Posted on June 28, 2009 by misterarthur
It started out cloudy on the TDH this morning, but a brisk breeze from the SSW has blown them away. While it was still cloudy, this pimped out Pontiac brightened my morning.
Pontiac Sunfire: Non-standard paint color.
There’s an abandoned building on Agnes near Townsend I’ve always wanted. I don’t know why, as it is not [...]
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Posted on June 27, 2009 by misterarthur
I’m really glad everyone has given up trying to spell correctly. Otherwise, I’d never run across gems like the sign I passed this morning.
Leave that hair alone!
How does one pass tresses? Does this refer to human hair, or are wigs included? Can we pass clippings? Is there a maximum length of clip before it [...]
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Posted on June 13, 2009 by misterarthur
How do you get to my blog by using the following search terms: “saving privet ryan final”? Someone did.
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Posted on June 13, 2009 by misterarthur
The gloomy weather today seemed to capture Detroit’s deflated mood. The mighty Red Wings struck out last night, losing Lord Stanley’s Cup to those miserable pipsqueak Penguins. When all the news is bad (as it is around here), having a winning sports team does a lot to lift our collective spirits. Losing just makes things [...]
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Posted on June 7, 2009 by misterarthur
欢迎您到汽车城!Who knew? Some time in the past, Detroit made a feeble attempt to turn one or two Chinese Restaurants into the beginnings of a “Chinatown”. It never took hold, but the effort’s remnants are still intact. (At least at one end of the block). Here’s Detroit’s “Chinablock” – It’s on Peterboro between Cass [...]
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Posted on June 7, 2009 by misterarthur
…but you can’t make her think.” So said Dorothy Parker, when challenged to use horticulture in a sentence. I guess people were wittier then than they are now.
I present to you one of the things I find very interesting on the TDH. As you know by now, much of my route passes by abandoned [...]
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