Well, I got sick, had me some Influenza, a sprinkle of ear infection, and just a touch of pneumonia. The bad part is the rest of the house was sick too. I can't have nothin' for myself. Ya know, somethin' else? I either look like death all the time or when I'm sick I have the power to retain ...
Finally! After a long and cruel winter, I've managed to lock a lot of things inside me, things that just frustrate and annoy me. Those little things are called "pet peeves." Over the last month or so, I've asked a number of people those little annoyances that just bug the "bejeebers" out of ...
Finding a new subject for mockery amongst my family is like finding a 20 at the landfill; most everything else has been picked over by the buzzards, making the find a wondrous delight. The latest find has been me, or at least the way I talk. I was born here, and I grew up here, yet somewhere ...
One of my favorite things since I started at the paper a little over a year ago, is the art of tag teaming. Many of the greatest articles I have been a part of have been due to different partnerships in the “newsroom”. When Mike and I got our start, we had quite a few duo articles. ...
It's Monday morning, and I'm writing this prior to the quarter final basketball game between Iowa and LSU. But regardless, this young lady of 22 from Des Moines can impact the whole country with her incredible basketball skills....but she has. Every arena, except two, she's played in has as ...
You’ve gotta love conspiracy theorists! They’re entertaining because they are so serious about their subject! Some are convinced that Paul McCartney of the Beatles died in a car accident in the mid-60’s and was replaced by a look-alike. The tabloids only fuel this craziness. I’ll ...
You've tuned into the Mike show on this Easter weekend, and my mind's percolatin' and my blood's ciculatin', so let's get at it. Sit back in your easy chair, munch on that chocolate bunny that will be half off next week, sittin' by the Fourth of July stuff, and listen to a tale selected from ...
One of the best lessons I have ever learned came from a 2019 band event where Mike Carnahan introduced me to the idea of flushing other people’s toilets. While you might think this is gross and you’re going to stop reading, I urge you to think about the statement a little deeper. Sure, ...
With Easter just a little over a week away, here is a story entitled "The Three Trees." I believe the author is anonymous and it's a rather appropriate story for our season of Easter. Here goes.... Once upon a time three little trees stood alongside the other trees in the forest and they all ...
In the last couple of weeks, I have been driven to the brink of insanity, then slowly backed away from the precipice of that nutty abyss. All because of my Father, that old S.O.B. Ya see, my Father retired a few years back. At first, it was awful, for the rest of us anyway, but then his ...