To help the economy, Governor Granholm is campaigning for Michiganders to buy Michigan products for Christmas gifts. Her team designed the unfortunate logo at the right.


Hmmmmm. Given the state of the economy, I have to wonder how much the going rate is for a state. Do you think the Hollywood writers' strike has hit Michigan?

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On a lighter note, someone sent this too me. I had to share it, because it's so darned true.

You know you're a true MICHIGANDER when...

1. You point at a spot on your right hand to show where you live. I live in the middle of the palm

2. You measure distance in hours.

3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.

4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.

6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings).

7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.

9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow. Boy is THAT true!

11. You know the 4 seasons are: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction. This one is wrong. The seasons are almost winter, winter, bad sledding, and road construction.

12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent.

13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.

14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.

15. Down South to you means Ohio.

16. A brat is something you eat.

17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole barn.

18. You go out to fish fry every Friday.

19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.

20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.

21. You find zero degrees "a little chilly."

22. You drink pop, and you bake with soda.

23. Your doctor tells you to drink Vernor's and you know it's not medicine.

24. You know what a Yooper is.

25. You think owning a Honda is un-American.

26. You know that UP is a place, not a direction

27. You know it's possible to live in a thumb. See Point 1

28. You understand that when visiting Detroit , the best thing to wear is a Kevlar vest.

29. You actually understand these jokes, and you share them with all your Michigan friends.


Keeping smiling!
-- Stephanie