Tag: family
member name: Mike Ball
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May 06, 2006 09:33 PM EDT --
First published February 3, 2006
When I was a kid, my parents loved to humiliate me by hugging me in public, or to crush my dreams of glory by keeping me from sky-diving off the tool shed. Back then, . . .
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January 04, 2007 01:50 AM EST --
Not too long ago I treated my readers to the details of my colonoscopy, an often-feared medical procedure that turned out to be a bit of a technological miracle. Of course, after that little excursion . . .
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June 02, 2006 03:50 PM EDT --
This is the What I've Learned So Far... piece that won the 2003 Erma Bombeck award. It was republished today in my print column, so I thought I'd share it with my Gather friends.
The other day . . .
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April 06, 2007 04:26 PM EDT --
Yesterday my friend Clyde asked me, "Did you see American Idol the other night? Man, I thought for sure Traci was going to make it, but they got rid of her and kept that moron Todd. And then that . . .
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April 16, 2006 08:02 PM EDT --
First published April 16, 2006
Well, it's Easter. This weekend commemorates the sacrifice that Jesus made for all of us when he was crucified, suffered, and died for the sins of all mankind, then . . .
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April 19, 2006 02:47 PM EDT --
First published August 26, 2005
All the time my son was growing up I coached his ice hockey teams. This means that I spent years standing around ice rinks, plotting complex strategies and line combinations . . .
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April 28, 2006 10:28 PM EDT --
First published April 28, 2006
I just got off the phone with my son. He's twenty-four years old, he's not sick, and he doesn't need money (at least not from me). Under these circumstances . . .
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December 24, 2006 02:42 AM EST --
Well, we’re in it now. There’s snow on the ground, and every public building you walk into has either Bing Crosby or Weezer crooning about it. Holiday cards have started coming in from all . . .
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April 17, 2007 11:43 PM EDT --
Driving by the high school parking lot last week, I was struck by the fact that every vehicle sitting out there that could be clearly and easily distinguished from a pile of scrap metal. Most of them were . . .
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April 15, 2006 11:48 AM EDT --
First published April 22, 2005
The Egyptians engineered the Pyramids. The Romans engineered the Coliseum. Somebody or other apparently engineered Stonehenge. And a couple of weeks ago, my friend Tom . . .
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April 15, 2006 01:38 PM EDT --
First published October 21, 2005
It's October, so a lot of people around here have already taken their stuff out of the water and stored it away for the winter. These are the same people who didn't . . .
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May 06, 2006 08:34 PM EDT --
First published May 5, 2006
New leaf-buds erupt on every tree in a riot of impossible green. Flowers spread their newborn blossoms to kiss the gentle rain. Pasty-white legs poke tentatively . . .
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May 20, 2006 01:59 PM EDT --
First published April 29, 2005
I'm an excellent cook.
Ok, I'll admit it - saying that is a lot like Dustin Hoffman's character in Rain Man saying, "I'm an excellent driver." . . .
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May 26, 2006 05:15 PM EDT --
This column originally appeared in What I've Learned So Far...
Ok, I realize that I write a lot about the differences between men and women. That's because there are just so many differences, . . .
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May 30, 2007 11:51 AM EDT --
Beep, beep, beep.
You wake up from a light, fitful sleep at 3 AM to the sounds of your heart monitor beeping and the semi-hushed voices of two nurses outside your room discussing household indiscretions . . .
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April 09, 2006 08:59 PM EDT --
First published July 9, 2005
As I mentioned in this column a few weeks ago, I have a Doberman named Brenna, who happens to be the biggest baby of all dogs. Ok, I know what you're going to say; that . . .
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April 12, 2006 11:07 PM EDT --
First published May 13, 2005
A number of readers have emailed with comments about the photo of me that runs with this column. First, let me clear up the main point of confusion – I'm the one . . .
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May 07, 2006 12:25 PM EDT --
First published February 10, 2006
Last week in this column we tackled the use of "blogs" by "Generation Y," or "Generation Z" or "Generation Shrek" or whatever . . .
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December 25, 2006 11:25 AM EST --
6:15 AM – The bedroom door swings open and Todd Junior launches himself onto the bed screaming, “Mom! Dad! Wake Up! IT’S CHRISTMAS!”
Dad, who was assembling and wrapping toys until . . .
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August 08, 2007 01:18 PM EDT --
Not too long ago I saw a television commercial for what has to be one of the most important industrial breakthroughs in human history. Even though major advances of this sort are not really the focus of . . .
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