Happy Birthday Eileen!
This is my friend Eileen. She’s turning 49 today, and celebrating the occasion with some delicious bavette steaks and a houseful of friends.
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Leila’s Hair Museum – Somebody’s Gotta Do It
This is Leila’s Hair Museum in Independence Missouri. It’s just down the road a piece from Harry Truman’s place.
SkillsUSA Torch Carrier Award – It’s a Major Award
I’ve always been ambivalent about trophies and plaques and various other tokens of accomplishment designed to live forever on walls and mantles. Unless the memento in question falls into the “major award” category – like The Leg Lamp from A Christmas Story – I prefer to display and cherish my various keepsakes in the garage. Last Friday though, I was honored by my friends at Skills USA, and received from them the rarest kind of souvenir – the kind I will actually show off. It’s called The Torch Carrier Award, and as I told the audience that watched me receive Read More
OFF THE WALL: Shopkeepers…
So far, five million people have seen the slightly altered face of a shoplifter I posted earlier this week.
Fridays with Freddie: Cheeseburger please!
Used to be a fella could duck into the local diner, grab a burger and get on with his life.
Keith is Walking the Walk ~ Let’s Help
Some of you might be familiar with this photo. It was taken a few years ago on a pig farm in Las Vegas.
CRJ700 and the long line of disappointment
The woman standing at the back of the plane is about to piss her pants.
Public Shaming ~ the liquor store inquisition
Had a spirited conversation last night with some locals down at the liquor store.
Mike’s Parachute Accident
If you haven’t heard, I’ve been injured in a bizarre parachuting accident.
Fridays with Freddie ~ Laundered Jockey’s
I don’t wear underpants. Partly because I’m a dog
Looking for people who love what they do
As some of you know, I’ll be in Kansas City next week, speaking at the annual Skills USA National Competition.
Mike and the Giant Cyst
Last night in the bar I met a guy with a cyst on his elbow. Or perhaps it was a boil.
Gotta Love the Brits
My producer today is a guy from England. He sounds like I imagine Winston Churchill did after a few bottles of Champagne.
A Father’s Day al Fresco Fiasco
I wrote this a few years ago. It’s still mostly true.
CNN Covers the mikeroweWORKS Foundation
CNN just released this video and article on Mike and the mikeroweWORKS Foundation. CNN’s Rebecca Baer got to sit down and interview Mike at the 2014 USA Science and Engineering Festival, where they talked about how and why Mike decided to start the mikeroweWORKS Foundation’s PR campaign for hard work. Click here to watch the video and read the article on CNN.com