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Bill Rapai

@brapai.bsky.social

UMich grad and sports. Active in Kirtland's Warbler conservation. Author. Lover of Michigan beer. Married to The Lovely Joann. Here to be positive.

273 Followers  |  47 Following  |  137 Posts  |  Joined: 19.09.2023  |  1.9252

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Get up! It's game day! Go Blue!

18.10.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How about telling Netanyahu to stop playing political games that are designed to benefit him. Please don't tell me that he didn't undermine the PA in favor of Hamas, because he did. Let's have a full accounting here!

16.10.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, Lovely Leadville.

15.10.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Frankfort, Michigan, this afternoon for the fall festival. Excitement is building. Can you guess what's going to happen in about 15 minutes?

11.10.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've made the same mistake multiple times.

11.10.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow. One run is way worse than I thought.

08.10.2025 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's because Trump is so small-minded. You can't figure that out, Nolan?

05.10.2025 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Frontier has a website with info for each of their animal ambassadors. The info on the Kirtland's Warbler page is ALL MESSED UP because they conflate the KW with the Bahamas Warbler -- two different species. If you can, get contact info for me so I can get this page fixed. It's flat out wrong.

04.10.2025 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Get up! It's game day! Go Blue!

04.10.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It may be 80+ outside, but it's never felt better in here. Back for another year of shooting Michigan hockey for MGoBlog.

03.10.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A real beauty, eh? (Ventral side of a European Garden Spider.)

02.10.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These Tigers ... they are so incredibly generous. They get a runner to second base and every batter that comes up subsequently points to the guy behind him and says, "I'm okay. YOU be the hero." This is some kind of team... Yup...

01.10.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With Hamas unlikely to "fade away," it can't be all that brilliant.

01.10.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's time to start gearing up for Tuesday's night's Pub Quiz at Sidecar Slider Bar in Sterling Heights. The fun starts at 8 p.m. Here's your weekly Social Media Clue. I'm sure there's lots of interest in this one. Just be careful not to overextend yourselves!

22.09.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of you is Mac while the other is PC? Are you sure you're compatible?

22.09.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll bet that when Nolan watches "Star Wars," he roots for the Evil Empire.

21.09.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I worked at the Herald in the mid-80s. She was everything you would expect from an Upper Midwesterner - stoic, dry, self-reliant, proud, warm and giving. Thank you, Marilyn.

19.09.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My jaw hit the floor this morning when I saw a FRONT PAGE obituary for Marilyn Hagerty in the NY Times. She was the food writer at the Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald. But when I worked there she covered the "people" beat. In a state of fewer than 800,000 people, I'll bet she knew every last one of them!

19.09.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There were several fires the same day that consumed an estimated 2.7 million acres in Michigan.

19.09.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am Jimmy!

17.09.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's Monday, which means it's almost time for Tuesday's Pub Quiz by Sporcle at Sidecar Slider Bar in Sterling Heights. The fun gets underway at 8 p.m. I have seen the questions to this week's games and it's going to be a ton of fun. The image here is, of course, our Social Media clue. See you there!

15.09.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Get up! It's game day! Go Blue!

13.09.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pleasant sunset. Not much else.

07.09.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's game day and I am up. Gotta make a 7 am flight to OKC!

06.09.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm hosting Pub Quiz Trivia tonight at Sidecar Slider Bar in Sterling Heights. Come on down for an evening of fun, mind-bending questions. The action gets underway at 8 p.m. Oh, and the guy in the image. He's the social media clue for one of tonight's answers. Be sure to make the natural selection!

02.09.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aha! I am always looking for ways to speed xfer and processing of hockey photos, so... Hummm. Some experimentation may be in order this fall.

31.08.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@bluebarronphoto.bsky.social How are you able to move your photos from your camera to your laptop so quickly? Wifi connection? Canon software? TY.

31.08.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Money ruins everything.

27.08.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Two questions: Are you going to Oklahoma? If so, look for me in the upper deck. Second, do you consider ketchup to be a tomato smoothie?

25.08.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, hell yes!

19.08.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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