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[Mulligan]

So which wealthy Michiganian do you suppose is going to drop divorce papers on his or her spouse if this legislation goes through? You've gotta figure it's someone who has been married long enough to see his/her assets appreciate substantially during the union, and it's probably no piddling, run-of-the-mill millionaire. It's gotta be someone with real money.

According to Forbes, there are nine billionaires in the state. Speculate away.

• Manny Moroun
• Mike Ilitch
• Alfred Taubman
• Roger Penske
• Frederik G.H. Meijer
• Richard DeVos
• John Brown (Stryker chairman)
• Ronda Stryker
• Jon Stryker

[jmy]

At least one of those billionaires is gay, so probably no divorce there.

[frank - up in grand blanc]

At least one of those billionaires is gay, so probably no divorce there.

But palimony still applies, right?

[The Suburban Avenger]

Wonder if Ya Mar ever crossed paths this this guy?

When news of James "Whitey" Bulger's arrest on Wednesday evening first hit, his choice of Santa Monica, Calif., as hideout came as almost as big a surprise as the end to his 16 years as a fugitive. Bulger, a former crime boss who fled Boston in 1995 as he was about to be arrested for murder, extortion and drug dealing, had spent years on the FBI's most wanted list. He was thought to have escaped to Europe, but as it turned out, he'd spent the entire time living with his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, in a two-bedroom apartment three blocks from the beach and two blocks from the Third Street Promenade shopping mall - two of Santa Monica's biggest tourist attractions. According to law-enforcement officials who specialize in tracking fugitives, it shouldn't really have been a surprise at all.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110624/us_time/08599207968800

[ldodger]

I have this weird talent for remembering faces. (At least I refer to it as a talent. betterhalf says it's just creepy.) It's almost a curse--betterhalf and I cannot watch a show without my asking where I *know* this person from. Same thing with people I've met or have come into contact no matter how peripheral the contact has been. I can remember people from obscure tv shows decades ago. I don't think as much facial recognition as it is recognition of a facial expression. I can't really explain it, but that's the closest I can come to describing it. Yesterday, when they flashed Bulgur's mug on tv, the old "where do I know this person from" line popped up. He was featured in an Alcatraz documentary a few years ago. I didn't realize he was on the wanted list. Afterall, would you agree to an interview for a documentary if you were a wanted person? I'm surprised the authorities didn't *spot* him after the documentary aired. He was on the wanted list when he sat for that interview.

[guest]

Will somebody please invite Lowell out on their boat? He doesn't take up much space and he'll bring his own gin.

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I want to go to it sometime just because.... If anyone reading this has a boat and is going I will be happy to contribute to costs to ride along. Just hit the Contact Us link at the bottom any page to let me know.

Sure it might be corny, outlandish and garish but it is a Detroit tradition in the vein of the growing Nain Rouge parade or a Robocop statue. So what? We don't have to be serious all the time. Do we?

Video update from Channel 7 - Sorry the weather sucks but at least it isn't violent weather.

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[The Beav]

Will somebody please invite Lowell out on their boat? He doesn't take up much space and he'll bring his own gin.

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I want to go to it sometime just because.... If anyone reading this has a boat and is going I will be happy to contribute to costs to ride along. Just hit the Contact Us link at the bottom any page to let me know.

Sure it might be corny, outlandish and garish but it is a Detroit tradition in the vein of the growing Nain Rouge parade or a Robocop statue. So what? We don't have to be serious all the time. Do we?

Video update from Channel 7 - Sorry the weather sucks but at least it isn't violent weather.

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He just wants to take pics of drunk women.

[Andy]

Will somebody please invite Lowell out on their boat? He doesn't take up much space and he'll bring his own gin.

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I want to go to it sometime just because.... If anyone reading this has a boat and is going I will be happy to contribute to costs to ride along. Just hit the Contact Us link at the bottom any page to let me know.

Sure it might be corny, outlandish and garish but it is a Detroit tradition in the vein of the growing Nain Rouge parade or a Robocop statue. So what? We don't have to be serious all the time. Do we?

Video update from Channel 7 - Sorry the weather sucks but at least it isn't violent weather.

cross to Thousands of People I couldn't Party With

He just wants to take pics of drunk women.

Everybody loves the needy old guy who invites himself to the party and only brings stale conversation.

"When I was your age, mixed drinks cost thirty-five cents!"

[guest]

Everybody loves the needy old guy who invites himself to the party and only brings stale conversation.

"When I was your age, mixed drinks cost thirty-five cents!"

Ha, that's what I used to pay for a pack of smokes. None of that discount or white label shit either.

[D-Day]

Everybody loves the needy old guy who invites himself to the party and only brings stale conversation.

"When I was your age, mixed drinks cost thirty-five cents!"

Ha, that's what I used to pay for a pack of smokes. None of that discount or white label shit either.

(Sarcasm alert!) When did you meet gully at a party?

[guest]

Everybody loves the needy old guy who invites himself to the party and only brings stale conversation.

"When I was your age, mixed drinks cost thirty-five cents!"

Ha, that's what I used to pay for a pack of smokes. None of that discount or white label shit either.

(Sarcasm alert!) When did you meet gully at a party?

[sarc]It's always a party when Gully is present.[/sarc]

[Mulligan]

These are popping up all over the place:



I've also seen billboards with 1-800-CALL-(headshot photo). Counselor Bernstein seems confident is his face recognition and his potential clients' ability to spell Sam. Not sure how one calls sam.com though.

Frank, your analysis of this new media strategy?

[ldodger]

These are popping up all over the place:



I've also seen billboards with 1-800-CALL-(headshot photo). Counselor Bernstein seems confident is his face recognition and his potential clients' ability to spell Sam. Not sure how one calls sam.com though.

Frank, your analysis of this new media strategy?

I looked at the picture and thought, "Call Lee free".

Oops.

[vlad the impaler]

^Drove by one of the new signs on I-94 this week with a co-worker who 1)is not from this area 2) doesn't watch much television. When he asked, "Who's that guy?", I obliged and recounted what anyone from Detroit would say; personal injury law firm/family empire; a fixture on our tv sets for decades; endless stream of middle of the night commercials (back in the day); endless stream of daytime and during Tiger game commercials (now), etc. Then it dawned on me that he has become a Detroit institution, a brand name so recognizable that his mug alone on a billboard gets the message across. Somewhere buried in the HFD archives is a comprehensive list of everyone Detroit (Gilda, Soupy, JP, Ernie, Jimmy H, Alice C, Ted N, Marshall M, Bobby R, Arthur P, Stevie Y, et.al.). I submit the decades of endless television bombardment has earned Sam B a definite spot on that list.

[frank - up in grand blanc]

These are popping up all over the place:



I've also seen billboards with 1-800-CALL-(headshot photo). Counselor Bernstein seems confident is his face recognition and his potential clients' ability to spell Sam. Not sure how one calls sam.com though.

Frank, your analysis of this new media strategy?

Outdoor, as they say in the biz, has it's merits. I like Sam's latest because anyone with a paintball gun can smear his face.

Speaking of lawyers and billboards, what is the story on the blonde with the Arabic-sounding name that I'm seeing all over town? My guess is that it's some stumble-bum chick with a rich father or uncle who just wants to get the kid up and out and gone, kind of like the 80s outdoor campaign that promoted the break-out music sensation Atanas Illitch.