PCH Contests: To Buy or Not To Buy?

I'm going through some of his records and just found evidence of several checks he wrote to Publishers Clearing House from 2007-2009.  Two of those checks totaled $468!!!!  What I have not found in Dad's records is evidence that he ever won a dime, let alone, a million bucks, in one of the PCH sweepstakes.

Folks, when PCH says "buying will not increase chances of winning," BELIEVE THEM! My late father clearly did not.

Oh, Good Evening!

Commercialized Holidays

I'm not stupid or naive.  I realize that just about every holiday on our calendar has been commercialized in one way or another.  I would argue that most of our holidays have been over commercialized to the point where we often lose sight of their true meanings.

That said-- I go into a major retail store on the day after Halloween and get greeted by a giant Christmas tree set up on the floor and Bing Crosby crooning "White Christmas" over the sound system.  Keep in mind, Thanksgiving is the next major holiday and I didn't see a horn-of-plenty anywhere, let alone, a turkey.

I understand the importance of Christmas to the retail sector, but on November 1 (earlier in some stores), I am not "dreaming of a white Christmas."  Neither is the retail sector.  They're dreaming of a green Christmas.

Oh, Good Evening!

Coming Soon...

Same Old Song

Lions fans celebrate during home

opener vs. Kansas City. 

(Photo: Robin Buckson/The Detroit News)

This NFL season got off to such a great start for Detroit Lions fans.  The team jumped out to a 5-0 start.  Something that I had not previously seen since the last time it happened was 1956, eight years before I was born.  Lions fever was running at high pitch.  The fifth win came against the division rival Chicago Bears before a sellout crowd at Ford Field on Monday Night Football.  But, despite the wins and the euphoric feeling the Lions were creating in the City of Detroit, it was becoming clear that the team was heading for some bumps.

Re-assembling Assembly Street

As The State newspaper continues its "Building Our City" series of reports, the installment published in last Thursday's (September 29) edition profiled a recommendation that Assembly Street be reinvented into  a narrower, more pedestrian friendly street which would include an urban park in the median. (Read the article.)  According to the article, the recommendation comes from a statewide panel of urban land experts who held meetings and a public hearing in Columbia last week.