One Year Tomorrow

How I miss the old me.

Photo: Me in Palm Springs prior to the accident.

I think this headline says it all....

"Diet pill’s icky side effects keep users honest
Threat of embarrassment forces Alli users to eat healthy — or else" (Article Here)

I cannot go in to too much detail but I heard a story last night about what can happen if one shoots their limits. And finance charges are not part of the penalty for over extending one's grasp of the situation.

Thank "Name Withheld" for making me laugh so hard last night. If I had been on Alli I am sure the laughter would have produced a sequel.

If you take the pill, pass on the pie. Alli will not be your ally in this case.

Monterey Jazz Festival's Nifty Fifty!

Oh, to be able to attend and see Sonny Rollins.

Mitt Romney's People Trash Michigan's Fall Colored Roads

Before anyone accuses me of being a partisan hack, let me say, I deplore people who violate election sign rules.

I do not approve of stealing any party's signs, burning them on people's lawn or placing them in the public right of ways.

Mitt Romney's aggressive campaign people in Michigan have littered his signs all over the north bound US 131 and US 31.

For one to secure this many signs takes a coordinated and connected member with access to a truckload of signs.

It also shows Romney's inability to control his Michigan campaign if this many signs can depart his office and not be accounted for if ultimately questioned by the media.

To place signs on so many hundreds of miles of these two roads takes a lot of time. (Who knows how many other Michigan roads we tagged this weekend with what is the equivalent of political graffiti.)

These signs with their metal poles can become uprooted and end up in the road.

The no sign rules are to protect drivers while on the road. Kent County has many statistics of what happens when one becomes lodged in a car tire at high speeds. (And the results are not good.)

Michigan is beginning its beautiful fall season and should be free of partisan red, white and blue yard signs. We all win when safety is our goal.

So, Mitt, in the interest of keeping Michigan's roads free of unnecessary clutter, if you pass by these while campaigning in our great state, please take your signs down.




Citizen Action Alert
If anyone happens to have a accident because of any political sign, I would suggest forwarding any claims to their well-funded campaign state headquarters. I also would suggest anyone witnessing the placing of these signs on Michigan's highways to take their license and contact your local law enforcement.

Photo: just one of many along the many miles of Michigan highways.