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4 weeks 4 days ago	Her's another one:	Galluup-Healthways Well-Being Index: http://well-beingindex.com/files/2013WBIrankings/2012WBICompositeReport.pdf If you look on pp. 1 and 7, Ann Arbor ranks 6th among medium-sized cities, and 8th overall (having slipped from #2 last year, but we know how fluid these rankings among certain cohorts can be from year to year). Interesting - and perhaps obvious - that many medium-sized areas are in the top quintile, with several being college towns. I have lived here for a good part of the past 40 years, and can say both that A2 is phenomenal at every stage of life, and that, in most respects, it has improved by nearly every measure (perhaps with the exception of the recent proliferation of student high-rise apartment buildings). I look forward to my children living out the same longitudinal experience.
6 weeks 1 day ago	Sorry	First double post ever. Should I feel proud, ashamed, or somewhat unclean?
6 weeks 1 day ago	Basking	in the glow of an incredible, high-character team that pushed themselves to the brink of an NCAA championship, a great coach who represents Michigan about as well as anyone can, some phenomenal moments of shooting, defense (including one of the most athletic blocks you will ever see) and basketball acrobatics. Not to mention that we encountered a worthy opponent devoid of s--t talkers and witnessed a classic final. Hard to take the loss, but more than proud of the team and its accomplishments, which exceeded even the most optimistic pre-season expectations. Next year in Arlington!
6 weeks 1 day ago	Basking	in the glow of an incredible, high-character team that pushed themselves to the brink of an NCAA championship, a great coach who represents Michigan about as well as anyone can, some phenomenal moments of shooting, defense (including one of the most athletic blocks you will ever see) and basketball acrobatics. Not to mention that we encountered a worthy opponent devoid of s--t talkers and witnessed a classic final. Hard to take the loss, but more than proud of the team and its accomplishments, which exceeded even the most optimistic pre-season expectations. Next year in Arlington!
6 weeks 2 days ago	I don't know ...	really stiff competition with Wal-mart and Facebook in the mix. I don't know how the Consumerist folks do the scoring, but I would imagine some of the match-ups were quite close.
6 weeks 3 days ago	Five lb. nachos	made of chips, pulled pork, refried beans, queso, veggies, beef, chicken, guacamole, and olives. He had to eat it in 45 minutes. I barfed for him.
8 weeks 2 days ago	Sinkhole ...	... much more targeted, and thus less likely to involve innocent bystanders. That said, I'm all for MSU schadenfreude; I can't resist "sympathizing" with my Sparty friends whenever possible.
9 weeks 3 days ago	Conflicted	As I fill out the bracket, I see us having more difficulty with VCU than with Kansas; if we make it past VCU, I see a decent chance of a semifinal rematch with Indiana. On the other hand, why do I even venture into these unpredictable waters?
9 weeks 6 days ago	Hard to Watch ...	... but I really have to blame myself for having unrealistic expectations. This is a team that should never have been ranked #1; does pretty much the same thing every game that it loses; has regressed over the course of a season; is easily exploitable inside; shows long stretches of minimal effort - and on it goes. These are the facts and, despite what I've seen for the past couple of months, I have yet to capitulate to them. If we go beyond the second round, I will be pleasantly surprised - pretty shocked, in fact, unless the draw is highly favorable.
12 weeks 22 hours ago	Because	1. They can 2. They hate us, and love to mock us 3. Their lineup is strewn with idiots of every stripe (even their pre-show announcer has an extremely obnoxious affectation) 4. They ____________
12 weeks 6 days ago	Maybe not the most inspiring reason?	Was visiting a friend on April 1 of 1973 - back when the Hash Bash was a huge event. Saw the insanity, the crazy mix of people, hit a couple of the restaurants, knew it was an excellent school, so I moved to A2, waited a year to gain residency, applied and was accepted. My other choices were mostly smaller schools (St. John's in Annapolis, Macalester/Carleton in MN, etc.), and I was a bit concerned about U-M's size, but I found so much opportunity here that the combination of school and town was pretty much irresistable.
