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CHRIS is an acronym for nothing

Watch me pontificate -- & misspell words!

About Me

I should have grown up in Central Afr. Republic, skipping the Jesuits' catechism, picking up rocks, and wondering what God and www.myspace.com were.

My Interests

Urban revitalization, comedy, politics, idealism, Detroit history, Detroit's future, Detroit Tigers loyalty, sports, rediscovering bands I liked, introspection, unity, trudging to work, mass-transit, thinking, writing, pathological procrastination, infinity, romanticizing grit, April.

I'd like to meet:

Someone from the distant future. I'd be renown and make possibly thousands of dollars, or godzillians of yen. I'd also like to meat a vegetarian.

Music:

The Beatles (the band), etc.

Movies:

Comedian, Broken Flowers, Ferris Beuller's Day Off, Back to the Future, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, City of God, Kill Bill, The Seventh Seal, Clerks, Rushmore, Waiting for Guffman, Roger and Me, Canadian Bacon.

Television:

PBS programing and The Late Show with David Letterman.

Books:

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.

My Blog

Sore throat shouter -- say that 5x fast

I got sick in my throat. It's that uncomfortable swallow; not quite a sore throat, but the lurking symptom of. We take for granted smooth swallowing too often -- and I said this before ever being sick...
Posted by CHRIS is an acronym for nothing on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:04:00 PST

"DEAD" husband

The best show on TV is on late and called Girls Behaving Badly. What it is is a hidden camera show that features the small-screen's most illustrious cast of female character actors tricking unsuspecti...
Posted by CHRIS is an acronym for nothing on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:31:00 PST

What The Hell?

A really disturbing piece came on to NPR the other day. It was about this UCLA student that was tased a "shocking" five times because he initially refused to leave the school library when told to. App...
Posted by CHRIS is an acronym for nothing on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:08:00 PST

Remember Weapons of Mass Distraction?

There's a photo famous across the left-wing blogosphere that shows then-special envoy to President Reagan, Donald Rumsfeld shaking hands with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Whenever shown, it's inten...
Posted by CHRIS is an acronym for nothing on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:27:00 PST

Mournful Sportsmen Want Prop 3 Do-over

Four years ago, Jennifer Granholm defeated incumbent Lieutenant Governor Dick Posthumus in the 2002 Michigan gubernatorial election. Today, Jennifer Granholm did the same to Chinese businessman Dick D...
Posted by CHRIS is an acronym for nothing on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:01:00 PST

Can't Stand The Heat

Everyone's worried at work. You see, my immediate bosses at the Hospital are under contract to run the kitchen. Recently, they lost their bid for renewal to some sterile, strong-jawed corporation. Sub...
Posted by CHRIS is an acronym for nothing on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:25:00 PST

WORLD SERIES BOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"THE DETROIT TIGERS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!"I can't believe it. Four days later and I still can't believe it's finally come. And how did it come? It came with a swing like thunder and lightni...
Posted by CHRIS is an acronym for nothing on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:03:00 PST

TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was indoctrinated Tigers baseball at infancy. Born in '85, I just missed '84's World Champions -- so I can't say I existed then. In my memory, the Olde English D has been synonymous with losing. Wit...
Posted by CHRIS is an acronym for nothing on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 02:56:00 PST

Imported Distorted

Serena Maneesh is a band that hails from Oslo. Tonight I saw them on a whim. Watching them play, I learned how, in Norway, playing guitar with the floor is etiquette. I think they do this because they...
Posted by CHRIS is an acronym for nothing on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:56:00 PST

Dally

Strung work lights, the kind you'd find tangled in back of a shed, lit the corridor at last night's Dally in the Alley. Suspended from tall back-patios to posts, the trail of overhead light guided us ...
Posted by CHRIS is an acronym for nothing on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:05:00 PST