One of the first shops to unionize was on Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan. Starbucks recently announced a number of closings and surprisingly enough, that shop is one of the stores being closed. Corporate swears the closing has nothing to do with the union.

Apparently a shop operating successfully for over 20 years in a high visibility, heavy foot trafficked area of a college town is just a recipe for failure.

Gotta feel for Charleston... >

For the fans of Charleston, sure. But I get just a touch of pleasure seeing Pirmann lose...

Good to hear. I'm generally not a fan of CBS sports coverage, and Paramount+ is terrible (had it free for a few months and dropped it like a bad habit when the trial was finished) , but you're right that more exposure can only be good for the league. Guess I'll be swapping out the ESPN subscription in spring!

"When they finally dragged the ‘corpse’ out they realised the blunder. The officers had a big laugh about it. It was a very dirty, broken and overused sex doll.”

Um, ewww?

Really great article. Someone needs to buy Michael a Pistons ticket!

Interesting, I hadn't heard that. They all came from the county extension office but I have no idea if that means they came from the seeds of one plant. It might just be worth getting another one just in case.

Planted three paw paw saplings this spring and it looks like they're going to make it. If all goes well, I'll have fruit to share in ten years or so!

Playoffs are looking to be damn interesting this year. Every one of the top four in the east have looked like world beaters at one point or another, and the next four are all teams capable of beating anyone on any given day. Out west, there's virtually no drop-off between the top five, although the next three seem pretty vulnerable.

Really looking forward to it (assuming Detroit hangs on to that playoff spot, of course!)

That's what I get for trying to ID a tree on my phone. Glad you figured it out, though!

It's a birch, I think a European white birch. It shouldn't be losing leaves this early. Look closely at the bark and see if you see a series of holes. If so, it's infested with Birch borers, and the tree is probably a goner. With all of that being said, the best thing the homeowner can do is hire a certified arborist to evaluate the tree.

Ah, I'm thinking of Memphis. Those southernish cities are all the same to me ;)

Considering the level of talent on that squad, it's probably legit for your coach to be on the hot seat. I don't know if I'd can him just yet, but if underperforming continues into next season, I wouldn't give him long.

Yeah. I'm sure most will just shift over to the MLS squad. I hate to imagine if the same thing happened to my club.

Didn't they just hire the coach this year?

To be fair, Indiana basically is Florida, just minus a few alligators.

I get it, you've been taking abuse from fans throughout the game, and it's a hot and stressful situation. But man, how stupid do you have to be to shout out something like that?

HUGE improvement over the web platform. Keep up the good work!

That's always a possibility. I get the feeling that there's strong interest in some of the ownership groups, and the "unnamed source" specifically said that the vote isn't dead, just delayed. I'm still hopeful it will happen.

Sounds like clubs wanted more clarification on what exactly they were voting on, which is a good sign. I'm glad to see they're doing their due diligence before moving forward, regardless of which way the vote goes.

It's featured heavily because the kit is based on on it. I know it doesn't meet the current modern standards, but I will say it's grown on me over the past few years.

Agree 100%.My only concern is that I just don't have much time to post on here, let alone truly moderate things, and I'd hate to see it die as a result of me not putting in enough content.

That being said, I should really post the power rankings, even though I shudder to think about how low DCFC has to have sunk by now...