I never realized that the city of Detroit has bid many times to host the Olympic games. They bid on the Summer Olympics 7 times – in 1944, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972. Their best chance of securing the Olympics was in 1968. Detroit was selected over Los Angeles, by the USOC, in [...]
I came across a great website the other day. Shorpy is an online archive of thousands of high-resolution photos from the 1850s to 1950s. The site was named for Shorpy Higginbotham who was a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago. The pictures on the site are absolutely amazing. The sharpness of the pictures [...]
Spring has always been my favorite time of the year. I’ve always enjoyed the emerging flowers and plants after the long, cold winter. But, the part of spring that I enjoy most is the start of baseball season! My favorite team is the San Francisco Giants. As a kid, I enjoyed watching Bobby Bonds, Orlando [...]
A year ago today, was the last time I posted to this blog. Ironically, that post had to do with the defeat of my Michigan State Spartans in the final game of the 2009 Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament. Well, two days ago, my Spartans lost in their Final Four game against Butler in the 2010 [...]
