Lincoln Lover

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“Lincoln Lover” is what I am sure our good friend Ben will call me. Just as he calls the people of Monroe “Custer Lovers” for their historical status as benefactors of a once great and foolishly fallen Michigander… Michiganian… guy from the big mitten state I call home.

I am not the “brightest bulb in the batch,” nor am I “as smart as a sack of hammers.” My grades have always been low in subjects of disinterest and high, for at least a while, in those I focus on.

So why this interest in the American Presidency? I could not tell you.

What I can tell you is there is a surprising amount of adult entertainment centers off abandon exits along I-94.

Just like the Horn of Africa is a difficult route for sailors due to bad weather, such is the “Horn of Chicago” where I-94 turns to I-80 along Lake Michigan. There is hardly a trip in the winter I can recall when that stretch is has been an easy pass.

Western Michigan is a blossom of new homes and business.

Indiana and Illinois do not have better roads than Michigan.

NPR weekends are awesome to listen to while driving, NPR on Sirius radio even better.

Driving home is not as exciting as driving there. Home is great and all, but going there you don’t know what to expect.

So call me a Lincoln Lover, a freak, a history nerd or geek. They may all be true in one way or another.