The shrimp are all dead in the ocean,

the oysters are dead in the sea.

they both died of water pollution,

caused by the oil company.

Oh, give back, give back, oh give back

the Florida Keys to me!

Give back, give back,

oh, give back our water BP!!

“The Battle Over Endor” by Bruno Marco is an old school mouse and keyboard shooter that can live on a flash drive. I use it as a geeky replacement for Solitaire. If you want to jump in I have mirrored the install and the graphics update here. Send me your screenshots and I’ll post the high scores here.

Apparently, a boy Courtney attended school with in Mt. Morris had taken his own life by hanging himself in the woods by the 7-Up Plant. He has walked that stretch of Jennings home, quite a bit. Enough that several people in the area have spotted him, always in the evening. Walking back home.

Keep an eye out for him If you find yourself alone in your car on Jennings Rd.

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Born Barney Casey he was the oldest of 16 children. With his Irish-American roots, this Wisconsin bread boy became a lumberjack, a prison guard and a streetcar motorman before he received the call to the clergy. Barney witnessed the violent stabbing of a young woman, and the event was like a wake up call. He understood that God wished him to become a priest. He planned a novena (a series of daily prayers, a traditional Catholic form of prayer), to Our Lady for her Feast day of Dec.8th. It was during this novena that Barney felt the presence of Our Lady who told him to ‘Go to Detroit.’ He did.

Barney became Francis Solanus Casey in 1897 and was ordained in 1903. He had not been the scholarly type apparently, and he was ordained only with the stipulation that he was NOT allowed to hear confessions excepting in emergencies, and he was NOT allowed to preach. Undaunted, and very humble about it all, he was assigned to a parish in Yonkers and later in Harlem, New York. It was during this time that he started the Seraphic Mass Association, a prayer group in which each member had access to the prayer requests of all the members. By helping those in distress fill in their application cards, he would be able to hear their problems. After receiving some very quick and unexpected healings and solutions to problems, Solanus was directed to keep a record of all those that were helped by his superior. At St. Bonaventure’s alone he cataloged over 6,000 requests, and some 700 of those had footnotes. Upon inspection of Solanus’s notes the footnotes were found to be answers to petitions.

Solanus reported recoveries from ailments like cancer, leukemia, tuberculosis, diphtheria, arthritis, blindness and other maladies. His postscripts also contained information about favorable business outcomes, resolutions to domestic problems and the return of many who had turned from their faith. In 1925 it is reported that John McKenna enrolled Chevrolet Motors for 50 cents because he was afraid of losing his job. Chevrolet had been on the verge of bankruptcy but within two nights of Mckenna’s request they received an order for 45,000 machines.

He was sent to Huntington Indiana for a short time, he had over 200 letters a day by this time and so the other brothers made a rubber stamp with Solanus’s signature on it. In 1956 Solanus was diagnosed with skin cancer and was already suffering from arthritis. He was moved back to Detroit. He was still often heard playing his violin. He wished to remain fully aware at the moment of his death so he could consiouly give his soul to Christ. On July 31, 1957 the 53rd anniversary of his first mass he was granted that wish. Two nurses witnessed Solanus sit straight up in bed, feebly extend his arms and declared, “I give my soul to Jesus Christ.” He then expired.

After the death of Solanus, Clare Ryan started the Father Solanus Guild which today boasts a membership of thousands. In 1974 Brother Leo Wollenweber began collecting evidence for the canonization of Fr. Solanus. Two huge gray filing cabinets were filled with evidence. In 1994 the television show ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ did a segment about Solanus and the ‘special favors’ he had obtained during his life. It took thirty years before Fr. Solanus was declared heroic or ‘venerable’ by Pope John Paul II. That is the first of three steps to be declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

So Michigan has it’s own uncorrupted saint, residing in death in Detroit. If you find yourself in that neck of the woods, might I suggest a side trip to St. Bonaventure’s in Detroit. Who knows, many still claim to be healed there. I myself have had a personal experience there. Maybe you’ll find a cure for what ails you.

sources:

Catholic Education Organization, Daily Catholic
referenced

1. Father Solanus Casey And His ‘Favors’ -Vivian M. Baulch
2. Daily Catholic, October 6, 1999 Vol. 10 no. 190
   

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Most of the accounts on the Sightings page seem to be passages taken from a book written on the subject. “Sasquatch, The Apes Among Us”, by John Green, 1978, to be exact, but there are some that are not. For example, A witness only known as N.K. reported an encounter he had in the mid 1980′s near Lowell, Michigan in Kent County. Apparently N.K. had a brush with Bigfoot while walking home at night from a friends house. This happened in the same area that a young girl and an elderly woman had both gone missing in the woods. Creepy. Then there is the couple in Oscoda County, NW of Mio, whose encounter in the early 1990′s included not only a sighting but footprints in the snow, and several hairs were supposedly gathered as evidence. There is also a section for pictures, but there are only a few online.

If you have an interest in Bigfoot, or have seen him lately (I can’t believe he hasn’t been outsourced to China yet), head on over to the Michigan Bigfoot Information Center and drop Bob or Linda a line. You are not alone, I guess.
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There were strange occurrences reported almost immediately. From the 40′s until the present several night watchmen have quit their jobs there because they we’re “not willing to,” or “unable to,” work alone at night in the building. Maintenance and security staff, as well as visitors have all reported seeing a young boy in the yard, dressed in out-of-date clothing, playing at night, and sometimes during bad storms.

I have heard stories about this building all of my life, and I know it is considered to be a local paranormal ‘hot spot.’

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Here is an excerpt from the original;

This is the Wartime Broadcasting Service. This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons. Communications have been severely disrupted, and the number of casualties and the extent of the damage are not yet known.

The transcript can be found in it’s entirety, here.

sources:BBC News ;Unexplained-Mysteries

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Sometimes, the simplest explanation is the most straight forward.

StoryOfStuff

Source: My daughter, Abigail.

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After reviewing this thread, at the suggestion of The Chronicles blog author, I found that many of the comments praised Cosby for “doing his job” and suggested that next time, actions like these would be fine as long as they are not caught by the cruiser’s dashcam.  I find this to be completely deplorable and down right scary. Oh, and by the way according to the article, ‘vascular constraint,’ is not chocking, right?

sources: http://stopthedrugwar.org
         http://www.policeone.com

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According to some of Roy’s neighbors there seems to be activity on the abandoned site. One witness reported seeing a light on the ground floor of the house at about 3:00am one morning last week. Two other East Siders say they saw someone standing in the upper window, when they looked again it was gone. Could it be that Gypsy Jack is upset over what has happened to his collection, or just not ready to saddle up yet? Whatever the case, I have a feeling that this is not the last roundup for Gypsy Jack.

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sources:The Flint Journal