Observations and Complaints

Bedtime Fun: Compare and Contrast

2013-07-06T19:07:00.002-07:00

Our first boy changed from a crib to a toddler bed precisley 3 years ago. He was 2 3/4 at the time. It was a complete disaster. Our second boy changed from a crib to a toddler bed TODAY, and so far....knock on wood....it has been smooth sailing.

We went up north to stay at Boyne for the holiday week and came home and reluctantly decided to switch him at that time. I don't remember exactly why the time seemed right; it could have been that he was trying to climb out or b/c he was sleeping in a real bed on vaca and we decided he could handle it after that. Regarless, it was a complete nightmare. We would take him to bed and he would jump out of bed and come out of his room once or twice per minute for an hour each night. One of us would have to sit at the top of the steps (about 10 yards from his room) and constantly tell him to go back to bed and hurl all kinds of threats his way. It made the bedtime ritual a nightmare. It was horrible; I don't know what else to say.

Over the past week or so, our youngest has been talking about going to a "big boy bed." He is now about 3 2/3 and has never asked or tried to climb out, but we decdied it was time for him to graduate nonetheless (we've been delaying this day in fear of what was to come) . Up until now when he woke up, he would stand up in his crib and yell for us. Considering what we went through with the eldest, wifey told him when he wakes up in his big boy bed he should call for us just the same. We definitely do not want him coming out of his room like his brother did. So we put him down for his nap today, and he stayed in his room, but he did call for us for about 20 minutes before he fell asleep. And for bedtime, he went right to sleep (granted, we did go to a pool party all day and he was tired). It will be interesting to see what happens overnight and in the morning.

Perhaps this blog post is premature, but I am very optimistic that #2 will be much better for us (victory?) .It is based on us learning from experience and the fact that #2 is a MUCH easier child.

The best way to cook bacon

2013-03-17T05:17:00.001-07:00

George Foreman electric grill, no question. It drains the grease, keeps the bacon strips lined up properly, eliminates the need to flip because it cooks on both sides, and cuts the cooking time in half because it cooks on both sides. After years of this technique, cooking bacon in a pan is painful.

Breaking Bad

2013-01-16T19:56:00.000-08:00

Just started watching Breaking Bad. The premise of a chemistry teaching hooking up with his old junkie student to cook meth and become a kingpin is very appealing.

Theatre Room, a Dream Come True

2013-01-12T16:39:00.000-08:00

For years I've dreamed of a high def 100+ ince projector, enclosed in its own theatre room with amazing surround sound and subwoofers. Now, it is finally a reality.

We have nearly completed the basement finishing project whic includes a bedroom, bathroom, large open space, and a theatre room with 110 ince HD prjoctor and 8 speakers in the wall 7.1 surround sound.

HCG DIET

2013-01-07T18:12:00.003-08:00

In Feb 2011, I hit a high weight of 208. Several years earlier, I had peaked at 213 but went on Atkins and stayed in the 190's for years. But 208 was getting out of control again, so wifey and I went on HCG with consultation from Dr Julie Twomoon.

The target is 20 pounds in 21 days. I did that in about 12 days. The HCG simply works. I followed the guidelines and didn't cheat. It is very hard - hungry all the time and desperate to snack on something.

Lately, I've been hovering around 194 for months now. However, after the holidays, I've peaked out at 199. So I decided to do a quick round of HCG (I had some drops left from last time), and lose a few lbs before we leave for Fla in 10 days. I figure I can drop a quick 10 or 15 and be in pretty good shape for a vacation binge.

In addition to losing all the weight, you eat all natural foods - no boxes, no frozen, no preservatives, no bread. This has the affect of cleansing your system big time. You take a shit like once every ten days because everything you eat is actually absorbed into your system. You also have huge amounts of energy and actually feel good - depsite such low calorie intake (500 calories per day). I think that's because you eliminate all the garbage and chemicals - garbage in, garbage out.

The biggest problem is no snacking. No cheez its, no goldfish = depression.

Uverse Inept Service

2013-01-07T16:32:00.001-08:00

Before I begin, it is important for you to understand these events are all real. Nothing is made up or exaggerated in any way.

We are finishing the basement and installing a theatre room with a projector, which requires a new cable box. At this point, the theatre is fully operational although some carpentry work is still required. Planning ahead as usual, I started investigating how to order a new uverse cable box for the room pretty early.

