Texting brings out the Mom Squad

As any science fiction writer who is at least average does, I often project from today into the future. So I did a few weeks past, when I penned a column about the end of civilization thanks to a population addicted to texting. And, it actually piqued some readers? attention. So without further eloquence . […]

Don’t Rush Me

As any science fiction writer who is at least average does, I often project from today into the future. So I did a few weeks past, when I penned a column about the end of civilization thanks to a population addicted to texting. And, it actually piqued some readers? attention. So without further eloquence . […]

Historic Lake Orion boat tour — via pontoon

There are plenty of historic homes in and around the community that are fun to look at and ponder about, ‘I wonder what’s the story with that house?? Starting in September area residents can learn some ‘history, folklore and lies? surrounding that big body of water for which are town is named, Lake Orion. Orion […]

Giving the tongue to Oxford?

First, get your minds out of the gutter . . . Oxford homeboy (now Lake Orion resident) Dave Hicks (or as he likes to go by Hixx) is on a mission. He wants to do something groovy. He wants to do something nice. He wants to do something, in his own words, ‘cool.? What does […]

Texting is part of the evolution of communication.

Texting seems to have opened up a wee little box of Pandora . . . so, here is yet another opinion on the subject started a few weeks ago. For those who don’t know, I projected into the future with some gobbly-gook about texting ruining everything that is good and true. I don’t feel like […]

Gas is giving me intestinal pain

National disasters, technology, the ‘war on terror? and expanding markets in China aside, I got me a bad case of stomachaches. Gas — it’s a problem for me these days. And, I don’t care what my old hillbilly granny, Nanny McDonald, used to say. I could walk around the block until I am blue in […]

Giving the tongue to Oxford?

First, get your minds out of the gutter . . . Oxford homeboy (now Lake Orion resident) Dave Hicks (or as he likes to go by Hixx) is on a mission. He wants to do something groovy. He wants to do something nice. He wants to do something, in his own words, ‘cool.? What does […]

Freaky Business

Maybe three-day weekends are not a good thing. Maybe during so time off a person’s mind can wander where it shouldn’t. Here are some of the things I thought about during the Labor Day weekend. (And I didn’t think about war in Iraq, Michigan unemployment, nor home foreclosures and high gas prices — but, maybe […]

Obama not lying!

So, not too long ago — maybe a month ago — there I was sitting across from her at the Blue Ox in Lake Orion. Red hair, freckles, glasses. She’s rather short, but I didn’t fake dropping something under the table to see if her feet touched the floor whilst sitting in a chair. In […]

Slippery when wet

Contrary to what some may believe, when it rains, the road gets wet. And, when the road gets wet, it is slippery. Ta Da! Pretty simple stuff, aye? That said, reader Diane Estes is peeved at the lack of knowledge, or the ignoring of said fact by area drivers. ‘I’ve been hit twice, rear-ended. I […]