July 31, 2008
Dear Mr. Obama,
You don't need to keep playing the race card. You are a human being. It doesn't matter what color you are. I don't care whether you or anyone else is black, white, or green. I just want to know that you would have the ability to lead the USA. I don't see where you would be able to do that if you are constantly worrying about whether someone is picking on you because you are black. Sheesh. Grow up.
Deb Ruthenberg
Dearborn Heights, MI
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
The Sartorial Splendor of Football Media Days
My editor's assignment was simple: Participate in the MAC media football day at Ford Field in Detroit, taking on the task of a sports reporter and asking questions to find out more information about the football teams across the Mid-American Conference.
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read more | digg story
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Weekend fun
Kari, Mark, Aydan and Charley came over to visit. We checked out the Telegraph Cruise. We saw a lot of fancy classic cars and listened to a rock 'n roll band. Charley danced. She is so active. Wish I had all her energy.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Violent women
The Shock (women's basketball) in Detroit just went crazy and started fighting with the other team they were playing. At the start of the fight, one Shock player walked up to another player and just walked her down. The cat fight was on.
When did women stop being demure, refined, and lose their dignity? I think I know when and where. Reality TV. The Soup did a show called "Chicks, Man" and it highlighted the reality shows like Bad Girls, Keeping up with the Kardashians, and Rock of Love, to name a few. Reality shows ask that women act stupid, get drunk and disgusting, vomit, eat gross things, cry, get angry at the drop of the hat, dress like skanks, and pretty much degrade themselves in any way they can. No wonder the women of Shock allowed their emotions to get the better of themselves and start a fight during the game. They are acting just the way they think that society wants to see them act.
Whatever happen to depicting women as nurturing, loving humans? Is this a sick way for men to feel better about themselves? Have they been feeling like women have been demasculating them on TV and so they want to humiliate women on TV?
Why are women allowing this? This is disgraceful. I encourage women everywhere to NOT WATCH shows that depict women in this horrible way. Do not allow your young ladies to watch. Entice your significant other to not watch these shows. Boycott the shows. Soon they will disappear if we do not watch and do not give credence to these types of stereotypes.
When did women stop being demure, refined, and lose their dignity? I think I know when and where. Reality TV. The Soup did a show called "Chicks, Man" and it highlighted the reality shows like Bad Girls, Keeping up with the Kardashians, and Rock of Love, to name a few. Reality shows ask that women act stupid, get drunk and disgusting, vomit, eat gross things, cry, get angry at the drop of the hat, dress like skanks, and pretty much degrade themselves in any way they can. No wonder the women of Shock allowed their emotions to get the better of themselves and start a fight during the game. They are acting just the way they think that society wants to see them act.
Whatever happen to depicting women as nurturing, loving humans? Is this a sick way for men to feel better about themselves? Have they been feeling like women have been demasculating them on TV and so they want to humiliate women on TV?
Why are women allowing this? This is disgraceful. I encourage women everywhere to NOT WATCH shows that depict women in this horrible way. Do not allow your young ladies to watch. Entice your significant other to not watch these shows. Boycott the shows. Soon they will disappear if we do not watch and do not give credence to these types of stereotypes.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
weekend update
Well, since I enjoyed reading Kari's account of her weekend, I thought I would write about my weekend.
Saturday we got quite a bit done. First we took the Focus into Midas to get the brakes looked at. Then we went to Bob Evans to eat breakfast, our weekly ritual to get out of the house. Then we came home to wait to hear the bad news about the car. While at home I worked on the computer a bit. Found that we might be able to "sell" the ebook on Amazon published as a Kinele book, but I will have to reformat it.
The car needed new shoes, rotors, and two link pins. Oh my. Oh well. Had to be done. So we authorized the work to be done. They said probably it would be ready around 1 p.m. Dave and I decided we needed to get out and move around a bit, but since the car with the Metropark sticker was getting fix. So we went to Farmington to their Founders Day celebration. Did a lot of walking and looking. Saw a man dressed all in gold, acting like a statue, tipped his hat when we walked by. Wow - he was good. I thought he was a statue.
Then we came back to get the car.
I then made pork chops with gravy, low calorie. Very good. I recommend them. I am having fun making all these new low calorie recipes. It gives me ideas for more or at least how to modify them so that we like them even better.
