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.? […]
This is a letter from a reader. His response came after reading a column I penned a few weeks ago concerning pillow fighting in Detroit. I am not sure how to do it, but I’m sure you computer whizzes out there can find that column to refresh your frontal lobes before diving into Robert’s letter. […]
This past Sunday was that wonderful Hallmark holiday, Father’s Day. To all the dads out there who love their children, who provide for their kids, who don’t shirk their duties, I tip my hat. I have long held the belief most fathers get gypped on this day o? dads. Kids are in school when Mother’s […]
This past Sunday was that wonderful Hallmark holiday, Father’s Day. To all the dads out there who love their children, who provide for their kids, who don’t shirk their duties, I tip my hat. I have long held the belief most fathers get gypped on this day o? dads. Kids are in school when Mother’s […]
I wrote and published this on April 14, 2004. It being Father’s Day and all, I thought I would republish it. The way I figure it, I got a year left on this contract. ‘When I am 10, will you be dead?? Sean asked me, adding, ‘Will you still be my dad?? * * * […]
A little over two months ago, diners at Independence Township’s Capri Grill got more than dinner. It was near 7:30 in the evening and Brandon Township residents Michael ‘Mick? and Terri Elliott were paying their bill at the Sashabaw Road eatery when the excitement began. ‘I must not have looked right. Mick thought I was […]
I cleaned my desk off the other day and ran across a news item I saved. (I tend to save news items, phone numbers, napkins, doodles — lots of things on the top of my desk, some of which I want to write about, others only to throw away.) News items that catch my eye […]
(Editor’s note: Don Rush did not write a column this week. While the following would not have been accepted as a Letter to the Editor ? the writer was not brave enough to identify herself ? Mr. Rush has adopted the role of ‘sensitive male? and asked that it be printed in his space this […]
A few years back, one of my favorite teachers at Clarkston High School (Larry Mahrle) verified something for me — I don’t communicate clearly. As I sat to write this column, I remember that hot day in August when the phone in my office rang to life. What followed was an ultra-top secret conversation I […]
It has been a long journey, and as that great Oriental meta-philandering guy Confusion once said, ‘Round Eye, said journey begins with the first mis-step.? The first step in the continuing saga of my back yard and a #@$% smackin’ frackin’ mole began in April, 2006. The snow had melted and the yard was ready […]