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.

"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!

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.

I hadn’t read that. I do wonder how much age plays a role in the length of the contract. I mean, it’s a lot easier to sign someone for almost five years when you know they’ll still be in their early 20s when the contract expires than it is to offer it to someone who will be in their late 30s!