Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Small scale Technology supplies

If you find yourself in need of cables, cases, adapters, converters, power supplies, memory cards. If you don’t check www.eForcity.com first then you have probably overpaid. This has been my first choice for past few years since finding them. At first I was skeptical because how could they sell for such low prices. But consistently I have received my order on time or even much faster than expected and the quality was just like or better than anywhere else I would have gotten my products from.

 

 

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Friday, March 06, 2009

1 Good Thing in Downtown Detroit

 

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I was in downtown Detroit to see what all the fuss was about. I thought I would snap some pics of what reality in downtown Detroit is. It is an old city that has been mismanaged for decades. But within sight of the Detroit Opera House there sits a building and in the corner of that building is a literal whole in the wall, and in that hole is one of the quaintest take out spots (really) that I have ever seen.

‘Good Girls Go To Paris’ is a great idea and a MUST if you are going to or coming from the Opera house.  IMG_0167 Be aware the crepes are made to order so be prepared to wait, but patience being a virtue, it does pay off in the end. The ingredients are fresh the shop is clean and the service is served with a smile.

The menu sports items like the ‘Cora’ crepe with blueberries, strawberries and whipped cream  and the ‘Jessica’ crepe with ham and pineapple.

For a dedicated crepe maker they have quite a few choices.  This is something that coming to downtown Detroit would be worth the trip for only this reason.  So if you happen to be near enough, it is a short walk from Campus Martius, then you have to try out Good Girls.

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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Blogging

Hmmm. Let's see. I was raised to be modest. Keep my opinions to myself. Speak when spoken to. Don't contridict your elders in front of others, it is disrespectful. So here is blogging, after years of telling myself, don't say that, if someone wanted your opinion then they would ask for it, then there is this new openess in the world. Tell everyone that you are at the dentist and he is rinsing out your mouth RIGHT THIS MINUTE. Don't forget to Twitter when you spit. What happens to your words? What happens to your voice when you hold back, because you were told that you should? Does it go away? Does it ever come back if it does? When I talk to people who KNEW ME WHEN they tend to say things like 'when you said that to me it really hit a note' or ' when you did that I thought that was so interesting and so just you' or 'you helped me make a difference in my own life' then I think that what I said at those particular moments must have been something that was worth hearing.


I know that there have been a few moments that I heard something that someone was trying to tell me, and I really listened. Like the time I was helping this older lady home with her groceries, I was probably around 14, she was talking and I was listening and she said to me, 'I never wore makeup like the girls do today, it's not a bad thing personally, but to your skin it will become really bad when you wear makeup everyday. How old do I look?' I said, 'maybe 67' she said 'I am 79 years old' she really had good skin, but for the few wrinkles she really DID look great. So I listened. I have great skin even without makup. I did not wear makeup except for special occasions, interviews and then very light. Enough to accent not cover up. I have friends that now after years of wearing makeup look dead without it.


Then there is the ex-boyfriend who used to beat his other girlfriend, who when he had a few too many, I was 18 ok, told me that if a guy ever hit me ONCE then leave him ASAP. ‘A man who hits a woman once will never change after crossing that line.’ After that I would become the nosey neighbor who would show up at my neighbors door to say ENOUGH, she is coming over my house now until she feels safe or until you are gone for good, whatever she needs. I learned that not all women were told to drop that guy after once.  He never hit me.


There are some many things that I chose to HEAR. My son's grandfather who told me when he was drunk, 'never listen to ANYTHING that a drunk tells you.' So if someone I was with was a bit tipsy even and said, 'I love You' or 'I hate you' then I just ignored it, never even brought up that ANYTHING was said, because they were drunk. I later applied this to many incapacitations, such as exaustion, illness, distraction, high on drugs, or even to just plain obliviousness. This has worked well for me not to take things personally and to keep friends who many people would have lost touch with because of different personality flaws.


I love my friends even when they are drunk. So maybe blogging can make a small spot of someone's day a little better. Maybe someone will say something to me that makes me smile when I most need it, or helps me to hang on through the tough times. So I urge my friends to pour your heart out. And I urge readers to assume everything you read has been written by a drunk ;-)

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Tuesday, March 03, 2009

JCSS and Ted Neely

OK so I really, really like Rock Operas. And Jesus Christ Superstar is just about the best out there. I still can’t get over the fact  that Ted Neely, of the original movie version, can still belt out that part. He was really good.

Seeing it live was one of my dream TTDs. I remember the first time I saw it on TV I was under 10 years old and I snuck up to watch TV at night on a school night.  I turned it on and it was just starting. I watched the hippies getting off the bus and setting up then they were singing and dancing then there was Jesus. And it was then that I understood what all the years of going to Catholic church were all about. I did not get Jesus Christ until I saw him as a man. Not just a man but one that I could identify with because of how he was presented to me. With rock music and modern innuendo to illustrate the conflict and dedication that it took to sacrifice himself. I finally got what being a Christian meant.

So I would really like say that I hope that shows like this continue to appear live for people of all ages to experience today.

Living in the Detroit Metro area it makes a real difference not only to have shows to go to but to still have any culture at all. I was happy to see so many people still showing up to the Fox Theatre to watch such a performance , and with their kids and parents.

 

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