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While We Were Out

Well, it’s been an exciting week or so while we were out of town. Things we missed:

The price of owl pellets is out of control these days. $2.50? Yeah, maybe if it has a completely intact vole skeleton. Has anyone looked into whether supplier Pellets Incorporated has a monopolistic hold on the industry?
Judy McGovern still wants year-round residents to “reclaim” neighborhoods.
Lake Superior State University in the Upper Peninsula has banned the word “blog” at the behest of people “unsure of its meaning.”

But we’re back, in time for Larry Kestenbaum’s swearing-in as Washtenaw County Clerk and Register of Deeds tomorrow. Don’t miss it — the Drain Commissioner’s going to be there. (What do they debate about in drain commissioner races? “If my opponent is elected, the drains of this town are going to be clogged with more hair and grease than you imagined possible.”)

10 Responses to “While We Were Out”

now I see from the thread below that the drain commissioner is actually very important…that’s what I get for not reading my own blog.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on January 4th, 2005 at 11:37 pm
Don’t forget the new Espresso Royale sign on Main St. on the way out to 14 that claims the coffeteria has been “enhancing performance since 1987.” There’s got to be a way to tie that to the spermy sign, and I’m confident you’re the person to do it.
posted by George Hotelling on January 5th, 2005 at 8:40 am
Nothing gets by that Judy. She pinpoints the couch ban (surely no one is tired of this rich topic) as an “ill-advised ruse to use fire safety as the basis for banning upholstered furniture…the real issue is eliminating an eyesore. There are all kinds of laws dictating aesthetics…” Indeed. Pity that none of them apply to the Female Mullet (shudder).
posted by Laura on January 5th, 2005 at 9:12 am
We should ban her horrendous writing skills.
posted by yd on January 5th, 2005 at 9:18 am
And her hairo.
posted by yd on January 5th, 2005 at 9:24 am
Indeed. Larry might be able to help with that, considering that those extra-long rear mullet-hairs are said to be a leading cause of clogged drains.
posted by Laura on January 5th, 2005 at 9:53 am
No, no, Janis Bobrin is the drain commissioner. I’m just the county clerk and register of deeds.

Judy McGovern is a bit misguided at times, but her basic honesty is be demonstrated by that porch couch comment.
posted by Larry Kestenbaum on January 5th, 2005 at 10:42 am
Er, strike that superfluous “be”.
posted by Larry Kestenbaum on January 5th, 2005 at 10:44 am
I hope that students will reclaim houses as rental properties from OFW bobos. Bobos in the downtown area drive up rents for much-needed apartments as well as for businesses, making things like rent for retail space for a grocery store prohibitively expensive. The presence of so many single-family residences is an inefficient use of space when so many more people could be housed if the houses were broken into apartments. Plus, downtown residents take up too many parking spaces on the street that could be used by students storing cars.

Ann Arbor Bobos occasionally choose to breed. This should be stopped. The presence of ill-behaved and unruly children make Zingerman’s , the Michigan Theater, and Seva a truly unpleasant experience.

Compared with the effects of high concentration of Bobos, porch-couches look like fine teak purchased from Pottery Barn. It is my fervent wish for the new year that Bobos will move to McMansions in Saline, for that is where Bobos belong.
posted by Anna on January 5th, 2005 at 12:15 pm
Whenever aesthetics is brought up as a reason to ban couches, my girlfriend says that she finds all people over 40 aesthetically displeasing and argues for their banning.
posted by js on January 6th, 2005 at 9:30 am