Screaming

Believe it or not. There was a child or two screaming for the last hour, here in Hotel California. Darn it, Jonny was trying to sleep too. He has been listening to Smiles from 613.org on the Miketz parsha. He is up to page 147 of that hideous concordance volume 1. Lea wants Jonny to do some more programming on the HIS program to capture credits. Jonny's latest program is already running and replaces one of her VAX VMS programs. Jonny is up to page 140 of Zipporah Moses's Wife. No hurry to finish that one since the temple library will probably be close for a while. Jonny is usually over there when it is time for Hebrew School pick up. Jonny picked up a bottle of Smirnoff unflavored at Stadium Market. They were more expensive than Meijer's. Angelina needs these receipts to send in for a $5 rebate. Jonny went to Home Depot twice to get some paint. This was so he could color match the bathroom. He bought and put together a project bench from Lowes. He also put in his storm window this weekend. It is about 0 degrees outside and the dog doesn't like it much. Lucy the dog just is getting so old. Today Jonny rode the 14 bus. He ran and caught it at 8:17 just as it was pulling up to the bus stop at the corner of Stadium and Packard. Jonny bought some utility blades over the weekend because he had to cut up some cardboard for recycling. He got his snow blower out of the shed. But he accidentally hit his nose on the shed. It looks pretty bad. Amazing news, UM bought the Pfizer space. It was 30 buildings. They bought it for less than what they had to pay to build one building in 2003 and half what they paid to build one building in 2006. It is about 177 acres, 2 million square feet of space. Around 2700 employees worked there until they lost their jobs. UM plans to create another 2000 jobs in the new spot. It is intended to promote research. They already are spending enough money on research to put them in 5th place. Some people are a little bit mad, since the hospital cut 80 jobs and isn't filling another 205 open positions. In addition the city is kinda mad too. Pfizer pays around $30 million in taxes. Effective at the time of the sale, UM won't pay any taxes on that property. Therefore most people expect the city to raise taxes as in a city tax. If you work in the city you will pay like one percent of your income.