
On The Com's Letter to Readers, lots of folks were posting comments that 1) predicted an impending downsizing of local reporting staff, 2) wishing the local reporters good luck and praising their accomplishments and 3) complaining that MLive.com looks terrible. These all seem to be valid points that add to the depth of the story. Unfortunately, commenting was disabled and the comments have now been lost to the aether. I guess MLive didn't want people saying bad things about it. Seems like they should have probably anticipated some negative comments. Deleting comments en masse that adhere to commenting guidelines seems pretty tacky.
UPDATE--1:00PM:
The comments are back.
The Diag was the scene of a pro-mutant protest in the latest issue of Uncanny X-Men (#10). You can read a summary of the issue here, incase your're not up to date on the Marvel Universe. It's nice to know that even in fictional worlds, the U of M is still a hotbed of liberal politics.
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I lost my 6' delta kite. It's slightly sun faded orange, yellow, green, blue and purple with rainbow tails. It's possibly in a tree somewhere. I was at Forsythe school off of Newport Rd. on the NW side of town. When I had about 1500 ft of string out, the line snapped. Wind is blowing SE at 10-15 mph. I don't know how far it could've gone before it landed, but it would've passed over the Water Hill neighborhood, possibly going as far as Kerrytown, downtown or campus. I've had the kite for 10+ years and it flies well. I'm curious if someone finds it, and where, and if they'll get it back to me. My contact info is on the tag, or PM me.If you have any information, contact JubalLately.
Arbor Brewing Company's new fall seasonal, Violin Monster Autumn Ale, is being released this evening. It's a strong, spiced, dark wheat beer fermented with a hefeweizen yeast. You can read more about the ABC/Violin Monster collaboration and the upcoming short documentary about the beer on Eclectablog Though I can hardly believe it's time for autumn ales already, I am excited to try this beer. What can I say, I'm a sucker for fall seasonals.
Dancing Dog Gallery, which is in the old Herb David Building, is having a grand opening party today from 7-10 pm. There will be local art, music, and wine.
