Jul
28
I wrote a piece about movies last week. We pulled it due to a number of things, not the least of which was that monster over in Aurora. Now, it’s time to start talking about movies again.Read More
Jul
15
I’m not one to bash Michigan companies. Lord knows our business climate isn’t what we’d call robust these days. But just now, I was horrified and shocked out of my summer haze with an ad from ArtVan Furniture for Back-To-School savings. Somebody call the FTC.
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Jun
09
There’s a buzz in the house this morning, an energy. Maybe it’s the early morning caffeine my sweet wife and I snuck out for. Read More
May
23
Watering the bare patches of lawn, dug up by dogs or withered by neglect, a hummingbird drops by.
When the injustices pile up so high that you can’t see over them, it’s time to act. If you’ve been wronged again and again, to stay silent and not speak is untenable. Where others have fallen, you must stand up and march forth.
I’m referring, of course, to Pizza Hut.
Apr
29
Our dear, darling daughter has finally made her collegiate decision, but it was not without fits and starts. We visited colleges from sea to shining sea over the past few years. Who knew she’d end up on top of a remote hill, in the middle of rural Minnesota?
Don’t feel bad if you’ve never heard of St. Olaf. Most of her friends haven’t either. They say, “Skye? …. Saint? We never would’ve thought you’d attend a school whose first name is Saint.”
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Beth Gourley puts Marci through her paces like a rat in a maze or a wife on a deck.
Perhaps the very first thing you want to do, when it comes to taking a memory test, is remembering that you took a memory test. There might be something else, but I’ve forgotten it. Read More
Apr
03
NOTES FROM LONDON
It seems the Brits have taken a shine to my ladies. Let me clarify; British restaurant owners love our daughters. I’m not sure why, maybe it’s our girls’ accents. Read More