Work Smart Not Hard? Really?
This is the worst advice I’ve ever seen. Who’s with me?
Category: Blog
A Dandy Time
Last night I saw The Dandy Warhols at The Fillmore. One of the best shows I’ve seen in years.
Holy C.R.A.P.
It’s working …
Welcome to MikeRowe.com
For many years, some other guy named Mike Rowe owned mikerowe.com. He didn’t do anything with it, but he nevertheless refused to sell it for what I felt to be a reasonable sum. I saw this as a sign from above, and an ideal excuse to not launch my own personal website.
Um …
Kristen thinks this spectrogram of my voice is pretty. Whatever.
Zack’s Secret Sacrifice
The other week on Deadliest Catch, deckhand Zack Larson was pretty well lambasted by the narration. Here I present a different view of what might have been broadcast.
A Special Thanks to Dad
To sum up, Happy Father’s Day, Dad, three weeks in advance. And Happy Memorial Day, right on time.
Touring MTI
So I was in Springfield (Illinois) yesterday, and took a tour of a trade school called MTI. These guys have an 85% job placement rate and I wanted to see what they were all about.
MTI and Mike Rowe Putting Faces to the mikeroweWORKS Scholarship Project
So I was in Springfield (Illinois) yesterday, and took a tour of a trade school called MTI. These guys have something like an 85% job placement rate for graduates, and I wanted to see what they were all about. I’m glad I did. Halfway through the tour, a group of guys approached me to say thanks. I didn’t know what they were talking about, but said “you’re welcome” anyway, because well … it’s polite. As it turns out, these guys all received scholarship funds from mrW. I had no idea. I knew MTI was on the list of schools whose Read More
Happy Birthday, Dani
Apologies in advance to all serious musicians.
(Way) Before Dirty Jobs
Everything in the picture is real. Though virtually nothing is genuine.
That Jay Leno
Anybody see Leno the other night?
Snot, Shows and Closets
In this week’s mail call, I address everything from having an independent TV show to “5 minutes in the closet.”
Insulated
I came to NOLA for a few days to work on a project with Ford, and stopped by a few work sites to say hello and slow things down.
Where Am I?
I’m out of town … Can you guess where?