13 weeks 2 days ago	or	if it spreads to the porch.
15 weeks 3 days ago	Better let	Gordon Gee know about that.
15 weeks 6 days ago	couches,	no couches ablaze. Wait, no reason for conflagrations.
19 weeks 21 hours ago	ESPN and OSU	From what I can tell, the World Worst Leader considers OSU to be an SEC team, and thus skews their rankings accordingly. There is an inordinate amount of Urban/Buckeye butt kissing among many of the media, and no more than at ESPN.
23 weeks 6 days ago	Not to mention	Miller's Ice Cream on S. University before it became the wasteland that it is today - cheap, huge servings that made eating with a beard a trip to barbarianism.
24 weeks 1 day ago	But at least yours was a Rabbit	Mine was a '56 Beetle with a '64 engine that barely climbed the local eastern Ohio hills - sometimes felt like retrograde motion. Cost me $75 and worth every penny until I rolled it trying to do 360s around a sharp curve.
24 weeks 2 days ago	Bleh	He hired Brady Hoke, and I still detest him.
25 weeks 2 days ago	Yes, they should be	And they were when I tuned in with around 8 minutes to go in the half. From that point on, we pulled down exactly ONE rebound, did a fair amount of matador defense, and essentially seemed to decide not to apply the killer stroke. A bit more intensity would put this one away.
27 weeks 3 days ago	Not only that	but they will be doing a significant renovation and expansion over the next few years (23 million dollars worth) which will put it on the level of pretty much any of its competition.
29 weeks 3 days ago	It's a hoot	to watch someone walk by through the wind and waves every once in a long while (well, I only saw one, and I'm assuming there aren't that many venturing out).
30 weeks 5 days ago	And, we should add ...	that it's not good to do double posts.
30 weeks 5 days ago	And, we should add ...	the most obvious call in the game, one that probably 80% of us watching at home were, as we were, yelling at Hoke to watch for.
31 weeks 5 days ago	Four	Count 'em, four gifts in the last two minutes, including the refusal to overturn the non-touchdown ruling at the end. Pretty poor, and pretty cowardly; however, Stanford gave their own gifts on ND's last drive.
32 weeks 1 day ago	Well ...	It's something like: Does smokeless tobacco cause cancer? Yes. Smokeless tobacco causes oral cancer, esophageal cancer, and pancreatic cancer (1). In other words, if you use smokeless tobacco, you have a risk of cancer that you didn't have when you didn't chew. That sounds elevated to me
33 weeks 4 days ago	I would beg to differ.	Based on the intensity of the Americans, the hype of the crowd, and the fact that the US has withered in quite a few of the recent Cups, I would say that each side sees this as a "war" that needs to be won in order to establish some golfing legitimacy - even the way the course was prepared showed serious thought toward ending the European dominance of the past twenty years. It isn't easy to explain what happens to the Americans in these events - a hyper-individualism, self-focussed culture, whatever, but they certainly had a difficult time handling the pressure after the mini-meltdown of yesterday afternoon. Who knows?
34 weeks 5 days ago	To be fair	many of us used to somewhat enjoy Lloyd Carr's grumpiness and general irascibility toward the press, who are often ignorant, self-important Captains of the Obvious. So, whatever we think about MD, I can't fault him for treating some of the same reporters with the same disdain.
34 weeks 5 days ago	I wonder if what we're seeing	I wonder if what we're seeing is the fact that Meyer has lost something in the coaching department, either in adapting his system to current talent level, losing his intensity after his "retirement," or both (and something else included).
40 weeks 5 days ago	AA.com link	http://annarbor.com/sports/um-football/suspended-michigan-players-fitz-t... Not the horse's mouth (maybe another part of the anatomy), but a reasonable source nonetheless.
41 weeks 6 days ago	You are probably correct	I would say that it is highly unlikely that the family has standing in the matter - that is, they have no legal interest in the case despite their apparently profound need to clear Joe's sullied name. I imagine any such suit will be quickly dismissed, as they cannot show harm.

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