News from Ann Arbor

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"Mmmmm - Grill Pizza"
Yesterday, we made pizza on the grill. We had never done it before, but we figured it wouldn't be too hard. We all made our own personal-sized pizza using Boboli pizza crusts, and they turned out really well. Let me know if you want the recipe.

Flag Football
M had another successful flag football game this morning. On defense, he had two tackles, knocked down a pass intended for the player behind him, and ran a runner from the other team out of bounds. On offense, he had a reception in the end zone to score an extra point for the team. (Extra points in flag football, by rule, are always pass plays. There is no kicking. Teams can decide to go for one or two extra points after a touchdown; the line of scrimmage for the two-point try is about twice the distance from the end zone as that of the one-point try.) M's team won, 14-6. They now have two wins and one loss.

Links
This is a video of a new jet that can take off and land vertically, like a helicopter, only much, much, cooler.

A video of Mark Twain taken by Thomas Edison. - there's no sound, and I will have to take the person's word for it that it's Mark Twain. Sure looks like him.

One of the oddest headlines I've ever seen: "Woman suffers broken teeth in assault during puppy sale at Days Inn, Pittsfield police say" Puppy sale?

I have a coworker who has a tiny lounge chair that he sits his cell phone in when it's recharging. It looks like it's relaxing. There are a lot of neat little stands and "chairs" for phones, but this is my favorite so far.