The DU Lounge
In reply to the discussion: DU3 Reintroduce yourself thread [View all]1gobluedem
(6,664 posts)I am 1gobluedem in reference to my love for my alma mater, the University of Michigan, and all things blue...as in states, etc.
I've been a member of DU since 2004. I post in the Lounge now and then but am not really very noticed. I post most often in the Sports Forum. Although many DUers have seen and commented upon my posts regarding my dear friend, Paige Renkoski, who was kidnapped of the side of a Michigan expressway in 1990 and has never been seen again. Thank you for that.
My sister, LisaM, is one of the very first DUers and she got me to join. She mostly only posts in the Sports Forum too.
I live in Ann Arbor, MI, and am the general manager of an NPR affiliate public radio station which has gotten me a good deal of grief in GD on several occasions as has my championing of the domestic automobile industry.
My favorite teams are any team from the University of Michigan, especially football, basketball, and hockey, and all Detroit pro sports teams (which meant taking a lot of ridicule from fellow Sports Forum-ites for the Lions until recently). My second favorite teams are the Boston teams because I love Boston and New England best after Michigan.
I am an unapologetic cheerleader for the State of Michigan and encourage anyone who hasn't visited to do so. Too many people base their entire impression of the state on the more unfortunate aspects of cities like Detroit and Flint. So much more here and a great deal of natural beauty as well as our magnificent Great Lakes. With luck our slickster governer won't have time to sell their water rights before he's booted out of office.
My liberal roots grow deep; I was knocking on doors and licking envelopes for Eugene McCarthy when I was eight years old.
I have no pets which might be why nobody pays attention to me here.... I have a long term boyfriend who has three teenagers, two of whom are 14 year old twins. Luckily for me, none of them remember a time that they didn't know me so I don't get any of that "you're not my mom" lip. Just regular 14 year old lip.
I'm a picky eater, hate the song 'Horse With No Name' so much that it makes me physically ill, and have never seen a Star Wars or Harry Potter movie.
My degree is in history, my sense of humor is snarky, I can't stand phonies, and I'm a 21 year brain tumor survivor as of last Monday.
Sinking back into oblivion now...
1gobluedem