Monthly Archives: September 2012

Ann Coulter vs Tom Hanks

It is my firm belief that Ann Coulter is a vile human being.  I know nothing about her personally; she could spend every weekend sewing clothes for homeless orphans, for all I know.  But I doubt it.  Even if she … Continue reading

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The cure for “general annoyance syndrome”

What is general annoyance syndrome, you ask? It’s what I had today.   It’s probably not real, but they have a syndrome for everything else, so I figured why not? Symptoms? Well, general annoyance, of course,  at all people and things. … Continue reading

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A visit with Christopher Columbus

One of my favorite scenes in the movie “Dead Poets Society” (a film made almost entirely of exceptional scenes) is when Robin Williams’ character, Professor John Keating, commands his students to stand on top of their desks.  They are reluctant, … Continue reading

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Confrontation

Here’s something you may not know about me.   I’m not much of a fighter.  I can argue with the best of them, but fights?  Not really a fan. So almost coming to blows with a woman in my building’s … Continue reading

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Getting around the soda ban

It has been the butt of jokes for months.   Our illustrious Mayor, proposing to tell New Yorkers what size sodas they can drink!  What a laugh! As of yesterday, the joke is apparently on us. Mayor Bloomberg’s personally appointed … Continue reading

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On Mackinac Island

So you know how sometimes you have a memory of a place you went as a kid – probably on a vacation – and it was the ABSOLUTE BEST PLACE EVER?  A place you wanted to live; a place that … Continue reading

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Chickens?!

As you know if you’ve read my bio or been following my blog for more than a month or so, I grew up on a farm in southern Indiana. We had cows – still do – and for a time … Continue reading

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The Bridge Walk

It’s a tradition. Every year on Labor Day, pedestrians gather by the thousands to walk across the 5 mile span of the Mackinac Bridge. But that’s not what we did today. Instead, we joined a slightly smaller, if no less … Continue reading

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1st Day

We’ve arrived in God’s area code!  (I remember as a kid they used to sell t-shirts in Cedarville that said, “God’s area code is 906″.)    The weather here is perfect.  Bright sun and warm during the day, cool and … Continue reading

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Heading West-ish

There is a great exchange in the movie “Last of the Mohicans” where Daniel Day Lewis, aka Hawkeye informs an English officer that he, his brother & father are not scouts for the British but are in fact heading West, … Continue reading

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