Technology is a grand thing. It’s cool. It’s clever, flashy and it is, in fact, addicting.Truth be told, I am guilty of just leaving that giant, all-consuming social life-sucker Facebook on, on my computer whilst I work here at work. It’s always there, lurking in the background, waiting to update me that one of my […]
‘Poppies! Poppies! Poppies!? — Something the Wicked Witch of the West may have uttered in the 1939 movie classic, ‘The Wizard of Oz? I know Memorial Day is at hand. And, it’s not cuz I’m a veteran, genius or anything so noble or extravagant. Nope, not me. Quite simply, I know the day we remember […]
Earlier in the month my wife, and I’m sure many others, heard Michigan Radio host Todd Mundt interview botanist Dr. Tony Trewavas. She heard the interview while driving to somewhere, and when she got home she had to tell me about it. And, once I heard the Reader’s Digest version of said interview I was […]
On a recent blustery day I stumbled into Lakes community Credit Union in Lake Orion. And, there up on the counter separating me from the teller chick, was a familiar white box. A box with the promise, “Baked in the deep south according to a famous old southern recipe.” That holiday favorite, the Claxton Bakery […]
It’s the dawn of a new day in Casa de Rush. We’re shaking things up and gonna get rid of those midwinter blues. Yep, happy days are here again! We’ve come to the conclusion the Rush name is boring. Come on, take a moment and think about it: Don Rush. That’s only seven letters and […]
It’s the dawn of a new day in Casa de Rush. We’re shaking things up and gonna get rid of those midwinter blues. Yep, happy days are here again! We’ve come to the conclusion the Rush name is boring. Come on, take a moment and think about it: Don Rush. That’s only seven letters and […]
As the dawn of yet another year approached, the leaders of the universe that is Sherman Publications sat atop their ivory towers and looked down at me. From far atop I heard their voices, bellowing like rolling thunder. In unison, three voices spoke as one . . . “Donald,” they summoned. “Donald. It is time. […]
Thank goodness for my dear wife Jen. Without her, what would I have to write? And, before I get into any trouble — let me say, she is always sending me e-mails labeled, “Column Fodder,” or “Here’s something to write about.” This week, I again go back to her to entertain you. She sent me […]
The tranquility of our peaceful domicile was shattered recently when a torrent of exasperations erupted like a volcano from somewhere within our home. “Seanny! Get out of here!” Ah, young master Shamus, five years old, is in the bathroom and can’t take care of business with his kid brother looking on. Still sitting in the […]
Now that I’m 40 I guess I look at things differently. * * * Last week I was reading about Oakland County’s Intermediate School District in a front page article by the Oakland Press. (For those not in the know, the ISD is under fire for financial manipulations — in particular using funds — around […]