Tag: kids
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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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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June 04, 2006 12:59 PM EDT --
Sunday, June 4
This is a special note to let you know that my documentary, Young Poet Incarcerated, and the young man it's about were profiled on Page One of the Ann Arbor News today.
In case you . . .
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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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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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July 19, 2006 05:16 PM EDT --
What I've Learned So Far... Today
Your Daily (More Or Less) Dose of Satire
July 18, 2006
A new ring tone has been developed that is out of the hearing range of most adults, but which can be easily . . .
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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 15, 2006 12:15 AM EDT --
First published May 12, 2006
All right guys, Sunday is Mother's Day. Yellow alert! Go to DefCon 1!
For those of you who are not familiar with A.D.S.D. (Association of Dads, Sons and Daughters) . . .
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June 22, 2006 05:26 PM EDT --
This is just a quick note to let you all know that Michigan Radio, the U.ofM. NPR Affiliate, is going to air a piece they did on the Young Poet Incarcerated documentary and the Roots Music Workshop we're . . .
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September 12, 2007 12:07 PM EDT --
Last week I was part of something remarkable. I stood on an improvised stage, surrounded by some of the most talented people in the world of folk and blues music today, and sang a song for a pretty good-sized . . .
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March 19, 2008 01:19 PM EDT --
"Four lift tickets - two adult, two children. That will be $112.50."
"You don't understand," Dad explains patiently. "We're here on the Mount Feverblister Winter Sports . . .
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December 09, 2007 02:44 PM EST --
You know, I'm willing to bet that there's some guy in your neighborhood whose roof is literally sagging under the weight of a giant Santa, a small herd of reindeer, and a life-sized nativity scene . . .
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September 02, 2009 12:22 PM EDT --
Who'd have thought good crops Could come from a bad seed?
It was a pretty good line in a really good poem, entitled "Look At Me," by a seventeen year old African-American poet named Donald. This . . .
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November 29, 2007 10:25 AM EST --
Well, the first leg of the Holiday Triathlon - Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year - is over. As usual, my family spent a wonderful Thanksgiving day eating way too much food, drinking what some of us . . .
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April 02, 2008 03:47 PM EDT --
A few weeks ago I described my hair color as "RTG." This, of course, stands for Rapidly Turning Gray, and is a matter of pride for me.
Now I'm not talking about "sexy gray," . . .
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August 15, 2007 12:37 PM EDT --
As some of you know by now, there is a benefit concert coming up at our house on Labor Day. If you haven't heard about it, you can get all the details at www.lostvoices.org. To give you the short version, . . .
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March 05, 2008 05:47 PM EST --
This past week my friend Kitty Donohoe and I wrapped up an eight week Lost Voices program at an alternative high school for kids who have not been able, for one reason or another, to thrive in normal . . .
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May 15, 2008 05:39 PM EDT --
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to present Lost Voices to a national conference of a group who call themselves JJET - Juvenile Justice Educators and Trainers. These are professionals from all . . .
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June 11, 2008 02:47 PM EDT --
Father's Day is coming up. It is one of my favorite holidays, mostly because "dad" is by far the coolest job I've ever had. It is also a little bit sad for me, because my own dad died . . .
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