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The Miker Side of Life
All the world's inanity and insanity as seen through one pair of lopsided goggles.
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That Darwin Fella May Be Full of Crap
This weekend, I was having a nice little Saturday with my wife. We went to the Home Depot, and were considering the Bed, Bath, and Beyond if there was time. Interrupting my day, several times, was the oh so obnoxious buzz of the cell phone in my po...
The Estes Boys on the Back Nine
Picking up the clubs where we left off the other day, we stroll out onto the tenth tee box for the Estes House Open. Hope you have a good caddy and have been working on your short game, cuz the back nine is where the course really gets challenging.H...
Tee Off With the Boys from Estes House
We'll call it the non-committal time. The gap between college and taking on the responsibilities of an actual adult. For some it's a minimal chunk, a week, a month, the summer, maybe only that one night of graduation day partying; for others it's a...
The Only Thing Better Than Chicken Pot Pie is Deep Fried Chicken Pot Pie With Bacon
I've reached the point in my life -- with a kid and a parental heart attack under my belt -- that I'm really trying to live healthier. I try to eat right. I do a sit-up every now and again. Iread the labels at the grocery store. Okay, I'm still w...
Billy Joel Must Have Been Talking About This River... er... Creek of Dreams
This is the excitement that is my life. Like Snickers with the peanuts and the nougat, my weekly routine is just chock full of adventure. For example, just the other day, I drove over to mysister's house. I know what you're thinking, WOW, all the w...
Nothing Says True Love Like Mayonaise and Bacon
A lot of what defines me and has made mewho I am is the relationships I did not have. Yup, that's right, no typo there, the relationships I did not have.As a young lad I had a tendency to idealize certain people. I had these crushes that I just wou...
The Legend of Eddie Bubble Gum
There are a handful of moments every now and again that trigger some deep, long forgotten sense memory in me. Once in a while, when the wind is just right, a neighbor will light up his barbeque and just a whiff of the coals will transport me back to...
No Ducks Were Harmed in the Writing of This Post
People do stupid things. Let's face it. There's no denying it. I'm pretty sure that we can all agree on that.We can also agree, I'm sure, on the fact that you are a person. Unless you're a government trained chimp learning to read blogs so you can as...
He's All Growns Up and He's Growns Up
These are things my friend Rob used to like. Large breasts. Larger breasts. Large bare breasts.Breasts that are larger than the previously mentioned breasts.Vapid obnoxious women with large breasts.Things that remind him of large breasts.Sports.Eati...
A Stick of Butter Will Do Just That If You Toss It at the Ceiling
Ceilings. That's what they came up with. That was my topic. What could I possible have to say about ceilings?During a lesson yesterday about expository writing, I asked my students to come up with a topic for me. I was going to demonstrate how th...
The Remote Control of Life
Tivo has changed the way that I look at the universe. I am a Tivoholic. I admit it. I can no longer live without it. I go to other people's houses to watch the game or a show and I can barely tolerate it. I find myself absently going for the remote t...
