My dad goes to power shows, and one of his absolute favorite parts is the ropemakers. My father could watch a rope being made for hours. And once, when I was but a boy, my father got it in his head that he too could make a rope. This is that story. I don't remember my father making the ...

It is extremely apparent that one of the things that I inherited from my parents is the predilection to go in waves of things. Today I'm all about this over here, and next week I'm all about that over there, it comes, it goes, it happens. So, about a month or two ago late at night, half ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alright, last Sunday was Father's Day, so let me tell ya a story of me and The Old One. And yes, throughout this column I will be referring to my father as The Old One. This is for two reasons, one The Old One is a nickname given to my father years ago by my sister, out of affection or ...

It is, in my opinion, that everyone is an idiot. I am saying the entire population of the world, as we know it, regardless of IQ, age, where you went to school, how long you went to school, what you read, what you learn, or the frequency in which you use the word 'indubitably' is an idiot. I ...

It is currently 5:09 pm June 4, 2024, Tuesday, Primary Election night, and this has been the last hour of my life. An hour ago, I contacted my sister, who was about to get off work, to get me some chicken from the gas station on her way home. While on the phone with my sister, my Ma sits a ...

Alright, let's get the compliment out of the way right now, then we can move on to the fun stuff. Ya see, the old one, my father, can fix about anything if he puts his mind to it. He's fixed furniture, cars, mowers, doors, you name it. The thing is he doesn't always fix it the way one would ...

Alright, so if you've had as many health problems as I've had in my life, there's something you have to deal with. The out of town doctor's appointment. My family has learned to make a day out of it, ya go out to lunch, Goodwill, maybe a few other shops, then back home. It's a pros and cons ...