Your hero (me) and his health

So, a few weeks ago I went to my family doctor — Maria — who I actually went to high school with, and sometime between turning my head and coughing and getting probed, it was suggested I need to rethink what it is to live a healthy life. Sometime after I made the crude comment […]

The Glutenator strikes and Dinner Divas

Every so often a book gets mailed to me at the office. Writers, publishers, agents all seeking the same thing . . . publicity for some literary work. Usually I read the first few pages, close the book, put it on a shelf and forget about it. Sometimes it’s a local author and I’ll read […]

Fake parties, skeeters and vote horders, oh my

Just last week I ranted — and yes, it was a rant so I won’t try to make it sound pretty. Well, maybe rant is prettying it up . . . okay, I whined about the newest sensation in American fairness — cumulative voting. If you didn’t read it (shame on you), the gist was […]

It’s all the rage: Cumalitive voting

I didn’t believe it when I watched a local FOX News video. It had to be a joke. And, I guess it still could be — but the more I looked into it, the more information I found to back up that ‘one-man, one-vote? could be a thing of the past. So the story went, […]

An old rivalry renewed

‘They (Lake Orion) got a big, physical, tough group of kids — kids who don’t like Oxford.? — Oxford football Coach Bud Rowley, November 2, 1983 Natural geographic rivals for years, the last time Oxford played Lake Orion in a real game of football was November 4, 1983. It was the final game of that […]

ARRRRG! I hate politics, governments, et al

I can tell this is gonna be a rough period in my life. I can see into the future and behold a time of turmoil, grief and — oh yes, election time politics. I hate politics. I don’t trust, admire or really like politicians and their bureaucratic brethren who run government. I also feel very […]

It’s all the rage: cumalitive voting

I didn’t believe it when I watched a local FOX News video. It had to be a joke. And, I guess it still could be — but the more I looked into it, the more information I found to back up that ‘one-man, one-vote? could be a thing of the past. So the story went, […]

From the suckee to the sucker: Scram!

We media types love (with a capitol LOVE) it when a ‘new? disease is discovered somewhere in the world. It has probably been that way since the beginning of the modern era of journalism. When I first tried my hand at writing ‘Don’t Rush Me? (about a quarter-century ago) the ‘newest? disease was AIDS. There […]

It’s a wrap and some wrap-ups

For the past month, I have delved into the bright lights and high fashion world of TV. I have started shooting Don’t Rush Me: Th-e-e-e-e Show! Well, it’s sort of like a TV show, but it ain’t. It’s really an internet show shot at our new ‘TV? like studio for our family of 411.com sites […]

Texting ban is the ‘fuzzy dice? of modern law

So, by the time this column “hits” the streets, 21 days will have come and gone since the brainiacs in Lansing passed a law banning the practice of texting, “while operating a motor vehicle that is moving on a highway or street in this state.” Ever the pain in the posterior, before 8 a.m. this […]

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