Call me a flabby-armed girly man. Call me kooky. Call me naive. Call me a puddin? head — call me what you will, but, were I living in California and had to vote for governor, I’d cast my vote for ye-old muscle head, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Go ahead. Yuck it up, if you must. But, damn […]
Somewhere in the distance I can hear a freckle-faced kid wearing Catholic School clothes repeating the Mazda mantra. ‘Zoom, zoom, zoom . . .? This in tandem with a mini-van?! Go figure! The first thing I noticed about the MPV — after its stylish design — was its get-up-and-go. Here’s what the muckity-mucks at Mazda […]
There’s an old, cliched saying that goes something like, ‘You can’t please them all.? Or is it, ‘You can fool some of the people all of the time, but not all of the people all of the time?? Or is it, ‘You are what you eat?? Got me sport fans, but somebody out Ortonville way […]
Shame, shame, shame. Members of the Clarkston Board of Education and key members of school administration need not attend the opening home football game. Their lack of foresight, or because of their inability to see past the noses, has dealt a hurtful blow to about 60 athletes, their families and to a homeboy, trying to […]
Life is apt to throw you curve balls when you least expect it. And, as I am behind the count, I’m just gonna? try and make a connection. Try for a basehit, versus a homerun. Dear Wife Jen tries to make me smile in many ways. One, is by sending cute e-mails. Here’s one she […]
While Don is vacation we are running this, ‘Best of Column,? first published in September of 2002. * * * It’s been well over a week since the phone gods brought down their reign of terror over us mortals. We, of flesh and blood and bone, who have had the unfortunate destiny to live in […]
Call me kooky, but I am either just really cynical or I’m stupid and have blown countless opportunities to make millions. Since I don’t believe I’m a cynical old fart, I must be stupid. At this very moment, if only I had acted, my family could have been set for life. We could be living […]
You probably don’t know Glenn Dill. That is unfortunate for you because you haven’t a chance to make his acquaintance any more. Some would say he has met his maker. Others will say he’s reunited with the love of his life, wife Dorothy. I’ll say it this way: glenn Dill died September 19, 2003, at […]
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 […]
Lifelong Oxford resident, community leader, World War II veteran and past owner of Bossardet Funeral Home, Ed Bossardet passed away Tuesday night, after a long bout with cancer. He was 85. ‘I visited with him just last Thursday,? said Oxford Village resident and past village president Joe Bullen. ‘He was out on his inclosed porch. […]