With the surprising possibility of an MLB championship from the Detroit Tigers on the horizon, it made me think about how good sports around Michigan are. Take a look at the accomplishments our major college and professional teams have done over the past 5 years:

• Detroit Pistons – 2003 NBA Champions
• Detroit Shock – 2003,2006 WNBA Champions
• Detroit Red Wings – 2002 Stanley Cup Champions
• Detroit Tigers – 2006 American League Champions
• Michigan State – 2000 (ok six years) NCAA Men’s Basketball Champions

Left out: the Detroit Lions, but at leaast we got a Super Bowl in Detroit in 2006, that’s probably as close as we’ll come with the Lions as long as Matt Millen is President of that team.

Michigan won a football national championship in 1997 and an ice hockey championship in 1996.

There’s also been a handful of college championships in sports like gymnastics and golf that no one really cares about haha

So if we can get the Red Wings and Lions back into the mix either this or next season, we can continue the glory! (I’m using the term “we” because of course I am supporting the teams via television ratings!)

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and I think it’s very important that we all take a minute to learn more about this disease.

A member of my family is a survivor of breast cancer, and I am very grateful that she had the strength and courage to get through what was a very scary time for all of us in her family, let alone what must have been devastating to her herself.

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women and is the second most lethal, behind lung cancer.

Women should get a mammography or have abnormalities checked out immediately.

This isn’t much that a lot of people don’t already know. And this is just the tip of the iceberg and is just some stuff I learned today. But I thought I would join in the call for awareness and support the cause.

Shan posted a little about the surprising site we saw when hading back from lunch on Sunday. The fact that those people had their kids out there doing their dirty work was just terrible. Okay, fine, I respect your beliefs and your need to express them. I have no problem with that. but at least wait until your children can make up their own mind before you send them out, protesting something that they most likely have no idea about. Especially something like abortion, where most of the grown men can’t possibly know enough, let alone the little kiddies.

Anyways, I just wanted to say a little something about that.

Besides that, let me officially announce a new feature here at Breathingfire.com. I’ve alwasy wanted to post movie reviews, and now I have. On the front page, and maybe on an upcoming ‘Movies’ page, I’ll list all of the latest movies I’ve seen plus a rating from 1-10 stars. And I’ll probably write a little something if it’s deserved. That’s it.

Edit: It’s now on it’s own page!

Ok, come back soon!