First I went online to see if I could order there. I logged in and saw that there was no upgrade fee for a new box and it would be a monthly $7. I added the received to my plan and went to checkout. But in the checkout, it said there was a one-time $49 upgrade for the box. Bullshit. I am not paying the $49 when on the previous screen it said free, no upgrade fee. I knew at this point I was going to have to call these effers if I wanted a free upgrade, and I was busy and didn't have the energy to fight their phone system, so I put the project on hold.

A couple days later I tried again from a different computer and got the same results. With time running out before the theatre install, I cleared some time to call them and order over the phone. I talked to a lady who seemed to know what she was doing and placed the order. I could choose from a wireless or wired box - both free upgrade and both $7/mo. She said something about how I could buy insurance in case I needed help with the install - NO. That was it. Done. this was two weeks ago.

Two days ago, Saturday, I received a text message from Uverse saying my "install" was scheduled for Tuesday and please reply to confirm or call 1-800 just shoot me to make a change. You can imagine my initial reaction when receiving this text, as I had forgotten that they never sent me the box ( I moved the box from another room into the basement). I immediately called the 1-800 number and navigated all the way to scheduling where I found out that office was closed on saturday. Hey, ATT, nice job sending out a text on a day where you know nobody can call back. So I decided to text them back and said, "I never scheduled an appt. I just ordered a new box. Please mail it to me. Please call me at 999999999. " One minute later I received a text from them saying "invalid response."

I was pissed, because I knew now I was headed right into the abyss - trying to call ATT and find an existing order, cancel it, and start a new one. How long was this going to take?

I had to drive to Toledo, so I figured an hour would be enough time to get the call done. Plus I had my bluetooth ear piece, so that helps. After 4 minutes I was routing to the correct person. After 13 minutes she finally found the order and put me on hold to go get a manager to cancel the order. After 28 minutes she said the order was finally canceled and now I need to put in a new order. It turns out if you order a wired box, there is MANDATORY home install guy in your house = half day off work. If you order a wireless box, they can ship it right to you. WTF. I would love to meet the guy who made it a rule that if you need a new cable box you MUST have a guy in your house. How much does it cost ATT to send one of their assholes to your house? How irritating it is to try and schedule one of those appointments? How pissed are you when they don't show up? Do they seriously think I am retarded and can't plug in the box into the wall for power and then from the box to the TV? Well, maybe not, because they have enough faith that I can hook up the wireless box to my WIFI. Honestly, I really just don't know man. Then, why the EFF did the first lady not tell me an appointment was required? She didn't even ask me if that day worked for me! Even the girl who was obviously retarded and was helping me for the past 31 minutes thought the rule was dumb and said so on the recorded line (I thought these goons were paid to tow the company line at all costs?)

Because I didn't want to have an install, I changed the order to wireless and figured I can figure it out on my own. She said I will have the new box in two days.

The call ended at 1pm.

Today at 4:03 pm I received an email from Uverse. The subject "your install just one day away."

Dude.

Today at 7pm, I received an automated call from Uverse to confirm my appointment for tomorrow.

Screw it. If they guy comes, he comes. Nobody will be here.

Iphone 5 - STOLEN!

2012-12-23T19:18:00.001-08:00

The Setting

On Friday, I had an early breakfast meeting in Port Huron. It was snowing, 90 miles away, and I saw >5 cars in the ditch. On the drive home, I desperately needed to drop the kids off at the pool.

By the time I got back to work, I was in bad shape. I rushed in to the bathroom, did my business, pulled out my phone to play "words with friends," and left the bathroom - and my phone. About 20 minutes later, I realized I didn't have my phone. I called it, but it went straight to voicemail. Strange. I remembered the last time I had my phone was on the pot, so I hurried back to retrieve it. Gone.

Panicked, I came back to my desk, looked everywhere, called it again, logged in to icloud/find iphone, and it was not on the radar. Gone. Someone had taken it, and immediately removed the SIM card making it anonymous. Crushed.

Fortunately, I kept my old Iphone 4 and was able to activate it so at least I have a phone. But it sucks compared to the 5. Slower, slower, slower. Plus the home button sticks, which is incredibly frustrating.

Finally, I have a plan. I am going to bring my dad on to my plan, buy a new 5 under his phone number, then trade the 5 for the 4 so he is better off, I get the 5 and only need to pay $127 (special walmart price). Obviously, this is much better than paying $700 for a new phone or sticking with the old 4.

Lesson Learned: don't play words with friends in the shitter.

