Mondays With Mother? The Big Blue Purse
Here’s recent email from my mother that made me pee my pants.
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The Way You Didn’t Hear It…
I’m very flattered by the concern expressed by so many over the sudden disappearance of this week’s podcast.
Backseat Interview
Stephanie came to my office in LA and asked if she could interview me in the backseat of her SUV.
Hot Under the Blue Collar, Ep. 10
I just glanced down at the cracked screen on my ancient iPhone, and beheld the most sarcastic headline in the history of modern journalism.
Going Viral Anonymously
I don’t know who this guy is, but he’s all over my wall, all over Facebook
Off The Wall: On The Road to Coober Pedy
The other night on Dirty Jobs, you sang a song about roadkill.
Pardon Me, But Your Slip Is Showing…
Albert Samos writes…The media has recently been stating that Donald Trump’s key supporters didn’t graduate from college. They constantly refer to these people as “uneducated white men.” As an electrical contractor who happens to be a white guy with six employees but no college, I find this vaguely offensive and somewhat confusing. What do you think of the media characterizing people this way? Hi Albert If the media is referring to Trump supporters who happen to be male caucasians suffering from a lack of knowledge brought about by an absence of formal or practical instruction, than I guess “uneducated white Read More
Off The Wall: ‘Economics in One Lesson’ is a good place to start
I would never impose on you by asking you to advocate one politician over another, but I do feel this election could really use your help.
WSJ: Debunking “Free College for all”
A very smart man named James Piereson has not only written an excellent article in The Wall St. Journal debunking a few of the many flaws in “free college for all,”
Off The Wall: The ‘Tooth’ about Consumer’s Ability to Choose
Deanna Tickle writes…Oh, Mike. You tell a beautiful story as always.
Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown…
According to Dr. Derek, it was a tiny bit of bacteria that caused the problem. Somehow, it wormed it’s way under my crown and set up shop. There, it copulated with other bacteria, and soon thereafter, their demon spawn chewed away at the bond between the remains of my original tooth, and the man made enhancement which has protected it all these years. Alas, times change, and Newton’s Second Law will not be denied. Things fall apart, the center cannot hold. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, etc. Funny, how enamel, cold and lifeless, is surrounded by the softest Read More
Enjoyable & Non Political Q&A
A woman named Lisa who writes for Town Hall called my office and asked if I’d be willing to answer a few questions.
Hot Under the Blue Collar #9
Here’s my latest attempt to debunk a few misconceptions keeping people out of the skilled trades.
Trump Bathrobe Auction ~ Thanks Angela!
For those of you with better things to do than watch a four-minute video of me thanking Angela Phillips for bidding $15,575.00
Off The Wall: The Gospel Truth
Barbara Pearlman Wells writes…Whether or not you support her candidacy, I wonder if you were pleased that Hillary Clinton specifically mentioned in her acceptance speech that we need training for skills and trades