As any one who has drank from the fountain of knowledge that is the column called Don’t Rush Me can attest, I ain’t the brightest firefly in the night sky. Those who thirst for wisdom and higher insight rarely have their need sated from reading what I lay down with my trusty keyboard. So, what […]
Historically speaking, this is the time of year, the one day of 365, we set aside to be thankful for graces bestowed. And, it is no secret it will be harder for some to be thankful this year. There has been loss of love; much financial calamity; emotional pain; too much suffering — and, I’m […]
Some how, some way and for some years now, I always get notice informing me when you and I stop working to pay the government, and start working to help ourselves and our families. Tax Freedom Day, the day when we have collectively earned enough money to pay our federal, state taxes, arrived in Michigan […]
I always thought one of the nifty things about living in America, as a citizen of these here United States, was the freedom to be ‘Me? or the freedom for you to be ‘You.? Carrying that notion a bit further, is the freedom to think, feel and express myself as I see fit. You can, […]
Gosh, what a bummer of a football weekend we had last week. On Sunday, our ‘professional? football team, the Detroit Lions lost. (I know, what’s new?) On Saturday, not only did our Maize and Blue gridiron heroes puke out, but so did their little brothers up in Spartyland. Not only that, our only unbeaten ‘big? […]
We are becoming a ‘soft? nation. An ocean of ‘wimps? and ‘hoity toitys? (whoever they are) will soon be upon us. No longer will we be a nation of beer and burgers — everybody will want Chablis and crumpets (whatever they are). Woe is us. I have come to this conclusion after thorough research. The […]
Okay you out there in Readerland, you may now call me ‘Don, Don, the fashion mon.? Or Don, Fashion Nazi — your call (and sorry for the phonetics up there). But, who woulda thunk when I asked, ‘Moms, Dads you know yoga pants put on display for the entire world to see, the shape and […]
Read — with interest — new US Senate verbiage about nationalized health care. What I found interesting was, as it was written, only “large” employers will get penalized for not offering health care to all its employees. The next paragraph explained what a “large employer” is. A large employer, by the way, is not big […]
Every once in a while, even a highly skilled, trained and veteran column writer like me thinks, ‘Rut-ro, Raggy. What am I gonna? write about now?? Aside from the easy, Scooby Doo reference, life isn’t a cartoon. Those darned kids aren’t always to blame and things rarely go as scripted like on TV. So, sometimes […]
I went to A Bean To Go in downtown Lake Orion the other morning for a cup of coffee. The coffee is awesome; the atmosphere everything you’d want for a coffee shop — old brick walls, wooden floors, big windows, and lots of space. The owner/roast master Kirk Walker, was his friendly self. Everything was […]