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  1. 05-27-2011, 04:42 PM #1
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    Grand Rapids is COOL!!! ????? !!!!!!!

    A recent article in Newsweek Magazine labelled Grand Rapids, Michigan (my cat Bob's home town!) a "dying city."

    Grand Rapids responded this past week with the record longest one-shot lip-synching video, to the tune of Don McLean's "American Pie", nearly 10 minutes long and featuring more than 3,000 people:

    The Grand Rapids LipDub (NEW WORLD RECORD) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPjjZCO67WI

    Is this awesome, or what??!!!

    MSNBC says so: http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...ids-is-awesome

    The Brits agree! - http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/864574-...ng-along-video

    The video and story behind it were featured on Inside Edition this afternoon (a sure indicator of Coolness), which was how I found out about it.
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    Very cool!
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    It's very cool!

    If I could name only one reason to go up to Grand Rapids, it would be this:
    www.meijergardens.org
    Gardens, greenhouses, sculptures, and in the summer they have a concert series.
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    I've been Boo'd ... right off the stage!

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  4. 05-27-2011, 08:23 PM #4
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    Friend of mine had sent me that vid. Isn't it something? That took some time to pull together!
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  5. 07-18-2011, 06:16 PM #5
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    According to youtube it's had over 3,730,000 hits !!
    Praying for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine, and around the world.

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    Aaahh, I have been defrosted! Thank you, Bonny and Asiel!
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    "That's the power of kittens (and puppies too, of course): They can reduce us to quivering masses of Jell-O in about two seconds flat and make us like it. Good thing they don't have opposable thumbs or they'd surely have taken over the world by now." -- Paul Lukas

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    Quote Originally Posted by cassiesmom View Post
    It's very cool!

    If I could name only one reason to go up to Grand Rapids, it would be this:
    www.meijergardens.org
    Gardens, greenhouses, sculptures, and in the summer they have a concert series.
    Meijer is a name to conjure with out there.. They have superstores a la Walmart all over the Midwest, I think. I would love to see the Gardens some day.

    Maybe I should make a trip to Grand Rapids one of these days!.. It's only about a 2-hour drive away, but the only time I've been there (or almost there) was when I drove to suburban Kentwood to get my CH-boy Bob. Grand Rapids has always had the reputation of being very conservative, very Republican, very white-bread. Maybe it's getting a little more interesting these days?!
    I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by cassiesmom View Post
    According to youtube it's had over 3,730,000 hits !!
    Wow!
    I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
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    That video never gets old. I love it and recognized many places I've visited.
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    AWESOME!!!! I recognized a lot of scenery and it actually made me miss MI!!! And all of my great friends there, of course!

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    Where did you live in Michigan, Donna? And when?
    I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
    Death thought about it.
    CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.

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