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Try the Pontiac Silverdome.

The arena was built in 1975 for $55.7 million but was costing cash strapped Pontiac about 1.5 million a year to maintain so it was time to go.  The videos on the auction’s  website show a mothballed facility that is in good shape and virtually turnkey… 127.5 acres, 462,000 sq ft, 46 concession areas, 56 restrooms, 15,000 sq ft restaurant, two banquet facilities, 97 suites, 12,774 parking spaces, 3 out buildings, broadcast equipment, Diamond Vision, offices, lockerooms,  maintenance facility and more.

Simply amazing!  It reminds me of when Geauga Lake closed in Fall 2007 and the current demolition of Columbus City Center.  Reuse anyone?

I cracked open the Fall issue of Good to find some very wise words from Umair Haque. I find them impossible to fault.

My bedroom TV is a behemoth from 1987 that while it can do cable, it can’t tune in every channel.  A few months ago I decided it would be nice to have Comedy Central available so I added an old VCR.  While it did the trick for Comedy Central, the VCR is stuck on Second Audio Programming (SAP) and the universal remote I’m using doesn’t have the ability to adjust.  This makes for some interesting TV time.  So far I’ve caught Family Guy in Spanish and just this morning a few minutes of a Austin Powers with Descriptive Video Service (DVS) which narrates visual actions for the blind.   Frau fires her gun at Austin.  Austin drops his gun and runs away.

Having a camera handy on a cell phone makes for an eclectic collection of pictures.  Here are a few highlights from the last month.

Rotting Pepper
Findlay, OH
September 2nd, 2009

Happy Crane
1408ish South Main – Findlay, OH
September 6th, 2009

Bathroom Signs
Southbound Rest Area just North of Dayton, OH on I-75
September 22nd, 2009

Halloween Garlic
Meijer – Findlay, OH
October 3rd, 2009

The first three are from Michigan’s largest bookstore, John King
Used and Rare Books, up in Detroit.

“The mess deck right after movie!”

Party at Grandma’s – August ’66

“O. Ben in his Den – Under 2311 Gladstone Detroit, Mich”

The last one picture is a nice 6×8 from the Maumee Antique Mall.

Office Ghosts
Calendar on Wall: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company – July 1915

One more nugget from the recent travels, Bloomdale, Oh has a kick butt playground with old school teeter totters, those crazy animals on springs and swings which I managed to get queasy on. Plus, trains seem to be temporarily stopping next to the park due to the construction at North Baltimore’s intermodal. I even managed to catch a few cars with the old Chessie System cat. The visit was a throwback to younger days for sure.

Here’s the Google Street view for those curious.

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Meet Ukrainian sand animation artist and winner of this year’s Ukraine’s Got Talent, Kseniya Simonova.

I have a lesson for the person who tried to steal my hubcap while I was at work today.

Those four metal things in the middle are called lug nuts and they are used to hold other things together. They do a pretty damn good job wouldn’t you say?

Enjoy the dirty hands you dolt.  Test Monday.  Class dismissed!

Celebrate the day with some insights from Mr. Dirty Jobs himself Mike Rowe then continue the party over at mikeroweWORKS.

Cherie’s word of the day is Bodega…