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My name is Andrew L. McFarlane, and I have been the publisher and editor of Absolute Michigan since October . Feel free to send him an email.

My editorial philosophy with Absolute Michigan is to try and promote the state of Michigan as a place to visit, for business that doesn’t mess up the natural beauty we are blessed with, and most importantly as a place to live your life with the people you love.

Photo Friday: Digital Ice in October at Fort Custer by bill.d

Bill has some more pics from Fort Custer, including one of the elusive Eagle Lake Monster.
Some of his cool sets include Up North, Synergy, United States Post Office (which I hope he continues to expand) and Michigan History (view as slideshow). He also has some really cool pictures of a D-Day re-enactment in Benton Harbor/St. [...]

Setting the table Thursday: take a bite out of Michigan this fall!

Allegan Sunset 2 by raddad!
Autumn is when Mother Nature packs the boards with a feast for the eyes. AAA Michigan says that the best viewing conditions are being reported in the Southwest and Southeast Lower Peninsula with fair to good fall color conditions are reported in Holland, Jackson, Milford, St. Joseph, Tipton, with color development [...]

Slightly Spooky Wednesday: Bats, Strange Michigan, Kerkorian & Haunted Houses oh my!

Bat by reddeviltj
In Michigan bats - featuring the Iron Mountain Bat Mine, Edward Vielmetti introduces us to the Millie Mine, a critical hibernating and breeding location for up to 50,000 bats - one of the largest known concentrations of bats in the Midwest. He writes that the little brown bat is especially abundant throughout Michigan [...]

Strange Michigan: More Wolverine Weirdness

So deep, wide and long is the weirdness of Michigan, that it couldn't be contained in one book. Author Linda S. Godfrey has followed up Weird Michigan with the sequel, Strange Michigan: More Wolverine Weirdness, co-authored with Michigander Lisa A. Shiel. The book features all new material - everything from Detroit's Satanic Shrine to the [...]

Sportacular Tuesday: Rivalry, Tiger comics, Pistons preview and waving to McCarty

When you're feeling that the politics is getting too heavy, there's always sports.
...except for last weekend of course, when politics was a welcome relief for UM and MSU fans. After getting pasted by a combined 91-24, the state of Michigan is assured of a Big Ten victory on Saturday as the Michigan State University Spartans [...]

Michigan vs Michigan State Football Rivalry

updated October 21, 2008

This Saturday the Michigan State University Spartans travel to Ann Arbor to play the University of Michigan Wolverines at The Big House.
Wikipedia says that the Paul Bunyan-Governor of Michigan Trophy is awarded to the winner of the annual football game between the University of Michigan Wolverines and the Michigan State University Spartans. [...]

Green Monday

Hope by Rudy Malmquist
The Freep says that Grand Rapids is ahead of the game in eco-friendly living. I'm not sure about the rules of the game of eco-friendly living, but I hope it includes little plastic cars. The article begins
When Mayor George Heartwell looks out his office window, he sees an unusual sight in Michigan: [...]

The Conference on Michigan's Future - Nov 14-16, 2008

A brief talk with Crystal Mountain GM Jim MacInnes that you can watch in higher quality on YouTube. The Conference on Michigan's Future will be held Friday November 14 through Sunday, November 16, 2008 at Crystal Mountain Resort near Traverse City.
Rising oil prices and shrinking liquidity have negatively impacted Michigan’s three largest industries of automobiles, [...]

Photo Friday: hart plaza by Rhonda_Marie

Rhonda was one of several Exposure.Detroit photographers that I had the good fortune to spend a few hours with on Sunday.
Some of her sets that I like are Detroit, Packard Plant, Sports stuff, Detroit Zoo, Heidelberg Project and Music. Your mileage may differ. You can dive into her photography through her Flickriver or her Explored [...]

(tahquamenon) fall color

The photo is tahquamenon falls by postpurchase.
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