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member name: Mike Ball
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May 02, 2006 11:57 AM EDT --
First published January 13, 2006
This is a little out of season, but I'm posting it at the request of Heather.
You know, to me the worst thing about a Midwestern winter is not the gray skies. It's . . .
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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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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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September 11, 2006 02:17 AM EDT --
The song at the other end of this link, There Are No Words, by Kitty Donohoe, won an Emmy Award in 2001. After five years I've managed to come up with some words, which you will find in this column, . . .
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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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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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April 29, 2006 01:07 PM EDT --
It was just after a session of sunset barefooting, and two of my friends were carrying me up the dock from the lake. My wife was standing on the shore with her hands on her hips in that universal wife-pose . . .
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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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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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October 19, 2006 01:53 AM EDT --
October in Michigan is a magical thing. The leaves are beginning to change, the nights are cooler, and the kids are back in school. From the football stadium, the festive sounds of the marching band, the . . .
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November 03, 2006 05:48 PM EST --
This afternoon I was talking to my friends Josh and Cliff, and the conversation naturally turned to Paul McCartney's breakup with Heather Mills. Ok, this may only be natural for three guys who all . . .
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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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May 15, 2006 11:01 PM EDT --
Satire from What I've Learned So Far...
May 15, 2005
Legendary Rolling Stone Keith Richards was released from a New Zealand hospital yesterday following brain surgery to repair injuries incurred . . .
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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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