Greetings, fellow Rangers! (Two heroic and selfless former classmates have finally organized a ten-year class reunion, even though it totally wasn’t their job. Anyway, they’ve also erected a great website .) Thanks for stopping by, Grand Rapids.
My wife Danielle found this article. If you’re looking for a reason why our culture is in the decline, you need to look beyond the internet. Yes, the internet and computers undermine the publishing and distribution systems of Hollywood, the recording industry, and the big New York publishers, but there is something darker at work, …
On Monday, I came to work to find a grim atmosphere. The Director of Fixed Operations (DFO) was stalking around the dealership and had taken over the General Manager’s (GM’s) office to conduct phone calls behind a closed door. Our GM, Ralph, appeared a little late, wearing a dark suit minus tie, an uneasy smile …
This freelance writing thing is mystifying! You wouldn’t believe the number of freelance job boards on the web (OK, so I don’t know how many there are, but there are lots). Many of the postings are looking for writers who will work for free, others pay very minimal fees. Others ask for bids. Freelancers have …
The other day, I stopped into a Starbucks to buy a cup of coffee. It was in the afternoon. It was hot. And I had a moment of nostalgia for the last two summers in Norfolk when I spent my summer afternoons sitting in the heat under umbrellas at wobbly tables at Starbucks tapping away …
According to this article the future of music is Prince. More broadly, the future of music is to give the music away. The story is remarkable because Prince gave away actual copies of the compact disc identical to those available in record stores. Other artists who have given their music away have done so by …
Someone mentioned to me the other day that there is no literature about the life of a military spouse written from the masculine perspective. That’s because there are so few ‘military husbands’ out there. The labels are all feminine — even the pronouns. In the introduction to Today’s Military Wife, fifth edition, Lydia Sloan Cline …
