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.
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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.
Remember Our Soldiers
Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of D-Day.
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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.
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.