2012 Holiday Shopping - by special request

2012-12-23T19:10:00.002-08:00

Last night wifey and I went to the mall to finish our Christmas shopping. Not a lot to get, but we had a sitter so we took the opportunity to close out our list. It was busy, but not too bad. By the end, I was starting to fall out a bit, but only because I had to wait in the Pandora store while wifey picked out a couple charms for one of her gifts. This prompted me to post on facebook something to that affect, and hence the special request for this post. However, there is really nothing to detail.

I suppose the one thing that kept me going was that we were going out to dinner after shopping which kept my spirits up.

Detroit Department of State - the Passport Saga Continues

2012-12-23T19:06:00.000-08:00

After the post office crushed my dreams of an easy passport experience for my minor child, I decided to go straight to the source - The Dept of State. Mind you, this meant a drive to the hood, extra time off work, and an entire day off school for the boy.

I scheduled an appointment. Upon arrival, the place was a zoo - must've been a ton of people obtaining citizenship or something because they all looked like foreigners. There was a ton of security - multiple officers, along with the metal detectors just like the airport (but I could keep my shoes on). Because I had the appointment, they allowed me to skip all the lines and go straight to the front of the line. It was And once I had my ticket, I was next! It was a true VIP experience Compared to my expectations, this was like a dream. The agent called us and when I told the story about the post office she laughed and said "you could have applied with the expired drivers license - it doesn't matter." This normally would have filled my soul full of rage, but not this time for some reason. I was just happy we were at the end of our journey. She actually sent us over to another agent to take our application. He also confirmed the expired license didn't matter. WTF. I handed over the paperwork, wrote the check, and he said I would have the passport in a 5 days. Imagine that!

In conclusion, I have a renewed attitude towards the dept of state, and an even lower attitude towards the post office. This promise may not be realistic, but I VOW TO NEVER ENTER A POST OFFICE AGAIN.

2009 Yukon Hybrid

2012-12-15T19:04:00.000-08:00

This week we traded in the 2010 Acadia for a 2009 Yukon Hybrid. You may wonder why we decided to trade-in for an older vehicle...Here's why:

On the interior, the Acadia is great. It has everything; loaded. Even a usb plug for the iPhone and an auto trunk button. But the engine sucks. It is a heavy car with a V-6; not enough power. And I believe because it is a six banger, it also gets bad milage. In fact, the sticker said 16 city and 24 highway, but even going downhill on the highway it gets about 21. On average, we get about 16 with mixed driving.

We started looking at the Yukon hybrid because it gets 20 city/20 hwy and it is a bigger vehicle with a larger engine and more power. When I figured out the KBB of the Acadia, I was shocked - it was much higher than I expected. With the high residual value of the Acadia, it seems like we could make a deal work.

I found a couple Yukons with low milage but they were sold before I had the chance to make an offer. We ended up going with a 2009 model with 55k miles. More than I would have preferred, but still less than we had on the former (60k). The trade in value was just over 23k, and the price for the Yukon was 30k. Plus, as a self employed individual, my CPA figured I would save 6,500 in taxes by buying the 6,000 lb vehicle. That made it just about a wash, save for sales tax on the new purchase. So for taxes of $1,800, we traded up to a better vehicle in my opinion, and will get better mileage, and will keep wifey happy for another 3 years until she gets sick of it.

Financially, this should be a good deal. If she drives this for another 3 years, it only adds 1,800 to my cost of the acadia 3 years ago. Therefore it would be like driving the acadia for 6 years, adding on just a little more purchase price. Not a bad deal. The tax deduction is what makes the deal work.

I think the hybrid is very cool. When you are parked the gas engine turns off. That goes for a red light too. When you are starting out and driving slow like in a parking lot, the gas engine remains off and you are running totally on the battery. When you start out accelerating, the batter will take you up to about 10 mph until the gas kicks in. Unless you floor it right out of the gate, then the gas kicks in right away. These above features allow for 20 in the city when a normal yukon gets 13 in the city. That is a significant difference. On the highway, both get the full gas and the hybrid get 20. The hybrid does nothing for high speeds.

The yukon does not have the auto trunk button, or the USB for the iphone. It also has several scratches on the body, but no big deal. They are minor. The Acadia had the same.

How to Get a Passport

2012-12-15T18:40:00.002-08:00

The Department of State and the US Post Office have teamed up to give the public a wonderful Passport Acquisition Process. My thesis of this blog post is to highlight the inefficiencies of the process, aswell as the incompetence of both agencies. First, you should know both are government agencies, of course. Next, understand the Post Office is running ridiculous deficits. And you already know the Dept of State is part of the US Government's 1.3 Trillion annual deficit. Why do I bring this up? Because both are run so poorly on so many levels it only makes sense they are severely mis-managed from a fiscal level as well.

