http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/enFri, 18 Jul 2008 09:45:26 -0500Movable Type Enterprise 1.52 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/no1543169http://www.feedburner.comhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bradosphere/~3/339055679/the_new_community_transformati.htmlbfloryFri, 18 Jul 2008 09:45:26 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/bradosphere//1583.1192510 ]]>Die, you lousy SOB. A crabgrass-roots effort: Jackson City Hall sends people out to water and fertilize flower boxes but the budget evidently does not allow anyone to pull weeds. Bushy clumps of crabgrass and other assorted large weeds are...http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2008/07/the_new_community_transformati.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bradosphere/~3/338958122/a_twisted_silver_lining_to_gas.htmlColumnsbfloryFri, 18 Jul 2008 06:54:24 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/bradosphere//1583.1192106 ]]>Finally I discovered a silver lining to cruel and unusual gas prices. Don't worry, it's not that silly comparison to the cost of other fluids. "Do you realize how much it costs to buy a gallon of carrot juice?" people...http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2008/07/a_twisted_silver_lining_to_gas.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bradosphere/~3/338072946/righteous_props_to_picopot_who.htmlbfloryThu, 17 Jul 2008 08:54:43 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/bradosphere//1583.1188536 ]]>Bloody well right: Congratulations to picopot for correctly identifying the former guitar semi-god as Alvin Lee of Ten Years After. The reason I call him "former" is because, unlike a lot of the other old gods, he seems mostly forgotten...http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2008/07/righteous_props_to_picopot_who.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bradosphere/~3/338054052/no_not_david_gilmour.htmlbfloryThu, 17 Jul 2008 07:33:19 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/bradosphere//1583.1188172 ]]>The real David Gilmour on his 2007 DVD cover. God, I must be old. A hint: To all two of you who accepted the challenge to identify the former guitar semi-god pictured yesterday, good try but it is not David...http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2008/07/no_not_david_gilmour.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bradosphere/~3/337207881/who_the_new_guitar_gods.htmlbfloryWed, 16 Jul 2008 11:02:41 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/bradosphere//1583.1184678 ]]>The Bradosphere will deliver righteous props to anyone who can identify this 63-year-old former guitar semi-god. Geezer rock, part two: My foolish claim that kids today have no music of their own has, predictably, been disputed. A younger co-worker (aren't...http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2008/07/who_the_new_guitar_gods.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bradosphere/~3/337055799/kids_these_days_need_their_own.htmlColumnsbfloryWed, 16 Jul 2008 07:03:27 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/bradosphere//1583.1184387 ]]>The first warning sign came when pimply teenagers began dressing in retro T-shirts for Pink Floyd, the Who and the Doors. Look around Jackson and you will see some of them. They embrace the same music their grandparents enjoyed when...http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2008/07/kids_these_days_need_their_own.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bradosphere/~3/335315117/nfl_star_not_100percent_commit.htmlbfloryMon, 14 Jul 2008 13:09:24 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/bradosphere//1583.1178605 ]]>Brett Favre announcing he is no longer mentally or physically committed to a large breakfast. (Los Angeles Times Photo.) Warning! Fake news story SNAKEBITE, Miss. -- Football great Brett Favre astounded the restaurant world this morning when he ordered a...http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2008/07/nfl_star_not_100percent_commit.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bradosphere/~3/334231555/be_careful_when_you_step_up_to.htmlColumnsBy Brad Flory | Jackson Citizen PatriotSun, 13 Jul 2008 07:11:27 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/bradosphere//1583.1175051 ]]>Our social and political leaders should be smart enough by now to never say what they really think....http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2008/07/be_careful_when_you_step_up_to.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bradosphere/~3/332943436/a_man_on_the_fairway_report_fr.htmlbfloryFri, 11 Jul 2008 14:24:49 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/bradosphere//1583.1171683 ]]>Forget Tiger Woods. This is my golf role model. Hacker's eye view: The best thing about the job title "local columnist" is the sacred right to leave the office and check out almost anything more fun. This explains how I...http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2008/07/a_man_on_the_fairway_report_fr.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bradosphere/~3/332810094/learning_a_hole_in_the_ground.htmlColumnsBrad Flory | Jackson Citizen PatriotFri, 11 Jul 2008 08:44:35 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/bradosphere//1583.1170509 ]]>Few things are more frightening than a $40,000 hole in the ground. Naturally, the government is involved in such a fear. Let me explain....http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2008/07/learning_a_hole_in_the_ground.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bradosphere/~3/330981900/blind_pig_finds_acorn.htmlbfloryWed, 09 Jul 2008 13:02:31 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/bradosphere//1583.1161926 ]]>Two guys making the best of mutual loathing. Blind pig finds acorn: Political predictions in The Bradosphere are incorrect so often being wrong feels like a law of nature, like gravity or crippling gas after a bean burrito supper. This...http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2008/07/blind_pig_finds_acorn.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bradosphere/~3/330869021/my_advice_suspended_with_pay_a.htmlColumnsBrad Flory | Jackson Citizen PatriotWed, 09 Jul 2008 08:36:59 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/bradosphere//1583.1161592 ]]>Young people never ask me for career advice, which is a dirty shame. I would speak from the heart....http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2008/07/my_advice_suspended_with_pay_a.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bradosphere/~3/329189299/your_complete_politician_parad.htmlbfloryMon, 07 Jul 2008 14:48:13 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/bradosphere//1583.1155681 ]]>An obvious doctored photo by political enemies attempting to undermine Sen. Mark Schauer's campaign for Congress. Hot news from Hanover: On Friday I took in the Fourth of July parade in Hanover. Being an election year, lots of politicians were...http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2008/07/your_complete_politician_parad.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bradosphere/~3/328035174/man_lost_battle_but_fight_was.htmlBrad Flory | Jackson Citizen PatriotSun, 06 Jul 2008 07:11:24 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/bradosphere//1583.1151456 ]]>Rusty Payne had a string of bad breaks that would make almost anyone bitter. While honeymooning with wife, Sharon, in Las Vegas in 2005, Payne received word the TRW plant where he worked in Jackson would close. By the time...http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2008/07/man_lost_battle_but_fight_was.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bradosphere/~3/325807219/speaking_of_rights_and_their_r.htmlColumnsBrad Flory | Jackson Citizen PatriotThu, 03 Jul 2008 08:53:23 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/bradosphere//1583.1144654 ]]>No one but a fool would presume to disagree with a Supreme Court justice on the subject of American rights. Hello, I am a fool....http://blog.mlive.com/bradosphere/2008/07/speaking_of_rights_and_their_r.htmlnonadult