This column was from early in the year of our Lord, 2003. I’ve been going back and looking at past columns to put ’em in book form, and this one made me smile. Hope it makes you smile, too. — Don Since I was a young collegiate student-type of individual, the debate has raged in […]
Just a heads up . . . in case you hadn’t noticed, it snowed. * * * So, did anybody else think there are other reasons why the Tampa, FL kid isn’t doing good in school, other than his own academic proficiency? If you haven’t heard, a Florida couple had their son walk around in […]
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 jockey, recording industry […]
Little did I know what a hornets nest I would shake, when last election cycle I commented on the incorrect usage of the term Michigander by the then two gubernatorial hopefuls, Virg ‘The Angry? Bernero, and Rick ‘The Nerd? Synder. You woulda thunk I kicked my neighbor’s dog, laughed and then wrote about it, by […]
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 […]