When I lie me down to sleep, I don’t pray the Lord my soul to keep. I usually offer up platitudes. ‘Oops, sorry ’bout that last indiscretion Big Guy.? And, ‘Thanks for a wonderful life.? Without fail, I put in plugs for my wife and kids — you know, the usual — health and happiness […]
What I miss the most about weekly column writing is interaction. I miss the connection, bond if you will, with readers. I have a folder full of thank you letters, cards and e-mails thoughtful readers have sent to me. It warms my heart to know something I created has touched another human’s soul. A columnist […]
* Enjoying the Super Bowl with family at their house: $2.39 for the gallon of gas it takes to get there and back. * Thirst quenching six pack: $7.89 plus tax, plus deposit. * Watching your five-year-old son during halftime bounce around the living room, arms waiving, chest puffed out and imitating the Rolling Stones? […]
Almost three years to the day, I published the following two paragraphs . . . and let me say, the smackin’ frackin #@$%! moles never left. But, I am getting ahead of myself, and next week’s exciting conclusion to, Of Moles and Men! * * * For the first time EVER in the history of […]
As the most unfeeling, unsympathetic, non-caring, common, uncouth — dare I say, tre? drole — parent of under double-digit aged kids in town, I have yet to sit down for an entire viewing of that cinematic masterpiece, La Marche de l’empereur. For my fellow common and uncouth parents, let me translate: I, the great mocker […]
Asst. Publisher Foreclosures up. Unemployment up. And, for one area company, business is up and growing. In a time of gloom and doom, Glitz Salon offers a ray of hope and good news. They recently purchased a home, located off of Baldwin Road (between Seymour Lake and Stanton Roads), as their business headquarters. The 7,500 […]
Almost three years to the day, I published the following two paragraphs . . . and let me say, the smackin’ frackin #@$%! moles never left. But, I am getting ahead of myself, and next week’s exciting conclusion to, Of Moles and Men! * * * For the first time EVER in the history of […]
Guys. Just like roses, guys by any other name, are still just guys. Black, white, pink or yellow; short, tall, fat or skinny, at any point in the history of mankind — excuse me, in the history of guykind — we guys are the same. I came to this conclusion, this certainty of life, after […]
It has been a long journey, and as that great Oriental meta-philandering guy Confusion once said, ‘Round Eye, said journey begins with the first mis-step.? The first step in the continuing saga of my back yard and a #@$% smackin’ frackin’ mole began in April, 2006. The snow had melted and the yard was ready […]
I like to read as much as the next guy. I also like history. So when I get to read a history book like I am currently enjoying, it’s nice to notice similarities between two differing time periods. A reporter-like-type, as I live and experience life, I am supposed to also observe, find comparisons and […]