Michigan Accent
Explaining my accent, one post at a time.
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Last Words (Tenebrae)
Read more: Last Words (Tenebrae)“Last Words (Tenebrae)” is a song so powerful it brings tears to the eyes, and leaves even our kids requesting to listen again.
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Disneyland Through Childlike Eyes
3–5 minutes709 wordsRead more: Disneyland Through Childlike EyesIt wasn’t the magical world of Disney that captured my heart, but the eyes and heart of my son, demonstrating to me true faith and humility.
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that’s my DMV
1–2 minutes74 wordsRead more: that’s my DMVShortly before Christmas (sorry for the tardy post), a couple blogs I frequent highlighted an interesting story from the Washington Times. The story details how a couple guys dressed up in crazy disguises (complete with spray paint and buckteeth) obtained driver’s licenses from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. I hadn’t realized before this incident that the Virginia DMV also issued ids to several of the 9/11 hijackers. Our DMV’s compiling quite the track record …
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#19
1–2 minutes73 wordsRead more: #19The Red Wings retired #19 tonight. Yzerman’s statistics and awards from his 22 year career are numerous, and well documented. I was able to watch most of his speech on ESPN News. He was in his speech as he was his entire career: humble, grateful, and full of class. I seriously doubt professional sports will ever see such a player again, serving the same team for his entire career. Thanks for all the memories, Stevie!
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Dan Fogelberg, the voice of Christmas?
Read more: Dan Fogelberg, the voice of Christmas?Let’s face it. When you think of Christmas music, you think of Dan Fogelberg, right? Yeah, me either … until this year. Like many people, I love Christmas music. This year has been no exception. I’ve been listening to Christmas music pretty much non-stop since Thanksgiving, either from my own personal collection or on a local radio station. That station played a song that got my attention, mostly because of its cheesiness. It was one of those songs that shouldn’t count as a Christmas song, but it mentions Christmas Eve and snow, and thus gets played. The lyrics made me…