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!”
Category: Blog
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.
Intestinal Mutiny “All Too Human” Revisited
Hey Mike –
You wrote something last March about almost crapping your pants on the Golden Gate Bridge.
Mike’s Experience With Travis Mills
Say hi to Retired Staff Sargent Travis Mills, formerly of the 82nd Airborne, US Army. As you can see, Travis has undergone a few structural modifications, most visibly in the leg department. Likewise, his left arm is more machine than flesh, and though his right arm appears to be around my waist, it really isn’t. Like the rest of his limbs, it’s been missing in action for some time. I met Travis a few weeks ago in DC at The Science and Engineering Festival, and spent a half hour talking, mostly about Dirty Jobs. He wanted to tell me how Read More
A Million Thanks to a Million Friends
I have no idea where all you people are coming from, but I’m very glad you’re here. If this were another venue, I might burst out in a celebratory song.
A Sign of the Times
David Hebermehl writes, “Hey Mike – Myself and a bunch of other golf course superintendents in and around Louisville Kentucky are having a really hard time finding employees, especially if we have to use e-verify. I’ve tried all sorts of things. Nobody wants to work or work hard. Any ideas?” Hi David – The short – and somewhat self-absorbed answer is – yes. It’s a program called mikeroweWORKS, which many here are no-doubt tired of hearing me drone on about. Here’s the short version. The primary purpose of mikeroweWORKS is to help close the countries skills gap by calling attention Read More
George Sutherland
Fans of Dirty Jobs will remember George Sutherland. I met George back in ’08 on The Star of India.
Freddie’s Dirty Job
Today’s question comes form Diane Porterfield. Like a million others, she’s curious about young Freddie.
Bay to Breakers
Yesterday was San Francisco’s annual 12K footrace through town – the ever-popular, “Bay to Breakers.”
Great Haircut that No One will see
That’s Christine, hiding behind my head with a razor, removing a few rogue hairs from the back of my neck.
Old Friend, New Baby
Some of you might recall my old pal Meyer
Happy Birthday Dani…Again
Check 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, I suppose Dani just celebrated another one. Which is the only possible justification to call your attention to this heartfelt expression of musical excess. [youtube url=”http://youtu.be/2SrKmtgMtYs” width=”400″ height=”200″] Crank it up, and Happy Birthday, Dani. (Two days late.)
Who Needs Air Conditioning?
Couple years ago I was standing on The Arctic Ocean, several miles off the shore of Greenland, slowly freezing to death.
I Don’t Golf
I don’t golf. Nothing against it, I just never got into it.
America Gets a “D” in Infrastructure
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 a D+ meant the same thing as a D-. But whatever.) Studies show most people don’t know or care about infrastructure grades, in part because we don’t really care about the infrastructure itself. Until the bridge collapses or the steam Read More