tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754190.post8001241977472098170..comments2023-11-02T07:35:40.305-04:00Comments on The Pop Eye: BeckEye's Days Off, Part 1BeckEyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119780316809151433noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754190.post-31102270004124611232010-08-21T22:12:02.630-04:002010-08-21T22:12:02.630-04:00Detroit has a few good spots, but so much of the c...Detroit has a few good spots, but so much of the city is a wreck.<br /><br />You should have checked out the train station. It's the empty building that appears in the foot chase up an abandoned building in downtown LA in the first "Transformers".<br /><br />Ann Arbor? Check out the half mile long pizza office building at the outskirts of town.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754190.post-18008377633289016842010-08-19T19:31:49.344-04:002010-08-19T19:31:49.344-04:00As a Michigander, it pains me over what's happ...As a Michigander, it pains me over what's happened to Detroit. However, I am hopeful that Mayor (and NBA Hall of Famer) Dave Bing will get things turned around. Although present-day Detroit as a whole is hard to defend, I will stick up for the sculpture which honors the legendary Joe Louis. As sportswriter Jimmy Cannon said about Joe, "he was "a credit to his race, the human race" <br /><br />If you ever make it back to MI, you should check out places like Ann Arbor or Kalamazoo.Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065814455731328574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754190.post-71857207056713957832010-08-19T16:54:40.619-04:002010-08-19T16:54:40.619-04:00I'm glad you didn't wind up on an episode ...I'm glad you didn't wind up on an episode of 48 Hours Mystery while in Detroit. (Although I might want directions to the historic rape section of town.)<br /><br />Next you should come to the blogger hotbed of LA, where there is me, and...uh, me. Yeah. Probably not then.words...words...words...https://www.blogger.com/profile/02441563723665841808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754190.post-90838594984896388822010-08-17T22:44:00.281-04:002010-08-17T22:44:00.281-04:0069 is my interstate. And position.
Seriously thou...69 is my interstate. And position.<br /><br />Seriously though, I live about two hours straight down 69 from where you were. <br /><br />You should have stopped by.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425014053974689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754190.post-53140331554524239712010-08-17T14:43:40.452-04:002010-08-17T14:43:40.452-04:00That woman who warned you about Detroit was probab...That woman who warned you about Detroit was probably Mr. Cube's great aunt who has lived there for a long time. She keeps us informed about how bad it's gotten over the years. <br /><br />Glad you survived to blog about it.cubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788126579896276199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754190.post-34504460370295762652010-08-17T12:15:43.212-04:002010-08-17T12:15:43.212-04:00You realise that you wouldn't need to drive th...You realise that you wouldn't need to drive through Detroit to visit me, don't you? Just putting that out there...<br />I love reading about blogger meetups almost as much as I love having them. Way to meet, folks!Barbara Bruederlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476249934930666695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754190.post-60979816218040192822010-08-17T07:51:18.007-04:002010-08-17T07:51:18.007-04:00Much to your anonymous friend's chagrin, I enj...Much to your anonymous friend's chagrin, I enjoyed this post greatly. Becks, what an adventurous soul you are.<br /><br />You met Scope and the DR??? Jealous, I am...Candy's daily Dandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18172746492146546253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754190.post-12763939062001909202010-08-16T18:38:36.792-04:002010-08-16T18:38:36.792-04:00God I love that town.
I'm sure Scope and Dr....God I love that town. <br /><br />I'm sure Scope and Dr. Nosewater are lovely, but do they really compare to meeting moi?!?!?! I mean, I took you to a musical improv show, for chrissakes! Where was my special post? *sniff*<br /><br />Just kidding! Glad you weren't murdered in D-Town.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17215626415816734165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754190.post-81959395638445104102010-08-16T15:28:10.858-04:002010-08-16T15:28:10.858-04:00Girl, I know you had to drive through Ohio...and w...Girl, I know you had to drive through Ohio...and we have a FABULOUS bathroom. I'm just sayin'...<br /><br />STOP next time.Jenny Jenny Flanneryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621715431584059448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754190.post-66257646667917776052010-08-16T12:46:16.527-04:002010-08-16T12:46:16.527-04:00No picture of Dr. Kenneth Noisefarter ?
Disappoin...No picture of Dr. Kenneth Noisefarter ?<br /><br />Disappointment sets in....Heffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13396114362826135207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754190.post-43624188650685596552010-08-16T10:51:40.938-04:002010-08-16T10:51:40.938-04:00You know that this year, Manhattan wasn't the ...You know that this year, Manhattan wasn't the same without you.<br /><br />BTW, that statue is about Joe Louis??? The first time I saw that thing in the beginning credits of "Hung," I thought that was the workers telling the corporations what to do, in Italian.<br /><br />Workers: <i>T'o'!</i>Cormac Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02990698766444728760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754190.post-17763546501256650372010-08-16T10:33:59.570-04:002010-08-16T10:33:59.570-04:00If you had taken that exit for 69 and gone to Fort...If you had taken that exit for 69 and gone to Fort Wayne + 20 miles, you would have found the ancestral homelands of Clan Jenks.MJenkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12761003604210840898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754190.post-31843350757094046522010-08-16T10:28:40.807-04:002010-08-16T10:28:40.807-04:00I'm still bitter I wasn't in town when you...I'm still bitter I wasn't in town when you were.<br /><br />BITTER!!!!<br /><br />*pouting like a crybaby*Corahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640568359378959501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754190.post-41564186103701338932010-08-16T08:27:09.832-04:002010-08-16T08:27:09.832-04:00It was fabulous to meet you, I just wish Cora coul...It was fabulous to meet you, I just wish Cora could have been there (she's here now!).<br /><br />Folks, she is just all around more fantastic is real life than you can even think possible. With an encyclopedic pop-culture knowledge like no other.<br /><br />(Now do I get me $20?)<br /><br />I just hope my city left you with a better impression than Detroit.Scopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14671603955380819514noreply@blogger.com