Happy Birthday Dani…Again May 15, 2014Check out a couple of Facebook friends who snuck backstage at The Science Festival. Some of you might recall Evan – a thoughtful guy who requested an original birthday song for his girlfriend, Dani. Thanks to a few beers and a generous donation to the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, I complied. That was a year ago. So, unless the custom has changed, ...read more...
Who Needs Air Conditioning? May 15, 2014Couple years ago I was standing on The Arctic Ocean, several miles off the shore of Greenland, slowly freezing to death.
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I Don’t Golf May 14, 2014I don’t golf. Nothing against it, I just never got into it.
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America Gets a “D” in Infrastructure May 13, 2014Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers issues an “Infrastructure Report Card.” This year we got a “D.” Again. It’s been this way since 1998. (Technically, this year was a “D+” but I never saw the value in assigning pluses or minuses. When I grew up, D’s had consequences that came in the form of extra chores. And ...read more...
Puppy Poop Bingo…and the Winner is May 12, 2014As previously promised, the winner of Puppy Poop Bingo is entitled to a fabulous prize. Specifically, an 8×10 glossy of young Freddie, tastefully arranged into a modest collage, and printed out moments ago at the local Walgreens.
As the attached photos attest, Freddie’s signature was not easy to obtain. However – though mangled and coated with slobber – I believe these ...read more...
Hey Mike – We’re Not Qualified for Your Scholarship May 8, 2014Today’s “Hey Mike!” come from yesterdays post. Dallas Pierce writes…
“Hey Mike – The problem is that people like me would love to take you up on your offer and learn a viable trade, but we aren’t qualified for your scholarship.”
I hear you, Dallas. That is a problem. Also – many who are eligible are simply not geographically suitable for the ...read more...
Fans of Dirty Jobs will remember George Sutherland. I met George back in ’08 on The Star of India.
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Today’s question comes form Diane Porterfield. Like a million others, she’s curious about young Freddie.
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That’s Christine, hiding behind my head with a razor, removing a few rogue hairs from the back of my neck.
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Some of you might recall my old pal Meyer
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Couple years ago I was standing on The Arctic Ocean, several miles off the shore of Greenland, slowly freezing to death.
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I don’t golf. Nothing against it, I just never got into it.
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Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers issues an “Infrastructure Report Card.” This year we got a “D.” Again. It’s been this way since 1998. (Technically, this year was a “D+” but I never saw the value in assigning pluses or minuses. When I grew up, D’s had consequences that came in the form of extra chores. And ... read more...
As previously promised, the winner of Puppy Poop Bingo is entitled to a fabulous prize. Specifically, an 8×10 glossy of young Freddie, tastefully arranged into a modest collage, and printed out moments ago at the local Walgreens.
As the attached photos attest, Freddie’s signature was not easy to obtain. However – though mangled and coated with slobber – I believe these ... read more...
Some of you have suggested that viewing this deeply humiliating piece of my distant past
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And occasionally, shut me up. Here, she attempts to do both, knowing full-well she’ll succeed at neither.
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BuzzFeed just published this story about the innovative way Mike named his new puppy: “Puppy Poop Bingo”
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More profundity from the Sidewalks of San Francisco.
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Today’s “Hey Mike!” come from yesterdays post. Dallas Pierce writes…
“Hey Mike – The problem is that people like me would love to take you up on your offer and learn a viable trade, but we aren’t qualified for your scholarship.”
I hear you, Dallas. That is a problem. Also – many who are eligible are simply not geographically suitable for the ... read more...