Good Writing from the Boys in Blue from Bangor
I don’t follow The Bangor Police Department’s Facebook Page because I like cops, (though I do,) or because I like Bangor, (which I also do.) I do it because I appreciate good writing.
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Metaphoric Toilet & the Widening Skills Gap ~ Hot Under The Blue Collar, Part 1
Bad news. The toilet at mikeroweWORKS World Headquarters is overflowing
Off The Wall: No Excuses
I was looking for an excuse to blow off the gym today. Sgt. Joe Bozik is not making it any easier… Mike’s Facebook Page Mike Rowe | Facebook
The Way I Heard It: One Hit Wonder
I love baseball. Always have.
Off The Wall: Story Time “Million Dollar Kiss”
Becky Bex Mendoza says… Mike – Could you read a podcast from a red velvet char, dressed in jeans & a t-shirt, with Freddy by your side or laying quietly by your feet? Hi Becky The dog’s easy, since he’s constantly underfoot. But I can’t seem to locate any red furniture, velvet or otherwise. Would you settle for a kitchen chair, an old bathrobe, and a cup of coffee? Here’s episode #1, which I called The Million Dollar Kiss. You may have already heard it, but since many of you seem to prefer a video alternative, here ’tis… Happy Monday Read More
Off The Wall: The Ultimate Backseat Driver
Hey Mike – I saw a commercial the other night
Fridays With Freddy: Playing the Cards You Get
Happiness I’m told, comes from paying the cards you get. But what if the cards are so crappy you can’t look at them? Fred Mike’s Facebook Page
“Skilled Help Wanted & Needed”
Mike wrote a guest article for Parade Magazine about the Foundation and mikeroweWORKS’s campaign designed to reinvigorate the skilled trades.
Off The Wall: Here’s to Nick Shortridge
Say hi to Nick Shortridge. Nick’s on his way to work.
Mike Rowe Micro
Hello friends. I have a question today, for your thoughtful consideration. It concerns my neighbor, a nice woman named Doris with one troubling flaw – she has 32 cats. Before the question, some brief exposition. I know a guy named Dr. Patrick House. I’m not talking about the fake doctor on the TV show, I’m talking about a real guy named Patrick House with a PhD who who wrote his thesis about parasitic mind control visa vie toxoplasma gondii. (gahn-dee-eye.) Toxoplasma gondii is a nasty little parasite that lives in a cat’s intestine and causes toxoplasmosis – a condition that’s Read More
Off The Wall: What’s a Podcast? “The Lord of Light”
Dear Mike, What is a podcast? You keep asking me to listen to yours
C.R.A.P. from Bering Sea Gold
Fed Ex just dropped off a vial of 24K gold,
Off The Wall: The Right of Free College
Jim Childers writes…Hey Mike – I hear all the Presidential candidates talking about the “right” of “free” college
The Dirtiest Catch
For over a decade now, several Captains on The Bering Sea have tried to convince me that Deadliest Catch is dirtier than Dirty Jobs.
Lamar Advertising’s Unsolicited Generosity
Couple years ago, I spent a week one day putting up a billboard in Tyler Texas.