Entries from January 2008

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Red Hot Business

The other night my too cool for school cousin Samantha, who is a freshman at the University of Michigan, shot me a near midnight text that she was heading over to Red Hot Lovers. Red Hot’s is far and away my favorite spot to grub in Ann Arbor and at that moment I was instantly [...]

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Big Blue

I have to post something about the Giants after their awesome win yesterday — in Green Bay to win the NFC Championship. I haven’t enjoyed an NFL football game this much in awhile. Eli, Plax, and the Giants D played like heroes. I was on the edge of my seat for the entire fourth quarter [...]

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Saul Litvack

I’ve been thinking a lot about my grandfather (Poppy) lately. I think I miss him. He passed away five years ago this month. I just want to be able to share the sofa and listen to him tell me stories about his life again. I knew Poppy as a warm and loving grandpa who spoiled [...]

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Politics 101

In one of my first posts on this blog I wrote about how I was looking forward to following the 2008 Presidential race and exercising my right to vote. I have indeed been keeping a close eye on many of the developments, and find myself watching many of the presidential debates and following the news [...]

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Facebook Is So Awesome!

I wouldn’t say I’m addicted to Facebook. I just like to use the site to better understand the future of the Internet. At least that is what I say to myself. I even wrote this thoughtful post evaluating the service a few months back. The other day my friend Brett signed up for Facebook after [...]

Monday, January 7th, 2008

So the Book Club Finally Begins…

I’m starting a book club. This is something that I’ve always wanted to do and now I’m doing it. The formula is simple. Once a month a small group of us will get together to discuss a work of literature or non-fiction. I’ll start off as the moderator and hopefully stimulate discussion and thought. For [...]

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

My Resolutions for 2008

I’m not really the new year’s resolution type of guy. It’s not that I don’t seek self-improvement. I guess I just don’t think a reset of the christian calendar is the motivation I need for me to change my life. My biggest worry each new year is remembering to write the correct year on checks, [...]