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  • Making of the Poster September 12, 2013   Mike Explains Further In the long history of bad advice, you’d have look pretty hard to find something dumber than Work Smart Not Hard. It first appeared years ago as part of a recruitment campaign for college. It was bad advice then, but today, it’s just plain dangerous. Google Work Smart Not Hard and you’ll see just how far this idiotic ... read more...
  • On the Cover September 12, 2013 It appears I’m on the cover of a magazine called Challenge, available now in a truck stop near you. read more...
  • Watch Where You’re … Oh. September 7, 2013 So I’m at this party in San Francisco … read more...
  • So Damn Funny September 4, 2013 This is quite possibly the funniest 34 seconds in the history of YouTube. read more...
  • Challenge Magazine: Mike Rowe Profoundly Disconnected September 3, 2013 In the September 2013 edition of Challenge magazine Mike talks about how he continues to get the message out about the skilled trades with his new initiative Profoundly Disconnected. Read the online edition – HERE read more...
  • A Prick in Congress September 2, 2013 As some of you know, mikeroweWORKS was launched on Labor Day back in 2008. Every so often somebody asks me how that came to be, and whether or not Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe had anything to do with it. Here’s my original reply to that question. A couple years ago I went to Congress, to see if anyone there was ... read more...
  • SkillsUSA Champions Fall 2013 Magazine: Mike Rowe ‘Work Smart and Hard’ August 31, 2013 Mike talks about “flipping a negative image of skilled jobs” in the 2013 Fall issue of SkillsUSA Champions magazine.     View the original article here. read more...
  • Guideposts – Mike Rowe, Using the Tools August 31, 2013 TV’s Mike Rowe idolized his grandfather. There was one problem—he could never be like him. Or could he? By Mike Rowe, San Francisco, California Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d make a living hosting and narrating TV shows. My plan was to follow in the footsteps of my grandfather, a man who worked with his hands, not his voice. ... read more...
  • Good News (for Me) August 30, 2013 According to the latest Gallup Poll, less than 9% of Americans find me to be “Irritating.” read more...
  • Micro Mike Rowe August 28, 2013 Scroll through the whole deal. It’s worth it. read more...
  • Bigfoot Bites August 27, 2013 I’m gratified that my lemur encounter has provided an unanticipated public service. read more...
  • Your Headline, My Face August 22, 2013 From:  Mike Rowe Re:  Your Headline, My Face. Hi Steve, Mike Rowe here, Dirty Jobs. Thanks to the necromancers over at Google, I’ve been alerted to your most recent Question of the Day: “Are Bad Jobs Good for the Economy and the People Who Work Them?” Immediately under your headline I noticed a photo of me, taken on the Mackinac Bridge while filming ... read more...
  • C.R.A.P.: Collectibles Rare And Precious August 19, 2013 See what C.R.A.P. is available THIS week (and remember, proceeds help pay for trade-school scholarships). read more...
  • A Talk About Ted August 17, 2013 Back in 2008, I got an invite to speak at something called EG, or “The Entertainment Gathering.” The Entertainment Gathering is a conference that evolved from TED, another well-known speaker series that I had never heard of. Against my natural instincts, I wound up attending EG, and spoke for exactly 20 minutes, as instructed. I had no recollection of what ... read more...
  • A Platitude With Attitude August 15, 2013 Here’s a platitude with attitude, pictured on a wall. It would be great to see more of these. read more...