CFR has made mention of my college football playoff thoughts.

From a Lawrence (KS) Journal-World story about a snowstorm that did not live up to forecasters’ expectations:

After doomsday predictions earlier this week of multiple inches of snow piling on the Lawrence area, the heart of the city received only a brief dusting after sundown Thursday.

It is always fascinating for me to see “multiple inches of snow” become an emergency situation.  But the local Detroit news broadcasts enjoy hyping the chance of a few inches of snow, too, so I suppose it’s a widespread occurrence.  Where there is TV, there must be overreactions.

On Sunday I attended Bo Schembechler’s public viewing; as I was signing the guestbook, a Detroit News photographer took my picture.  The picture ended up accompanying the News’ article on the viewing.

In fact, it ended up on the front page.

I made a few slight alterations to the last six paragraphs of the final Chelsea football recap (from “On a personal note” to the end) and sent it to the Chelsea Standard as a letter to the editor; it ran in this week’s edition.

In recent weeks I have been enjoying Michigan’s fall tourism advertising campaign, called “Pure Michigan.”  The radio ads, voiced by Tim Allen, are very appealing; “The Greatest Show On Earth” is excellent, but my favorite is “Nicknames”:

“Let’s go to Jack Town. To Tree Town. To Hockeytown, Ypsi and Kazoo. Let’s go to cities and towns so rich in character, so steeped in their own culture, and so sure of who they are that they go by nicknames. Let’s go to G Rap and the Clem. To A Squared and the D. Let’s discover their restaurants, check out their museums, shop in their stores, listen to their music, sleep in their hotels. Let’s go to Cereal City. Paper City. Furniture City. The Capitol City. The Motor City. Let’s go to cities and towns that aren’t like other cities and towns. And they’ve got the nicknames to prove it. Let’s go to the cities and towns of Pure Michigan.”

How many of those towns can you name?  (No cheating!)

On his website, Phil Vischer, creator of the popular VeggieTales video series, has told the story of the downfall of his company, Big Idea Productions.  It is a lengthy eleven-part article, but it is a fascinating, compelling story that is well worth reading.  If you have the time to do so, read it.

A Kansas car dealer’s recent web advertisement featured a new Dodge vehicle: the Caliper.

The picture implies that the dealer is actually selling the Dodge Caliber; the text could be a typo, or it could mean they’ll sell you a Dodge vehicle one part at a time.

It was not immediately apparent whether the dealer offers a discount on purchases of four Calipers.

Though I had a hard time believing it, there is a real movie called Evil Bong.  This is not a spoof.

“Synopsis: A vintage bong with mysterious powers entraps some stoner college students. When they are seduced by deadly strippers, only Jimbo (Tommy Chong), the bong’s original owner, can save them.”

(Thanks to js for the title and synopsis.)

A caller on a sports talk radio show today said:

“You can’t predict the future, but you can predict the past.”