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The Legend Of The Michigan Dogmen

 Some archetypes run deep.  There are common myths and legends that span humankind, across continents and oceans.  We, as humans, aren't very different, so there's no wonder that legends of cryptids and other unknown, unseen humanoids lurk the wilderness just out of our perception.  These tropes come up time and again, from culture to culture.  There's Bigfoot in the Pacific Northwest, the Yeti in the Himalayas, El Chupacabra in the Caribbean and Central America, the Skunk Ape in the Southeast United States, the Yowie in Australia, and countless other examples around the world.  Michigan has its own spin on this legend - common, yet shockingly, individual stories about werewolves or man-sized canines.  Shockingly individual until 1987, when a local radio deejay decided to write a song about it, and the public response blew up. Steve Cook, of WTCM (a pretty poppin' country station out of Traverse City) wrote this song: The legend holds that every 10 years, on years that

My Round With Thrifted Golf Clubs

 Hokay...so...To recap my journey, I set out last winter with a budget of $50 to assemble a complete, USGA-legal set of golf clubs, just to see what I could find in the local thriftos and secondhand stores. I got out today to play a round of 9 holes with the whole set!  The price, as played, was a follows : Bag was $3 Irons were $7 Wedge was free with  coupon Putter was $3 Driver* was $3 3 Wood* was $3 5 Hybrid was $2 For a total of $21 *I found an honest-to-goodness set of Callaway Big Bertha woods sometime after my last entry and had to buy 'em.  I've been enraptured with their advertisements since I first started reading about them as a 10 year old.  What a wacky name, eh?  Big Bertha?  So funny, for such a serious game as golf.  Then I proceeded to eat a booger or something because I was 10...or whatever the hell 10 year olds did in 1997. Check out my awesome headcovers The balls I used were old-ass Titleists that were either $4 a dozen at the thriftos, door prizes from go