Tag: Now THAT’S Cool

Please help my Eclectakid do something really cool to help underprivileged budding musicians in Cleveland

Please help my Eclectakid do something really cool to help underprivileged budding musicians in Cleveland

As the publisher of Eclectablog, every once in awhile, I get to indulge in some shameless self-promotion. In this case, it’s actually helping to promote something my daughter Arleigh is doing. That’s her on the right. Unfortunately for her, she graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a Master’s degree in bassoon performance while the country was still recovering […]

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VIDEO: Politics break – Pitbull plays chase with a deer

VIDEO: Politics break – Pitbull plays chase with a deer

We’ve been pretty serious on the blog lately so here’s a break from all the political intensity. It’s a pitbull playing chase with a deer. I don’t know who is having more fun, the deer or the dog!

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VIDEO: Get outchyer hankies. April DeBoer & Jayne Rowse learn of the overturning of Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban

VIDEO: Get outchyer hankies. April DeBoer & Jayne Rowse learn of the overturning of Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban

I’m verklempt April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, the Michigan lesbian couple whose lawsuit against the state of Michigan led to the overturning of our state’s discriminatory same-sex marriage ban weren’t notified of the District Court Judge Bernard Friedman’s decision ahead of time. Instead, like the rest of us, they and their attorney Dana Nessel had to wait until it was […]

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Grade schooler has an epic dance-off with an usher on the Jumbotron at a Pistons game

Grade schooler has an epic dance-off with an usher on the Jumbotron at a Pistons game

Sunday afternoon mental health break Let’s take a break from politics and enjoy 95 seconds of epic awesomeness. Watch this way cool dance-off between a young man and an usher with the moves at a Pistons game this past week. The whole thing was caught on the State Farm Dance Cam. Too fun. Everybody dance now…

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Punkins! Punkins! Punkins! The coolest Punkins evah!

Punkins! Punkins! Punkins! The coolest Punkins evah!

Happy Halloween! This was VERY popular the last several years so I’m reposting for your Halloween viewing pleasure. Enjoy. I love Halloween but I’m not much of a punkin carver. However, I love looking at them. Here’s a bunch of the coolest punkins I could find on the web. Well, except this one. It was taken by my wife: Here’s […]

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Detroit fast food joint Moo Cluck Moo pays a living wage of $15/hour – and makes a profit!

Detroit fast food joint Moo Cluck Moo pays a living wage of $15/hour – and makes a profit!

Doing well by doing good This story refutes absolutely everything corporatists and companies whose business model requires the lowest labor costs possible want you to believe. According to them, there is no way fast food joints can succeed, turn a profit, and grow if they are forced to pay their workers a living wage. “Nobody will pay for burgers that […]

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UPDATED: Things I Learned – Arbor Brewing Co. to release Violin Monster beer this fall just in time for Halloween

UPDATED: Things I Learned – Arbor Brewing Co. to release Violin Monster beer this fall just in time for Halloween

Rawrrr: beer. Anyone who has spent any amount of time in downtown Ann Arbor has probably happened upon a tall, slender monster playing the violin. Playing it very well, actually. The Violin Monster is a legend in this area, no question. During an interview last Friday with Matt and Rene Greff, owners of the Arbor Brewing Company and the Corner […]

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Jack White has a heart of gold, saves Detroit’s Masonic Temple by paying its $142K tax bill

Jack White has a heart of gold, saves Detroit’s Masonic Temple by paying its $142K tax bill

Detroit Love

An anonymous donor stepped up recently and paid the entire $142,000 tax bill for Detroit’s Masonic Temple, allowing it to continue under its current ownership. This week, the Masonic Temple revealed that the generous donor was Detroit’s own Jack White, who has played nine concerts at the Masonic Temple in the past.

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Wisconsin marine reunited with dog he served with in Afghanistan

Wisconsin marine reunited with dog he served with in Afghanistan

Getchyer tissues ready Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach of Madison, Wisconsin worked side by side in Afghanistan with Casey, a 4-year old yellow Labrador Retriever, doing explosives detection. To say that the two formed a strong attachment would be an understatement. Gundlach returned to Wisconsin after his tour was complete and Casey went to Iowa to work for the state fire […]

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THIS is what love looks like.

THIS is what love looks like.

I’m verklempt This is one of the most beautiful expressions of love I have ever seen. After 5 years together, what better way to tell our story than to have it told by some of those who played a large role in it. I secretly recorded Mike’s reaction while he watched the video, which I presented to him as part […]

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Your Wednesday afternoon Moment of LGBT Awesomeness

Your Wednesday afternoon Moment of LGBT Awesomeness

I’m verklempt

Last Saturday, the band Garbage had a concert in Detroit. Two of the concert goers were Scott Sauter and Domenick Viviano. The two had flown to California in the past to a benefit show for a friend of the band named Wally who was very sick, something that clearly impressed lead singer Shirley Mason. How impressed?

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