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Tag: 2024

My Detroit Lions

By ProudDaughter Posted on December 22, 2024 Posted in football Tagged with 2024, Dan Campbell, Detroit Lions, football, NFL
My Detroit Lions

I got into football in high school, thanks to a great gym teacher. When we moved into our new building in tenth grade, some of it was still under construction, so classroom instruction became the norm. That’s when she said, if you are going to the Friday night games, then you need to understand the rules and regs and…

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Latest entries to the dictionary

By ProudDaughter Posted on July 30, 2024 Posted in General Interest, Language Tagged with 2024, Cambridge Dictionary, dictionary, dictionary.com, latest entries
Latest entries to the dictionary

“The ick” and “boop” are among more than 3,200 new words and phrases added to the Cambridge Dictionary in 2024. The latest to gain prominence in recent years – are expected to be more than a fleeting part of the …

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KaBOOM! X1.5 flare & sun stuff on the way

By ProudDaughter Posted on July 30, 2024 Posted in astronomy, STEM Tagged with 2024, CMEs, July 30, solar flares, Solar Storms
KaBOOM! X1.5 flare & sun stuff on the way

The sun released an X1.5 solar flare early this morning (2:33 UTC on July 29). This flare, along with many of the M flares over the past two days, has a coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with it. CMEs from …

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A double emergence of cicadas

By Marion Posted on April 24, 2024 Posted in Animal Kingdom, The great outdoors Tagged with 2024, cicadas, co-emergence
A double emergence of cicadas

Not only will the summer be “graced” by a canticle chorus of cicadas, but 2024 will see a double emergence of the short-lived insects. Huh?

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Michigan Property Taxes 2024

By Marion Posted on March 12, 2024 Posted in General Interest, Government Tagged with 2024, Detroit Free Press, Inflation, Michigan, Property Taxes
Michigan Property Taxes 2024
A model house with one dollar bills.

Most Michigan homeowners will soon face bigger property tax bills now that a back-to-back 5% hike is set to hit taxable home values in 2024. And yes, you can blame higher inflation for three years of out-of-the ordinary jumps in …

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