Gosh, what a bummer of a football weekend we had last week. On Sunday, our ‘professional? football team, the Detroit Lions lost. (I know, what’s new?) On Saturday, not only did our Maize and Blue gridiron heroes puke out, but so did their little brothers up in Spartyland. Not only that, our only unbeaten ‘big? […]
Yeah, I know, I know. Don, you said you’d write more . . . you are saying. And, you’re correct, I did say something like that. But (here comes the excuse), I am working on stuff at work, other than writing. One thing is this website. I gotta? get it more modern. I have added […]
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 […]
Last year I was full of conspiracy theories. That was before the presidential election. Now, a changed man in a changed land, I know there are no conspiracies lurking behind every hunk of marble in Washington, DC. That said, here was my favorite conspiracy from 2008. * * * At first I didn’t see any […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 . […]
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 . […]