my great state has managed to really muck things up.

The clever people in Michigan who decided to get into a game of chicken with New Hampshire last fall over the timing of their Democratic primary should be having second thoughts this weekend.
Had Michigan Democrats not engaged in gamesmanship over the shape of the nomination calendar, they would be holding the premier contest on today’s slate, by far the biggest and most influential of the events between Super Tuesday and next week’s Potomac primaries, rather than the nonbinding event that was held Jan. 15.
Michigan Democrats long argued that the party needed a major industrial state playing an early and influential role in the nominating process. Instead, Michigan Democrats — and those in Florida — have left their party with a monumental problem: what to do about their delegations to the national convention in Denver in August.

what the post is basically saying is that this whole michigan/florida problem has the potential to completely destroy the democratic run—making it sort of like the auto industry (hiyo).

Other happy news from michigan:

speaking of the auto industry, ford will cut 8,000 jobs.

detroit still has a sweet mayor.

and terrelle pryor might now go to oregon.

among the polish people, so i could eat one of these on super fat tuesday:

paczkis are so bad for you …

miss michigan won the miss america competition (yes, the one with the talent competition), and she is pretty hot.

but this woman is way too tan to be from michigan. it’s january, people.

also, i am absolutely loving this kwame kilpatrick text message scandal. do plan on carrying on an affair with your chief of staff? don’t send a shitton of text messages detailing every room where you’ve done the deed (such as room 311 at the residence inn in madison heights, of all places). i was looking for more hilarious transcripts, but this will have to do

KK: I’m at Laker game. The security doesn’t believe I’m mayor. [not anymore!] Mike is pulling out all kind of shirt to prove it.
CB: And, did you miss me, sexually? [no, just your stunning intellect.]
KK: Hell yeah! You couldn’t tell. I want some more. Don’t sleep! [kwame's hungry ...]

thanks jesse, for the research help.

going to the WWII memorial and the air and space museum are awesome ideas. check out these hot pics:

what would make this complete is if i was pointing to where on my hand i used to live.

some chromo something or other image of my bro and i

if you combine that with the triple pig action–best birthday ever?

this was my life in michigan exactly a week ago:

call me a freak, but i sort of miss home.

a slow news day at virginia tech’s collegiate times results in this story.
Rumors of Newman’s small size exaggerated

they are actually talking about some library, but the caption on the photo reads: “Though smaller than other universities, Newman Library has several floors of bookshelves.”
this is a very similar metaphor to “it’s not the size of the boat, but the motion of the ocean” or if you’d rather be blunt, “it’s ok to have a small penis.”

lastly, a headline from the daily nebraskan:
Research duo aims to find why young Nebraskans leave state
if you replace “nebraskans” with “michiganders,” you’d get the same answer: “stop wasting perfectly good research money.”