Fleshbot: Michigan

Finally, our home state gets its own politics ...

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:01:22 EDT

Finally, our home state gets its own politics and hookers sex scandal. Ok, it's a senator's husband who got caught with a prostitute and he wasn't even charged (he gets off by agreeing to testify against her—that's the real scandal), but still ... yay Michigan! (freep.com)

Miss America Pageant Becomes "A Date With Miss Michigan"

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:05:27 EST

You'll have to forgive us for feeling a little bit of regional pride this morning as we congratulate our home state entry in the Miss America pageant, 19-year-old Kirsten Haglund, who took home the crown in a Vegas-style TV spectacle over the weekend. The pageant itself has become more of a reality show than a beauty contest, but the Farmington Hills, Michigan, native did sashay her way to first place in the swimsuit competition as well as taking the whole shebang. Plus, it give us a golden opportunity to break out our favorite masturbatory euphemism ever. Maybe you'll get to be with "her" tonight!

· "New Miss America cheered by friends throughout the state" (story + gallery @ freep.com)
· Miss America Photo Gallery (yahoo.com)
· "miss michigan" (urbandictionary.com)

The Girls Of Michigan State: Let's Go Spartans!

Dashiell Bennett — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:34:56 EDT

We are smack dab in the middle of college football season, but even if your favorite squad isn't doing so well on the gridiron (ahem), there's still plenty of hot action for you to follow. Like the ongoing internet battle to establish college "poon" supremacy among the major conferences. There's a girly-blog war going on right now between fans of the ACC, Pac-10, SEC, Big Ten and others with each side trying to prove that their schools have the hottest chicks in the land.

Normally, we would refuse to take sides in this contest of wills, but we're afraid that we (or one of us, at least) must toss our journalistic impartiality out the window and put our weight behind our home conference—the mighty Big Ten—and more specifically our alma mater, Michigan State University. Not only are Spartan lads raised well enough to not refer to every girl we meet as "poon," but we even have our own classy student bikini calendar to make our case for us. Rose Bowl trip or no, we know where our allegiances stand. (Plus, there's always basketball season!) Go Green!

· Girls of MSU (girlsofmsu.com)
· Big Ten Poon (bigtenpoon.blogspot.com)
See also: PAC-10 Poon, ACC Poon + Poon of the SEC (via withleather.com)

A female dispatcher in Grand Rapids, Michigan, ...

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:22:33 EDT

A female dispatcher in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is alleged to have had sex with 10 different employees of the police department—including five officers who may be fired for doing her while on duty. No wonder you can never find a cop when you need one. (mlive.com; this story has absolutely nothing to do with Gina Lynn's law enforcement career)