October 22, 2008 – 9:08 am
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 [...]
By farlane
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October 22, 2008 – 8:43 am
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 [...]
October 21, 2008 – 9:26 am
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 [...]
By farlane
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October 21, 2008 – 8:08 am
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. [...]
By farlane
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October 20, 2008 – 9:35 am
Fallen Beauty by lorainedicerbo
Welcome to 'The Week' for October 20-26. This is where we will be posting comments such as news items, interesting blog posts, cool video and media, coming events, new web sites added to Absolute Michigan and other items of note.
We invite you to do the same!
Temps are dropping and most areas have [...]
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October 20, 2008 – 5:51 am
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, [...]
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October 17, 2008 – 8:19 am
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 [...]
October 16, 2008 – 10:11 am
Nothing touches the heart and engages the mind more than a good story. From ancient campfires to online urban legends, stories captivate and motivate us to explore our human potential. A visit to the award-winning Michigan Story Festival is an opportunity to experience the wonder of story telling at its finest, with national, regional, and [...]
October 15, 2008 – 1:56 pm
Lakenenland Corporate Greed by Kristina_5
Found on the Absolute Michigan flickr pool, Kristina_5 has some interesting shots from an equally interesting sculpture park located 15 miles east of Marquette, Michigan on M-28. She writes:
This sculpture park was created by Tom LaKenen (pron. Lay-Kin-en) several years ago. He started creating these pieces as a hobby. Eventually his [...]
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October 15, 2008 – 12:27 pm
the Great Beer State
With Michigan's wine industry becoming an international player our state microbreweries don't always get the full attention they most definitely deserve. The KalamaBrew staff over at mlive.com bring to our attention that "Several Michigan breweries medal at the 2008 Great American Beer Festival."
"Congrats and cheers are in order for several Michigan breweries [...]
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