Well, here it is, the 50th Magic Mike column. Fifty stories, fifty rants, fifty late nights, thousands of words, one book, and one award. What started as a joke column name has turned into something astounding. Nothing I could have imagined. Writing this column is different than writing ...
Every year I like to look back and reflect, this year is no different. Starting college was definitely the biggest addition to my life. I have met so many new friends and teammates. Being involved in the band and track and cross country teams changed my perspectives in both activities. The ...
A little boy goes outside on a beautiful summer day with his bat and ball. He pounds his bat on the ground and says to himself, "Now coming to bat is the greatest hitter in baseball." With that statement, he throws the ball up in the air and when it comes down, he takes a mighty swing, but ...
The internet is truly an amazing, marvelous, strange thing. The capacities of the internet are boundless. Something the invention of the internet revolutionized was pen pals. Instead of throwing a stamp on your letter to your buddy in fluflekistan, ya just click a button. When used ...
Week to week as I write my various articles I always find some element of our community that I have no knowledge of. Being nineteen years old, I accept the fact I simply haven’t lived enough years to know everything about the place that I call home, but it still drives me crazy. Being a ...
As I sit here typing, it's before the 4th of July, but will be in the paper after the 4th. But I think it's still necessary and worthy of print. I think of the great fun the 4th of July brings each year. My second daughter was born this day at 9:30 in the evening. The doctor told us we have ...
So, I was walking into Monday's council meeting, and I saw a guy I know rocking a ridonculous shirt. I caught up with him and complimented his shirt, and we then talked about shirts, and somewhere along the way, he called me sexy. This was both an odd and delightful accolade that I'd never ...
I’ve never been good at preparation and timeliness. Give me a deadline and I’ll usually meet it, however I’m going to stretch it. I’ve been this way for as long as I can remember. Not always the most ideal in an academic or work situation but nevertheless I make due. A peek into ...
Now it goes without saying I’m cool and I like staying cool. I’ll add that anyone reading this column is cool. However that isn’t quite the same cool I’m talking about. With a changing climate (believe it or not it’s been warm) staying cool during my mowing job has become a challenge. ...
School's out for summer! St. Joseph's and the Public Schools are officially closed for the summer months. The town kids in Chelsea are free as birds. We've got the world by the tail and there's ball games to be played, cricks, creeks and rivers to explore, forts to be made and imaginations to ...