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May

31

2009

Random Questions

Posted by Todd Porter | Comments : (0)

Category : Fun

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Here’s what you’re supposed to do… and please don’t spoil the fun… copy and paste, delete my answers, type in your answers and send it to a bunch of people (tag) -including me…

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:30a (eyes opened to alarm) 8:00a (physically got out of bed)

2. How do you like your steak? medium rare

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Night at the Museum 2

4. What is your favorite TV show? The Biggest Loser

5. What did you have for breakfast? scrambled eggs, toast & hash browns

6. What is your middle name? Douglas

7. What is your favorite cuisine? Thai, Chinese and Mexican

8. What foods do you dislike? mushrooms and beets

10. Favorite dressing? bleu cheese

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? Honda Accord or Toyota Camry

12. What are your favorite clothes? shorts, tank top and flip flops

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation? Hawaii or Australia

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? full

15. Where would you want to retire? FL, TX, AZ or CA

16. Favorite time of day? Evening

17. Where were you born? Warren, MI

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? University of Michigan (anything) and Detroit Red Wings

19. Who do you think will not tag you back? no clue

20. Person you expect to tag you back first? no idea

21. Pepsi or Coke? Pepsi Throwback

22. Bird watcher? sometimes, but I prefer people watching

23. Are you a morning person or a night person? night

24. Do you have any pets? yes, a dog and a bird

25. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share? nothing at the moment

26. Who did you want to be when you were little? Mack truck driver

27. What is your best childhood memory? going to Manistee, MI every year for the 4th of July Forest Festival

28. Are you a cat person or a dog person? dog (cat’s are the spawn of Satan)

29. Beer or Margarita? both :)

30. Always wear your seat belt? yep

31. Been in a car accident? yes

32. Favorite Restaurant? Taco Loco, Pizza Rustica, and Bangkok Cuisine

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? the stuff on the Rustica at Pizza Rustica

34. Favorite Flower? lilac & hyacinth

35. Favorite ice cream? bubble gum at House of Flavors

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Subway

37. How many times did you fail your driver’s test? never

38. From whom did you get your last email? a church in Texas telling me that I did not make their first cut

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Apple

40. Bedtime? 11:30p to midnight

41. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? everyone’s

42. Broccoli? No

43. What was your favorite vacation? Fort Walton Beach, FL with my wife and kids, and aboard the Pacific Catalyst around the San Juan Islands with my wife and some friends

44. Last person you went out to dinner with? Kimmy and Caleb

45. What are you listening to right now? NASCAR

46. What is your favorite color? blue

47. How many tattoos do you have? 2

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? no idea, but more than one

49. What time did you finish this quiz? 5:02p

50. Coffee drinker? yes, but usually decaf lately (Caribou Coffee)

Jan

01

2009

Football or Hockey

Posted by Todd Porter | Comments : (3)

Category : Sports

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That is my debate today, which one do I watch. Usually on New Year’s Day my TV is locked on college bowl games, but this year for pretty much the first time in my lifetime (in 1974 they did not play in a bowl game and I was born in 1973) the Michigan Wolverines will not be playing in a bowl game.

And this year’s NHL Winter Classic is being played in Wrigley Field (my favorite baseball stadium) and it is being played between the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks, who are two of the Original Six teams. On at the same time is the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl being played between Nebraska vs. Clemson and the Capital One Bowl being played between Georgia vs. Michigan State.

When I first heard them announce the NHL Winter Classic game I thought that they were stupid to schedule it at a time when a lot of people in Michigan would be watching a bowl game instead. However, this year Michigan did not make it to a bowl game at all (as I said earlier) so I think that this game will be more heavily watched. I hate to break it to Spartan fans, but Michigan State football is just not that popular in the state as Detroit Red Wings hockey is. I predict that the viewing numbers in the state of Michigan will be higher for the Wings game than they will be for the Spartans bowl game. I know in my house my TV will be tuned into the NHL Winter Classic as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks.

Jun

15

2008

Wings Cheered, Mayor Booed

Posted by Todd Porter | Comments : (1)

Category : Life, Politics, Sports

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The Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup on 4 June 2008. And then the following Friday, 6 June 2008, they had the traditional parade in downtown Detroit that was attended by an estimated 1.4 million people. The police reported no problems and that a good time was had by all.

Sadly, when Kwame Kilpatrick (Detroit’s Mayor) took the stage he was booed by most of the people who were in attendance. You may not have heard about the scandal surrounding the mayor, but it is big news here in Michigan and people are not happy with him. So the people at the parade felt the need to boo him as a result. Detroit’s population numbers less than 1 million and you may have noticed that there was an estimated 1.4 million people there for this parade, which means there was more people there than live in the city. I would even venture to say that 90% or more of the people there do not have Detroit addresses.

So most of those people didn’t even elect Kwame into office and their boos really don’t mean much. But I find it very disrespectful for them to have booed him while he was trying to honor the Detroit Red Wings and their accomplishments on the ice. This was not a political speech and he was personally invited to be at the parade by the owner of the Detroit Red Wings, Mike Ilitch. People should have just respectfully listened to him honor the Wings and enjoyed the day. While they all have the freedom of speech, I as a Red Wings fan was disappointed in my fellow fans.

However, the mayor sure didn’t make a good choice himself. I was watching the coverage of the parade while I was at the gym and I could not hear the audio, so I was reading the closed captions. At the end of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s speech I noticed he said, “Since we are all here and you are having a good time the beer is on me.” I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read that. Here is the mayor embroiled in a huge scandal over cheating on his wife with one of his main aides, facing perjury charges, paying hush money to people via city funds, having a huge party at the mayor’s mansion with strippers, then one of those strippers mysteriously being murdered, and now facing the possibility of being removed from office; and you are going to tell everyone that “the beer is on me”? What the heck was he thinking? Now is the time to do what you can to show yourself respectable and not look like a fool, but Kwame failed in those 5 words. You can see the video of the even below.

However, let’s not let this overshadow the tremendous accomplishments of the Detroit Red Wings. The 2008 Stanley Cup Champions! GO WINGS!!!

Mar

31

2008

Happy Birthday, Mr. Hockey!

Posted by Todd Porter | Comments : (2)

Category : Sports

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Gordie Howe
Today, the greatest hockey player turns 80 years old. No, it isn’t Wayne Gretzky because, with all due respect, he couldn’t even hold Mr. Hockey’s jock strap. I am talking about none other than Gordie Howe the Detroit Red Wings legend, who has played in more professional hockey games and scored more goals professionally than any other hockey player.

I never had the opportunity to see Gordie play in person, but I did have tickets to see him play for the Detroit Vipers when he signed a one game contract so he could play hockey in 6 decades. However, I was not able to go for various reasons and passed the tickets off to someone else. Sadly it would be the last time he would really ever skate again because of having both knees replaced, which he said is the one thing he misses the most.

If you want to read more you can read two excellent articles that appeared in the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press.

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