dbetts blog:
A few questions:
- Who was Antonio Daniels complaining to when he fell?
- Would Dwyane Wade even be in this video if he weren’t in the Finals?
Opened in 1929, The Michigan League began as a gathering place for female students at the University of Michigan. It now serves as one of the three student unions at the University.
I recently lost my messenger bag to a malfunctioning zipper. It wasn’t the most handsome bag, but it did the job, helping me make the transition away from my backpack near the end of college. Plus it was free–my Dad never used it (probably because it wasn’t handsome enough) so he had no objections when I asked to take it back to school with me. It lasted several years, but the bag is gone. Since I needed to find a replacement quickly and I’ve been walking around with a homely bag for so long, I kept it utilitarian and spent $20 on a formless black messenger bag that will, technically get the job done. But I’d really like an upgrade.
I have a real job. A job serious enough that I’m inclined to wear a tie several days a week. Occasionally I wear a full suit. My casual Friday indulgence is wearing Chuck Taylor’s, instead of Oxfords, with khakis. I want a bag that can come to work with me when I’m wearing a shirt and tie.
When I leave my real job I’m a writer living the freelance, blogger life. I would like a bag that can come along for the ride when I loosen my tie and sit at a park bench to write, a bag that can chill.
You may suggest a multiple-bag solution to my dilemma, and you may have a valid point. But if I get a spare $400 in the near future I’ll get the Philanthropist Briefcase from Apolis Activism & Filson and render your point moot. Because why have two bags when one will work in every situation?
It’s Wikipedia Wednesday. Not because Wednesday’s are more conducive to miscellaneous, quasi-academic research than any other day. Rather, it’s Wikipedia Wednesday for alliterative purposes.
Alliteration is a particular type of literary consonance used throughout history, notably in poetry and family names. Although, I wouldn’t criticize the Gracie’s for their naming conventions if I were you:
Technically known as the Biomedical Science Research Building and located on the border between Central Campus and the Medical Campus of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, this building was completed in December 2005. I was assigned to draw the building in my Architecture 201 class, and the instructor insisted on calling it the “building with the glass skirt.” All of us students, apparently more fascinated with the auditorium than the glass facade, called it the “Pringle.” Here’s hoping the “Pringle” nickname sticks around.