Hungry?

Loyal reader, Jeremy L., sent in this picture saying:

The remnants of a delicious meal! I snapped this photo on Huron St. between Chapin and Main, around 11:00 pm #whoneedsthefoodpyramid.

Who indeed Jeremy. Thanks for sending in the picture.

Graduation Missed Connection

From Ann Arbor's Missed Connections:

Is that a diploma under your gown or are you just happy to see me - m4w - 21 (U of M stadium)

Date: 2012-04-28, 9:46AM EDT
Reply to: bws4q-2984054095@pers.craigslist.org

With all the brains and Brawn in this stadium how did I find you? I couldn't get over how that black gown fit you.i(sic) love your choice of hat. What does that white tassel stand for anyway? You are so full of intrigue and higher education.

Parking Tickets

Found these on my car the other day. Not really sure what you can get at Pinball Pete's for just 4 tickets though.

Totally Awesome Fest

Totally Awesome Fest continues today and tomorrow. Here's Patrick Elkins' press conference earlier this week regarding TAF:

T.A.F. Press Conference 04/23/2012 from dirty bros. quality productions on Vimeo.

While Damn Arbor was not invited to the press conference, local journalist MarkMaynard.com was there to ask the hard hitting questions. MarkMaynard.com also has a schedule of the Fest's shows and the names of the venues, which are all houses. Remember folks: "...every house in Ypsi has to have a name. Addresses alone do not suffice in the world of bearded men in cheap sunglasses."

Classic bike show and swap tomorrow

Will there be penny-farthing cycles?

Tomorrow is the venerable Ann Arbor/Saline Classic Bike Show and Swap Meet which bills itself as "the Biggest, Oldest, and the Best Antique and Classic Bicycle Show in the Nation." Sounds pretty sweet. The show will be at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, 5055 Ann Arbor/Saline Road. Cover is $3.
Hat tip @vielmetti

Free floor lamp

Saw this gem outside of Markley. Anyone else find anything good left by students?

Character Party at LePop tonight

So here's the idea: LePop is a space-time airport and there has been some sort of problem such that people and objects from all throughout time and space have been sucked in. Kind of sounds like the start of a Doctor Who Episode. Anyway, come as any character, person, or thing from history or your imagination. Doors open at 9:30. At midnight, the pumpkin drops. Is cool to see that LePop is starting to become a real venue for some interesting events.

Place that photo: Seein' (rusty) stars

Can I just... can this be on my house? And in my room? I wouldn't mind if it was on the back of my bike either. It's like, grown-up Lisa Frank. 'Cause it's metal. And rusty.

Anyway, I doubt this little thing is really doing much to keep up this mysterious structure that you all want to know more about. Pretty sure it's just there to sit and look pretty, like Barack Obama and Bill Gates. It looks like it could mean business though, if given the opportunity, and I ain't an architect, but I think it's high time we rethink our simple washers and nuts and bolts. It's like, 2012 people. Get with it.

If you know the drill, great. If you don't, hurr it is: if you're the first to correctly guess where this week's photo was taken, you win a car. In your head. You win a car in your head. Which sounds painful. To enter, just place your guess in the comments below along with your Twitter handle, 'cause the real prize is that you'll be damned on our Twitter feed. Now that I think of it, none of the prizes sound great, but just stick it out, okay? If you don't leave your Twitter handle, we'll just damn your damn name.

Last week's PTP was taken directly behind Afternoon Delight. I shoulda just let my work people guess on that one after a few days, 'cause it was clear at that point that we're all in on a cool secret. BTW, if you work at Afternoon Delight can you please explain what it is you're trying to scare away? I mean I know there's a hawk out there sometimes but... okay maybe it's the hawk.

Donatello bike

There is something nice about a bike that someone clearly took some time putting together. As you can probably tell from the title of this post, this bikes green frame with purple accents reminds me a great deal of Donatello, the coolest Ninja Turtle.

Are things about to get Fracked up in Washtenaw County?

Superior Well Services trucks driving north on 1-75 last summer

There's natural gas in them thar shale formations!--Bill Paxton, CEO Paxton Resources
OK, so I lied. Bill Paxton is not the CEO of Paxton Resources. Nevertheless, Gaylord based Paxton Resources, has indicated its desire to drill for gas in Saline Township. Concerns about ground and surface water contamination notwithstanding, Fraked Up! a recent article from Hollywood Interrupted is worth a read. It paints an interesting picture of life inside a fracking boomtown in North Dakota.

There is also a great summary of the current political state of fracking in Michigan on this morning's Environment Report.