I’ve definitely been slowing down with the blogging lately. I guess I haven’t been as excited about writing about myself, especially since reading How to Dissuade Yourself from Becoming a Blogger. I’d rather write about more interesting topics than things I’ve done or thought about. How interesting does that seem to any Joe Schmo on the Internet? Probably not too much.

I’m not sure what my plans are, so maybe I’ll change my mind and start blogging again. If not, who knows? Maybe this site will go through some changes! We’ll see…

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I came across some good articles explaining the causes of rising gas prices and the rising cost of health care. Now the question is, will we ever do anything about it?

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The Detroit Lions have released their depth chart for their first preseason game this coming Friday. It looks like they’ve woken up and smelled the laziness. They put Mike Williams and Charles Rogers at the bottom of the list of wide receivers. Finally.

Coach Marinelli is not going to put up with their lazy, unfocused attitudes. The next thing they need to do is get rid of them. Then the players who have earned their places can get to play, rather than letting those nobody pot-smoking losers get first dibs at the playing time. Finally.

I’m liking the moves the Lions are making. Finally.

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I went to the Tigers game last night, and the umpire behind the plate got hit by the ball three different times. Must have been a rough night! The Tigers ended up losing the game to the Twins 4-2.

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How confident can we be about the accuracy of the news? It’s hard telling, especially when we find out a photographer had digitally altered some photos he took of an Israeli air strike in Beirut in order to make them look more dramatic.

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The other day, a Chinese lady I work with made an interesting comment. She basically said that Americans are selfish. I don’t know if she said those exact words, but she said that Americans think about themselves more than people in China do. She didn’t say it in a demeaning way at all… it was more of a matter of fact comment about how our cultures differ.

I started to understand what she meant. Many people look out for themselves first before seeing if anyone else is in need. Then many of the people who do “help” others do it because they know it will give them a tax break or some other reward. The more I think about it, the more I see how selfish we are in all of the little things we do every day. I’m starting to think it’s becoming more and more normal to be selfish these days. What can we do to change this?

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Prior to the game, the Detroit Tigers said they wanted to score a lot against the Cubs today in order to help Kenny Rogers get his 200th career win. That’s exactly what they did. They hit 8 home runs, tying a franchise record, and they ended up winning 12-3. Rogers got his 10th win this season, making him the first AL player to do so. It’s amazing what this team has done so far, and it doesn’t look like they’re going to let up anytime soon.

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Check out Gollum, it’s Wikipedia on AJAX.

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Charter’s OnDemand service was recently enabled at my apartment, and I love it. I already had all the movie channels but I rarely watch the movies because I don’t catch them when they start. That’s why I love OnDemand so much. I can watch tons of movies whenver I want, for free! (Well, for the price of my subscription to all the movie channels.) I was just about to cancel my movie channels because I never took advantage of them. Now because of OnDemand, I don’t mind paying for them. I’ve especially been into the Band of Brothers series from HBO. Good stuff!!

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Last weekend I went to the World Expo of Beer in Frankenmuth, and started a new obsession: Beer Coasters. While visiting the different beer booths, I saw some of the square cardboard coasters they were giving out. I had a couple at home already, but I never thought much about them. This time I saw all the different designs from all different breweries, and I realized how unique and interesting they are. I’ve decided to start a nice collection, especially of the ones from smaller, lesser-known breweries. I guess I’m becoming a Tegestologist!

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