by d3wpadmin | Mar 31, 2011 | Kurt Metzger, Uncategorized
My respect for Wikipedia increases every day. There was a time in its early days when I scoffed at someone who relied on it for answers. It was clear that, while a number of serious, committed individuals were spending incredible amounts of time bringing “the...
by d3wpadmin | Mar 23, 2011 | Kurt Metzger, Uncategorized
The long-awaited 2010 Census counts were released yesterday for the State of Michigan and all its subdivisions – down to the block level. Now the redistricting process for US. Congress, State House and Senate, and County Commissioners can begin. While we have...
by d3wpadmin | Mar 6, 2011 | Kurt Metzger, Uncategorized
In 1909, Mary was far and away the most favorite name for baby girls, outdistancing its runner-up Helen by a two-to-one ratio. The rest of the Top 5 included Margaret, Ruth and Dorothy. While you still run across some of these names – the 2009 rankings were...
by d3wpadmin | Mar 2, 2011 | Kurt Metzger, Uncategorized
I just read a story of a young man in Egypt who decided to name his first born daughter “Facebook” to commemorate the way the social networking site helped protesters get organized to topple Hosni Mubarak. Alexia Tsotsis , writing for TechCrunch and...
by d3wpadmin | Feb 16, 2011 | Kurt Metzger, Uncategorized
Birth data for 2009 are just coming out from the Michigan Department of Community Health and the story they tell is more of the same – births and birth rates continue to drop. The 2009 total of 117,309 represents a 23 percent decrease since the most recent...
