By Don Rush Sometimes life is funny. Just aLake Orion resident Dave Hicks. Whilst in Oxford Elementary School, he became a fan of singer Elvis Presely. Soon he was impersonating ‘the king of rock and roll? at school functions. Then he grew up. He worked as a short-order cook at local diners, was a disc […]
So there I was amongst all the real reporter types from ‘big? media places, government types, chamber of commerce folk, downtown development authority figures and the like. There were lots of suits, long coats, shiny shoes, high-fashion boots on the babes and me with a blue Oxford button up shirt, with the top button unbuttoned; […]
‘Please sir, keep your negative views to yourself and move to a climate more suitable to your liking.? — David Belch * * * After I was shellacked for reporting on the trials and tribulations of shoveling snow this past December (I logged every step during my snow shoveling exploits for one day and found […]
? . . . But grief is even more. It’s a teacher if we let it be, and a good one. We can actually learn a lot from the sadness that we feel sometimes, not when we’re in the middle of grief, but later with time when we feel a little less sad.? –Madeleine Miehls […]
So, there I was driving to Oxford early Sunday afternoon. I figured I could get a few moments in at the office whilst no one else was about. I don’t know about you, but I find working during work hours hard to do. I have actually posted on my office door a sign that reads, […]
By Don Rush Assistant Publisher In October of last year, Springfield Township resident Mark (Norman to his friends) Pardo was inspired into action. Actually he got mad, mad at a ‘stupid TV show.? As he watched Oprah Winfrey interview former Los Angeles homicide detective Mark Fuhrman, Pardo knew he had to make his move and […]
Every once in a while, even your hero (that would be me) gets behind the proverbial eight ball. Things stack up; the weather’s too cold, the day’s too short. I think I need a three-day weekend soon . . . too bad Martin Luther King ism only a holiday for those with government jobs. So, […]
So, there I was driving to Oxford early Sunday afternoon. I figured I could get a few moments in at the office whilst no one else was about. I don’t know about you, but I find working during work hours hard to do. I have actually posted on my office door a sign that reads, […]
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg * * * So there I was, leaning up at the counter, all suave and debonair reading the daily newspaper with my finely honed sense of delivery and wisecrackery for the front […]
Take a look at the bearded chap with a Santa hat that goes with these words. This is the last week you’ll see this fellow’s festive, holiday mug shot. That photo will not be used again. After this week, it will be retired. (I recommend staring at the picture for one minute, without blinking — […]