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 . […]
There are plenty of historic homes in and around the community that are fun to look at and ponder about, ‘I wonder what’s the story with that house?? Starting in September area residents can learn some ‘history, folklore and lies? surrounding that big body of water for which are town is named, Lake Orion. Orion […]
This past Sunday was a good day for a picnic and for packin? heat. About 150 people from across the state came to Oxford Township’s Seymour Lake Township Park in support of Michigan open-carry gun rights — it is lawful to carry a legally registered pistol, as long as it’s holstered and not concealed. There […]
I have never questioned whether or not my sons, Shamus and Sean, are true to the Boyhood Club. Time and again they prove themselves. Much to the chagrin to the women in their lives (mother, grandmas, aunts and some cousins) the boys are members of this secret society of fledgling Neanderthals. Of course, the Neanderthals […]
Ladies, put on your (game) faces and leave the high heels at home. The gridiron is calling your name; its sweet siren is softly saying, ‘Mom, come to me. Come see what I am doing with your sons.? The Oxford Football Club is hosting its ‘first annual? Mom’s Football Clinic this coming Tuesday (August 6) […]
In the dating scene, ‘no? means no. When it comes to asking your mortgage provider to work with you on changing your mortgage, it’s a different story. ‘I hear it repeatedly,? says attorney Jim Porritt, Jr., when describing what area residents tell him after first calling their lender. ‘They say, ‘All I hear is no.? […]
While I am not saying it’s time to gather your family for the group hug preceding the End of Days, I am prophesying the end of civilization as we know it. Kiss 130,000 years of modern man’s advancement in technology and societal evolution, good-bye. Our time on this ball of rock spinning in the heavens […]