Mike’s Parachute Accident
If you haven’t heard, I’ve been injured in a bizarre parachuting accident.
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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
NBC Iowa interviews Mike on how a trade could be better than college
Mike discusses with reporter Justin Andrews of KWWL in Cedar Rapids, Iowa about how students should consider all their options when planning their future and that going into the skilled trades should be a viable option and can lead to a rewarding and profitable career. CEDAR RAPIDS (KWWL) –When thinking of dirty jobs might you think of doing difficult, disgusting and sometimes messy duties, with little pay. Mike Rowe, creator and host of the TV show Dirty Jobs knows all about skilled labor and is an expert and advocate of many skilled labor jobs. He says going to a 2-year trade Read More
Remember Our Soldiers
Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of D-Day.
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Keep up on what Mike is doing – Somebody’s Gotta Do It and more.
General Mills’ Generous Donation to the mikeroweWORKS Foundation
I am not a spokesman for General Mills. Neither is my mother. But here at Mom’s place, this morning’s breakfast came in the form of a mixing bowl filled with “Oven Toasted Whole Grain Gluten Free Corn Chex,” courtesy of General Mills. (I’m not sure why all of a sudden people are taking the gluten out of everything edible, but my parents are on board with the trend, and so is General Mills. So as long as I’m here, I guess I am too.) Anyway, I was enjoying the most important meal of the day and perusing last weeks unread Read More
Off The Wall: Quality Time with the Folks
Josh Johnson writes,
“Hey Mike – I love ya man. But really….put away the laptops at breakfast and spend some quality time with the folks that brought you into this world!”
Asleep at the Heel ~ Mike’s Sprained Ankle
If you’re bored, (and even if you’re not,) pour yourself a drink and scroll through the 20,000 comments that follow my previous post.
Mike Suggests Solution for the Skills Gap
In this interview with Engineering.com at the 2014 USA Science and Engineering Festival Mike talks about what he learned from Dirty Jobs, and shares his ideas for how we can close the skills gap. You can watch the interview, or read a transcript on their site. Click here to see the interview on Engineering.com. Click here to learn more about what Mike did at the 2014 USA Science and Engineering festival in Washington D.C.
Intestinal Mutiny “All Too Human” Revisited
Hey Mike –
You wrote something last March about almost crapping your pants on the Golden Gate Bridge.