My Story:

I am taking my son to Mexico in mid Feb 2013. I had a passport which was originally issued in 1999, so it is now expired. My five year old minor son has never had a passport. In addition, my wife and both kids will be traveling on a Disney cruise in April 2013. My wife's passport is not yet expired, but it is registered under her maiden name. My second son has never had a passport.

My first step was to determine who needs passports. Do we need one to travel to Mexico via air? Yes. Does a minor need a passport if traveling via air to Mexico? Yes. Do you need a passport if cruising to the Bahamas and leaving from a domestic port? No. So wifey and second kid are all set - drivers license and original birth certificate get them on the boat. But my first boy and I need passports to fly to Mexico. Travel.state.gov is the official website where all of this above info can be found, but good luck trying to navigate that site. I gave up and called Disney cruise to get the cruise info and called the Dept of State 1-800 number to verify, and to determine we do need passports for the Mexico trip.

After that confusion was navigated, I had to determine how to get my passport updated and my minor son's first passport. I started at travel.state.gov, but quickly gave up and called them again to determine exactly what needed to be done, again. You may think I am anal, but we're dealing with government agencies and we have a strict time deadline we need to beat. And where does the post office come in to this story? Keep reading.

The agent ended up telling me info that could not be found on their website - I MUST renew my passport by mail. I was planning on doing his and mine together at the same time, but this cannot be done. WHY? It doesn't make much sense to me that a renewal must be done through the mail while a first time MINOR applicant MUST apply in person. Furthermore, both parents listed on the birth certificate must be present at the time of application, along with copies of both drivers licenses (front and back).You also need a photo sent with my app and a photo to bring to the post office for the minor.

So I ended up applying through the mail. I went to a local photo place listed in google maps as a passport place. I filled out the paperwork, and planned on fedexing it all to the dept of state to get the process moving. However, there was no overnight address on the paperwork. So I called the dept of state again, and the agent told me indeed there was no overnight address and I must send via USPS. WHY? And the post office drop box in my building picks up at 11am, the one down the street picks up at 3pm, and the box at the post office picks up at 5pm. I ended up dropping it at 5:30 after making a special trip to the post office, hoping the deadline was 5:30 or 6:00, so I wasted a day there. NOTE: the fedex box picks up at 7pm. The fee for mailing in a big envolope all the paperwork along with my old passport, check, etc, was about $2.00. My fedex agreement calls for a fee of $6.50 and picks up later and delivers probably ten times faster. At this point, my application is in, but after much frustration.

Next on to the minor. I already covered the fact that the state website does not give you all the details about both parents are required to be at the location at the time of the application delivery. Imagine if I ddin't call and wasted yet antoher trip taking him by myself? Earlier this week, I did a little research on the usps.com webiste and figured out there is one post office in the city which takes passport applications on saturday, but it is by appointment only. So what would a normal person do? Call for an appointment. But because we are dealing with the gov't, nobody answers the phone. It rings and rings and rings, and then sometimes rings busy. I called on wed/th/fri, at least a dozen times, and never reached anyone. WTF? Today is saturday, and I figured we better just go down there and see what happens. I took the boy to CVS to try and get the photo taken. The first one we stopped at said their equipment was down. The next one we went to, there was an old lady scanning a garbage bag full of photos into the system, and the worker said she can take the pic, but can't print it out because she needs to use the same computer as the bag lady, and she can't kick off the bag lady. Seeing how many picks grandma was scanning in, and seeing how slow, we left. Google maps took us to another CVS which simply didn't exist. On to CVS #4 - it worked! We were in and out in 10 minutes or so.

The post office closes at 1pm, so now we're rushing home to pick up mom and head on to the post office which is open for passports on saturday. We arrived at 12:30 and waited in line.....Once we were next in line, the boy decides he needs to pee, and is holding himself. I ask the PO worker if they have a public restroom. You guessed it - NO. We leave line and run across the street to the library and use the bathroom. We run back to the PO, and get back in line. Now we're next again, and a new guy steps up in line, probably 7th in line. A PO worker asks the line if they are there for "some other service" and he responds "I just need an envelope, do I need to wait in this long line?" She responds - YES. The guy looks at me, I laugh, and he is not amused. Finally, we are called up. I ask about a passport app for my minor son, and she says I need an appointment and there are no more available today. heartbroken, but expected, I explain how I've been trying for an apt for days but nobody answers the phone there. She is not surprised to hear this, like it is a common complaint. She offers to schedule me for next week, and I take a spot for Monday. I felt like lecturing her about how this type of inept service is why the PO is losing 5 Billion a year at the cost of the taxpayers. I was actually surprised to learn it is 5B per quarter! How can that be? It is a monopoly!!!!!!

