February 23, 2009 – 9:46 am
Apparently, the long layoff from baseball has affected our bat speed, and we missed the opening of Spring Training 2009. In 2008, the Detroit Tigers dropped like a fly ball at a peewee game. They began the long climb back to the top last week with spring training at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, [...]
February 19, 2009 – 8:47 am
Snow Plow by Seeking Michigan As the wind howls through the state this morning, I thought it might be a good time to shovel out a few stories – you can see a photo a snowplow in Bessemer from the Archives of Michigan over on Michigan in Pictures this morning! Last week mLive reported that [...]
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February 13, 2009 – 7:08 pm
Red Alert! Star Trek: The Experience by Ralph Krawczyk Jr Ralph’s Trek slideshow David Coates has produced a great preview (be sure to watch in high-quality) of the Star Trek exhibit at the Detroit Science Center. It opens tomorrow (February 14) and runs through Labor Day 2009: The show will cover about 12,000 square feet [...]
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February 13, 2009 – 9:34 am
I solemnly swear that I didn’t intend this photo by digital viking to be any kind of commentary on Valentine’s Day when I picked it as our this week’s Photo Friday. I will, however, roll with it! Be sure to check out this shot larger. It’s from his Cold as Ice set (slideshow), that includes [...]
February 6, 2009 – 12:26 pm
I’m pretty sure that this week’s Photo Friday would make awesome wallpaper since it’s my wallpaper and it does indeed look awesome. Chris (hardyc) lives downriver and work in Ann Arbor. He says he’s a photo hobbyist who is interested in all aspects of photography and finds a good part of his life either taking [...]
January 30, 2009 – 7:40 am
Matt (iraceonpedals) says he’s a guy who loves to travel, ride bikes, take pictures, be with his dog, girl and finds most things generally interesting. In addition to his sets like A-Deuce (slideshow) and his collection of photos from Northern Ireland (which I of course can’t link to it being all Michigan, all the time [...]
January 27, 2009 – 9:15 am
Ice Rink by Allan M The event started in 2005 as a tuneup to Super Bowl XL and was called the Motown Winter Blast. It’s now called Detroit’s Winter Blast and it happens February 6-8, 2009. In what has become typical Michigan media fashion, the Detroit News fills the glass half full, dwelling on what [...]
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January 19, 2009 – 8:18 am
The 55,000th photo was added to the Absolute Michigan group on Flickr yesterday. It’s titled MI snow by joojanta and is pretty darned appropriate for the snowy, snowy winter we’ve been having! As always, we are amazed and gratified at the fact that so many of you share photos of such great quality and diversity [...]
January 16, 2009 – 9:31 am
Pete Meade is from Lansing. He says this photo offers a slightly different view from last week’s snow storm. You can see more of his snow shots right here and get this photo gigantilicious-size too! His photo sets include Winter, Autumn, Mackinac Island, The Asylum and Americana (view slideshow). Check out Pete’s Flickriver too! Share [...]
January 15, 2009 – 7:45 pm
2008_03_04_UofM_HistoryMuseum_Walking by Andy Tanguay Jack Lessenberry writes about the frustrations of journalists at the bare cupboard of swag at this year’s Detroit Auto Show and the seeming idiocy of holding an event like this in sub-arctic Detroit in The fossil show in the Metro Times. He then says: However, I actually think I might go [...]
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