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? […]
Yeah, I know, I know. Don, you said you’d write more . . . you are saying. And, you’re correct, I did say something like that. But (here comes the excuse), I am working on stuff at work, other than writing. One thing is this website. I gotta? get it more modern. I have added […]
Two weeks ago I did what most columnists do: I opined. I dared to swim against the current. And, in doing so I stirred up some muck and muddied the proverbial pure flowing waters leading to the mecca of civilization, of course the zealots all know that to be Royal Oak, Michigan. I wrote (about […]
Softly, in the background I hear Elton John singing, ‘Can you feel the love tonight .. . .? Zoinks! Who woulda? thunk a little ol? column, by little ol? me about that city to the south (Royal Oak) last week could have caused such a ruckus! But, it did. There were tons of responses, some […]
When I was a wee bit younger than I am now, I used to shake my head with sadness or shake my fists in anger — I used to get upset at the sheer volume of signs screwing up our roadsides. When I was too young to drive, back before seat belts were mandatory and […]
Okay, I will be up front about this. I’m about to grind a proverbial ax. Your hero (that would be me) is whizzed off and before I explode into a heap of smoldering ash I needed to vent (or whine, your call). Without further eloquence, I will cut to the chase: Don’t spend your money […]
Writing a weekly column is good therapy. It helps keep the old ego sufficiently inflated while at the same time is humbling. As a published columnist, I see my job as writing to engage. I want (and, remember it is all about me) readers to be emotionally engaged. I want them happy, sad or mad […]
A blast from the past is usually fun. I think you like this column, from February 18, 2004. * * * For the past month or so Young Master Sean, our three, but soon to be four-year-old son, has made it his life’s mission to go to Disney World. He wants to head south to […]
Last year I was full of conspiracy theories. That was before the presidential election. Now, a changed man in a changed land, I know there are no conspiracies lurking behind every hunk of marble in Washington, DC. That said, here was my favorite conspiracy from 2008. * * * At first I didn’t see any […]
I’ve long had this ‘feeling? that somehow, some way, I hold ‘sway? over Old Man Winter. It’s like I have this uncanny power (dare I say super natural?) that affects the winter weather. I know, it’s weird. Right? These ‘powers? didn’t manifest themselves to me until about three or four years ago. I don’t know […]