Now wifey and I need to both take off time from work on Monday, take my kid out of school, and make another run at it. If I knew this process would be so ridiculous, I may not have booked the mexico trip in the first place. Will I have any more unbelievable experiences with the PO in the future? YES, but I vow to use Fedex and UPS anytime I have the chance.

A couple more points: it takes 6 weeks to receive your passport after you submit your application. The fee is $110. I am convinced if I were in charge of this department, I could at least half the turnaround time and eliminate half of the workers in that department as well. There must be a plethora of inefficiencies to have that kind of time to wait with the levels of fees paid. Let's start here when evaluating our nation's deficit, Mr Obama.

Twilight

2012-11-20T18:27:00.000-08:00

I was dreadfully sick on Sunday, running back and forth to the toilet all day. The worst part was it was wifey's 33rd bday. She had plans to relax. Instead, she was forced to watch the kids all day and take Hunter to two bday parties while I was worthless in bed. Late in the afternoon, I started to feel better and scrolled through the guide and found Twilight 1 and 2 was on FX. I recorded both and have now watched them.

First the girl falls in love with a vampire, then a werewolf. This is a giant hit movie saga. WHY?

Ohio

2012-11-20T18:25:00.000-08:00

Here we are, the biggest week of the season: Ohio Week. Unbelievably, Ohio is undefeated. However, they are banned from the B1G championship game and not bowl eligible due to tattoo gate. Therefore, they are not getting the attention to that 11-0 should demand. However, they haven't played anybody. Yes, they beat Nebraska (who beat us), but that's about it. They don't seem that good. Then again, neither do we.

That said, as always, I want nothing more than to stick it to the bucs. I don't think I can handle them running the table and complaining about their undefeated season ruined by sanctions and how they deserved to play for the national title game. Then again, how sweet would it be they go undefeated but get left out?

Screw it, I want to beat them badly. They are favored by 3.5 in the shoe. With the token 3 points going to the home team, that means Vegas things they are a half point better. Seems about right to me considering the recent history in the series and their record.

Go DG, Go Dilithium, GO BLUE

Car Seats

2012-11-20T18:19:00.001-08:00

One of the worst things in the world is installing/transferring car seats from vehicle to vehicle. In the early days of parenthood, it was a nightmare, because I was not an expert. Now that I am an expert, I can do it quickly. But now with two kids, I find we are transferring the seats much more frequently. From my car, to wifey's car, to the nanny's car, to nana's car, it sucks.

And in extreme weather conditions it is the worst. Like on hot summer days 90 degree +, I am outside with my suit on trying to take out/put in and it makes me sweat. Or in the freezing cold, just as bad.

Or, it is late and night and wifey reminds me I need to change out the seats from car to car for the mornings activities and all I want to do is go to bed, but I need to go out to the garage and deal with car seats? ugh.

I remember clearly one day I needed to buy a portable dishwasher for a rental (don't ask) and I drove the car to pick up the dishwasher from a guy across town I found on craigs, and I needed to take out the car seat and move it to fit in the dishwasher in the back of the car. The carseat was so tightly installed that I couldn't get it out. I drove across town, bought the appliance, had a big enough car, but couldn't load it b/c of the stupid carseat. Fortunately, the guy had young kids and had achieved expert level and was able to help me out. He taught me his secret, and I guess you could say I was an expert after that.

Mini-bank ATM

2012-10-20T07:55:00.001-07:00

Don't ever use a mini-bank(brand specific ATM). . There is one at high velocity, one at the gas station by my house, and one at the liquor store by my house and I am 0 for my last 6 attempts to get cash.

2012 Tigers

2012-10-02T18:15:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago, the Tigers were 3 games behind the White Sox with 13 games to play. I had officially given up hope and buried the Tigers.

Yesterday, the Tigers won and sealed the division. What a monumental collapse by the Sox. Or was it great play by the Tigers? A little of both. In the last 14 games, the Tigers have been 10-4 and the Sox have been 4-10.

I still call it a collapse.

Z4 Update

2012-10-02T18:13:00.001-07:00

Start here.

