by d3wpadmin | May 16, 2011 | Kurt Metzger, Uncategorized
Last night I attended the second performance of Northern Lights – an original play, performed by the Mosaic Youth Theater, that tells the story, in words and music (featuring hits from a variety of Motown stars, the Rolling Stones, and the Who), of the historic...
by d3wpadmin | Apr 29, 2011 | Kurt Metzger, Uncategorized
Did you ever hear the story about the two women who were discussing where to go for dinner? The first woman said, “Let’s go to that new place that we read about last week.” The second woman responded, “But I hard that the food and service...
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...
