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Charlie Montney
I'm a longhaired almost-hippie stuck in the inner suburbs of a major rust-belt metropolis who's thoughtful, creative, and kind of geeky. In exchange for a paycheck I work from home most days leveraging resources to create shareholder value. When I escape, I play music, hang out in coffee houses, dink around on the computer, take naps, and think I should be off in the woods somewhere. Every once in a while I get in my car and drive far, far away, though I've always come back so far.
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Blogs I Follow
- The Sound
- naylandblake.net
- Chronicles of the Open Hearted
- Virtual Bloke
- Michigan LGBTQ Remember
- Chuck Wendig: Terribleminds
- Ryan Schultz
- casey382
- the drax files radio hour
- tkingfisher
- Tales From B.F.E. (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Guitar)
- Wolf
- Lucius
- Life, And Other Natural Disasters...
- Too old to die young
- I only buy it for the articles.
- Altivo
- Patio Boat
- The Wolf Mama's Kitchen
- PostSecret
Tag Archives: local
Guns in the news, local edition
Protesters pack heat in Birmingham public meeting Birmingham, Michigan’s city commission held a public meeting that was attended by several gun rights supporters carrying guns. “I hope that council sees that good people carry guns,” said one of the gun … Continue reading
An unknown treasure at Fitzgerald High
A valuable painting was found in the high school that gets my property tax dollars.* The work is by Hughie Lee-Smith (1915–1999) and was acquired by the school district for $150 in 1954, the year after he won a prize … Continue reading
All voted for another year
It was a quiet election day here in Warren, “A Safe And Clean City” as noted on all the city limit signs (a topic for a rant some other day, perhaps). I got to the polls around 7:30, after work. … Continue reading
Excitement! Now containing explosions!
Explosion in Warren levels building … I was about a mile and a half away, working out at the gym, when I heard a boom and felt the building shake. The concussion from the actual explosion was felt even further … Continue reading
Deliver the letter, the sooner the better
Warren postal carrier charged with stealing mail If you wrote a letter to me recently, um… sorry if I haven’t responded. Seems it might be among the 20,000 pieces of mail in a letter carrier’s home. No word yet on … Continue reading
Local news roundup: Cars, guitars, and a few weirdos (kind of)
AJ’s Music Cafe got the Guinness entry for “longest continuous concert by multiple artists,” the Assembly Line Concert that ran over 280 hours in March 2009 for the benefit of awareness of the American Big 3 auto firms’ plight. So … Continue reading
Rabble rousing on a local level
One more straw: Warren Cracking Down on Street Basketball… apparently we now have a terrible law enforcement issue in that young people are putting portable basketball hoops in the neighborhood streets and … playing basketball. Traffic may be impeded! Noise … Continue reading
Another Musical Weekend
On Saturday night, Trixie’s hosted three local songwriters singing their own songs as well as songs by other local songwriters. Most of the time, people cover songs of the famous songwriters; covering fellow locals is an idea that’s long overdue. … Continue reading
Warren’s mayor goes above and beyond
Warren Mayor Gets Speeding Ticket: Mayor Insists On Being Written Violation He was doing about 5 over on a main road. He’d never had a citation before. He’s not some kid with a car full of fellow teenagers. It’s possible … Continue reading
What are those flaming drinks called again?
This is why I was missed my dental appointment yesterday: Neon light causes fire that destroys Center Line store (Detroit Free Press, June 11, 2008). It was a liquor store; the neon sign started sparking and apparently triggered the fire. … Continue reading
A songdog's new world of random thoughts 