Yesterday I received a call from BMW of Ann Arbor. The service guy said back in late July that it would take six weeks for the Nazis to build my electronics harness, and the update this week was that there is still no anticipated completion date (9 weeks later). I was hoping to be able to drive the vehicle for a few weeks this fall, but that is completely unlikely thanks to Hitler and his cronies. Even if the part was shipped from Germany today, I am guessing a few days shipping then a quoted week long install, I would not get the car back for a couple weeks from today, Oct 2.

My reply to the service guy was, "well, maybe the car will be ready for convertible season next April."

ObamaPhone Lady

2012-10-02T18:02:00.000-07:00

Amazing.

There are so many comments racing through my mind right now I don't even know where to begin, and I don't think I have the energy to write a ten page essay on this 45 second clip.

First, it is the best youtube clip since the "hide yo kids, hide yo wife" guy.

Second, it illustrates all my feelings about Obama: Poor people depending on the government, redistribution of wealth, our ridiculous debt - all summed up with a free phone.

Who even knew the government was giving away free phones?

He-man

2012-09-26T15:14:00.001-07:00

Should I be worried that my 5 year old likes watching She-Ram more than He-man?

iPhone 5

2012-09-22T11:35:00.001-07:00

Yesterday the new iphones came yesterday right on time (many thanks to FedEx). I was able to set up the phone quickly using the iCloud restore. It was seamless! My new phone has exactly all the same settings as my old iPhone 4 - including all the music. I was terribly afraid I would lose something and not be able to sync or whatever, but the worry was all for nothing.

I am glad I upgraded the Uverse internet speed because there was quite a lot of data to download. It was pretty quick - probably would've taken all night with the old data plan.

Overall I am very pleased with the product. The bigger screen, Siri is smart, speed of the processor, 4G speed is tremendous, the panoramic camera, the list goes on and on. The best thing is that now I can sell the old iPhone 4 for $150-200 and cover most of my upgrade fee.

Who Farted?

2012-09-16T19:31:00.002-07:00

I respect Mark Dantonio as a successful coach. He was the D-Line coach at MSU under Saban, then DC at Ohio State under Tressel and won the 2002 National Title, then successful at Cinci, and now successful at MSU.

But his public image is peculiar. He comes across cocky and angry, and he is constantly photographed after he has smelled a nasty fart. Like this photo below - he just smelled a fart and asked the question, "who the fuck just farted? It stinks."

In this shot below, he just found out uMich is going to the Sugar Bowl despite losing to MSU and finishing lower in the B1G. Already frustrated and upset, he smells a fart on the sideline. This is his reaction. I don't have him on record with a quote at this moment, but you can imagine he smelled a nasty Oberon fart and he is blaming Brady Hoke.

And he rarely smiles, but he is on record after this shot, where he is like, "Yeah, I just farted. Do you like way it the smells?"

Michigan Football

2012-09-16T19:20:00.003-07:00

Last week I was convinced we would lose to Mich St for the fifth time in a row. My reasoning was simple: Denard still can't throw. However, watching ND @ MSU last night, I have renewed optimism. Not because I have any more confidence in uMich, but because MSU is not looking too sharp.

Last week, ND battled Purdue to a last second win, which to me, means ND is not strong. But then they completely manhandled MSU last night. Maxwell looks weak. We may have a chance.

Iphone 5

2012-09-16T19:17:00.001-07:00

I order the iphone 5 - one for wifey in white and one for me in black on Sept 14. Then I heard on CNBC that the phone was sold our of pre-orders within one hour. But I ordered mine at 7am and I was worried that I wouldn't be receiving mine on Sept 21 as expected.

So I opened a chat window with ATT wireless, and they confirmed that as long as I ordered before 6am PST mine would ship by the 21st. Hopefully it will arrive on the 21st, but as long as it ships I will be happy. If I had to wait two extra weeks I would definitely be upset. I would consider waiting in line at the Apple store....and be THAT guy...

Allergies

2012-09-16T14:20:00.001-07:00

So get this. All the sudden I have fall allergies I think. So I've got that going for me now.

Worst losses in the modern era(excluding rich rod)

2012-09-01T22:00:00.001-07:00

Oregon 2007 Carr
Appalachian state 2007 carr
Alabama 2012 hoke
Syracuse 1998 Carr and hoke
Tennessee 2002 Carr

These five games are the most painful games I have witnesses as a umich fan from 1997-2007 and 2011-2012. Obviously, nearly every game in 2008, 2009, and 2010 are excluded (for obvious obvious obvious reasons).

But since you brought it up,

-miss state bowl game
- toledo
-2008 every big ten game
-2009 most big ten game
-2010 second half of the season