On August 6, 2005, I wrote . . . A little more than midway down and all of the way west in the ‘mitten? part of Michigan lies Ottawa County. This county is rich in its farming tradition. And, just like in our area, those once rich in farming, sooner or later become rich in […]
On July 16, 2003, I published this gem of a column about our community. Not much has changed since then, except the number of “For Sale” signs in front of area homes. There are still tons of cars and traffic still sucks. * * * This past weekend the ‘Daily? Oakland Press ran a nice […]
Two years ago this week, I wrote the following column. Read the end to find out, as Paul Harvey says, the rest of the story. * * * Excuse me for a moment while I find my ‘thick-skinned? suit which comes complete with knuckle dragging sleeves and gloves. Z-i-i-p-p! There, it’s on. And since I […]
Note: This edition of Don’t Rush Me originally ran on July 7, 2004. This past weekend with fireworks and much merriment, we celebrated the declaration of our country’s independence. Not, as some get confused, our being independent from the old world’s superpower, England. On July 4, 1776 we merely announced to the world that we […]
When I hear a sentence starting or ending with, ‘back in the good ol? days,? I automatically roll my eyes. I can’t help it, it’s instinctive. And I can honestly say the muscles that control my rolling eyes are ripped. They’re taunt and buff. They get exercised like no other muscle in my body. Longing […]
Five years ago, on June 18, 2003 I wrote about elections. The big gripe, school elections being alone during the year. Since, I am happy to report, a number of schools have changed their elections to coincide with general elections. Others like Clarkston and Lake Orion continue to waste taxpayer money, have their own elections, […]
The other day I was walking in a local parking lot and I saw a dirty old penny. It was dinged up pretty good so, it had been run over a few times. Despite the fact President Lincoln’s face was turned down, I bent over and picked it up and slid it in my pants […]
Interesting — on June 5, 2002 we started getting scam emails… I wrote about it then (which you’ll read) and guess what — we get more now. Ain’t life grand? 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 […]
These three-day, holiday weekends . . . yikes. Hard to get back in the saddle and write a column when you’re still thinking about sun, barbeque, family, friends, fireworks, et al. Somebody is always e-mailing me something . . . and something is what I will copy and paste here. They are quotes and whether […]
Holy turn up the heat, Batman! This 15 degrees below normal temperature really sucks. But, I suppose it is better than snow. That said, I reckon spring is really here: things are growing, bees are a buzz and construction crews are on the road. (Just for fun, try driving down West Hegel Road in Goodrich. […]