There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella

Everyone in Minnesota is really friendly. I'm not sure what it is. It might be all the lakes ( Read more... )

Courtesy of Mr. R.W. Lehmann III. Dig.

The following is a list of "perfect careers" suggested to me through a quiz on monster.com ( Read more... )

Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with 6 weird facts/things/habits about yourself. In the end you need to choose 4 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs ( Read more... )

Remember those "The More You Know" ads that NBC shows? I remember them with different NBC actors, saying things like, "Don't take drugs," or, "Stay in school ( Read more... )

One of the reasons why I really like the Detroit Tigers' new manager, Jim Leyland (talking about some prospect at spring training this year ( Read more... )

A story I wrote, Dead on a Wednesday, got published by a local arts group called The Detroiter. It's really not that spectacular, and the story is no Beyond the Pale by William Trevor (of which, Ron, you were completely right), but I suppose it is kind of neat. And it's a start.

The Detroiter

So last night Jesse and I went downtown. Started at the Town Pump, which was fairly busy but nothing out of the ordinary. Actually, an ordinary Friday night is busier than a Tuesday before the Super Bowl. Still fun though. No celebrities there, just a bunch of press people with passes around their necks. Did see a model type, about 6'3" and ( Read more... )

Today I went for "Phase 2 of the Application," at Pinnacle Advertising. This is basically a way of training employees without paying them. I showed up at 11:30am and was supposed to stay through 8pm, afterwhich I would take some sort of test so they can further scrutinize my qualifications. I don't know what was on this test because I ditched ( Read more... )