Sunday morning comes.....we hang out for a bit. I decide to start the laundry I needed to do. Then I wanted to shorten the curtains in our bedroom. That didn't take too long. By the time I was done, Dave was ready to get out and do more sight seeing. We went to Royal Oak's largest garage sale. It was a garage sale that was in a parking garage. It was huge. Nothing there caught our eye. Lots of junk.
Last stop was Como's for pizza. Then home to vegetate in front of the TV and computers. I did little things like changing the bed sheets and wash towels.
Saturday we got quite a bit done. First we took the Focus into Midas to get the brakes looked at. Then we went to Bob Evans to eat breakfast, our weekly ritual to get out of the house. Then we came home to wait to hear the bad news about the car. While at home I worked on the computer a bit. Found that we might be able to "sell" the ebook on Amazon published as a Kinele book, but I will have to reformat it.
The car needed new shoes, rotors, and two link pins. Oh my. Oh well. Had to be done. So we authorized the work to be done. They said probably it would be ready around 1 p.m. Dave and I decided we needed to get out and move around a bit, but since the car with the Metropark sticker was getting fix. So we went to Farmington to their Founders Day celebration. Did a lot of walking and looking. Saw a man dressed all in gold, acting like a statue, tipped his hat when we walked by. Wow - he was good. I thought he was a statue.
Then we came back to get the car.
I then made pork chops with gravy, low calorie. Very good. I recommend them. I am having fun making all these new low calorie recipes. It gives me ideas for more or at least how to modify them so that we like them even better.
Sunday morning comes.....we hang out for a bit. I decide to start the laundry I needed to do. Then I wanted to shorten the curtains in our bedroom. That didn't take too long. By the time I was done, Dave was ready to get out and do more sight seeing. We went to Royal Oak's largest garage sale. It was a garage sale that was in a parking garage. It was huge. Nothing there caught our eye. Lots of junk.
Last stop was Como's for pizza. Then home to vegetate in front of the TV and computers. I did little things like changing the bed sheets and wash towels.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Healthy appetizers
Dave has been giving me suggestions for food to fix for him and I that is lowfat, low calorie, or both.
This is one that I made that I recommend:
From the Healthy Living magazine.
Mini Bacon Quiches
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 pound sliced bacon, cooked and crumbled
1/2 cup reduced-fat ricotta cheese
1/2 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese
1 small onion, finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Dash cayenne pepper
Dash pepper
2 packages (2.1 oz each) frozen miniature phyllo (fillo) tart shells
1. In a small bowl, combine the first nine ingredients. Place tart shells on an ungreased baking sheet; fill each with 2 teaspoons mixture.
2. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until filling is set and shells are lightly browned. Serve warm.
They were good cool also.
This is one that I made that I recommend:
From the Healthy Living magazine.
Mini Bacon Quiches
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 pound sliced bacon, cooked and crumbled
1/2 cup reduced-fat ricotta cheese
1/2 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese
1 small onion, finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Dash cayenne pepper
Dash pepper
2 packages (2.1 oz each) frozen miniature phyllo (fillo) tart shells
1. In a small bowl, combine the first nine ingredients. Place tart shells on an ungreased baking sheet; fill each with 2 teaspoons mixture.
2. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until filling is set and shells are lightly browned. Serve warm.
They were good cool also.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
MAC Facilities Begin Upgrades
With kickoff of the 2008 football season just six weeks away, Mid-American Conference fans will no doubt notice upgrades at a couple of venerable facilities while fans in another MAC city will be celebrating the final season in their school's home stadium.
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
will they answer my question?
I emailed Rod and Mario with the FSN Detroit website asking them a question and they are suppose to answer it on an upcoming Tigers Live game. Will they answer it today? We shall see. The question I asked was: Do the Tigers still do all those fancy-dancy hi-fives they used to do when they hit a homerun and then went to the dugout?
Silly question, but I remember they used to have some very elaborate hi-fives with each other. Choregraphed perfectly. Maybe they will look up old film footage of them and replay them.
Silly question, but I remember they used to have some very elaborate hi-fives with each other. Choregraphed perfectly. Maybe they will look up old film footage of them and replay them.
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