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Cottage Life
Mikey Goes On Vacation I’m heading north to a special lake in the famous Muskoka area of central Ontario. Muskoka is Toronto’s traditional summer getaway being only 140 kms from the city limits. I’ll be spending a week in a rented cottage with my family which consists of two sisters, a brother, two nieces and two nephews. Also staying with…
Read MoreThe Pipes Are Calling Ye
The Riot In Dublin The “Troubles” began in the early 1900’s with Irish defiance of British colonialism. Over the years protests, assassinations and rioting would be very intense for a period of time. Then there would be something akin to a cease-fire and the problem would fade out of the World’s consciousness for months, even years on end.…
Read MoreFickle Finger Of Fate
“Chance” in a positive sense comes in two species: Fortune and the avoidance of Misfortune. True story: This dude, charicatured here as a sort of hapless loser, survived an astonishing series of deadly situations. A train derailment into a river drowning 17, an airplane crash that killed everyone else on board, three serious (and bizarre) car accidents and after all that, hit…
Read MoreThe Best Shows Ever Gave
Barry Keane and I have come up with some interesting “Themed” tours. A Surreal Evening of Tibetan Twang Dolly Parton Salvador Dali Dalai Lama The…
Read MoreSacramento
Hi everyone. It’s been a while. I’m going to try and get these posts going again on a regular basis. You’ve heard that before from me, I know. We’re into day 3 of a western US trip. At the moment I’m 10,000 feet above California just skirting the Bay Area on our way from Sacramento to…
Read MoreMtH weekly #13 Bring Yer Fishin’ Pole
Hi everyone I haven’t got much this week. Being the thirteenth of the MtH series it’s just as well. Yes, I am a little bit superstitious. Only about one thing though. Thirteen and its multiples. I particularly dislike 39. I’m very logical about everything else. Gord feels the same way about that number and if…
Read MoreMtH #8 The BS box is broken. Look out!
Infamy and Snacks There were a few things about this gig that I’ve been at for just about 36 years now ( January 24 1981 was my first show with Gord, the Mill Run Theatre in Chicago) that I didn’t anticipate. Here’s one that could be scary for some people. Because of the high profile…
Read MoreMtH #7B Exciting Conclusion
The Exciting Conclusion 72 hours later Okay, okay! Stop it! I’m being pummeled, nay, strafed, by criticism after publishing the first half of this blog on Saturday. Generally, some readers are concerned that I’m straying from the original idea which was………….I’m thinking…………ahem…………. Doesn’t matter, whatever the hell it was, some of you are thinking I’ve lost…
Read MoreMtH #7 Parenthetical 2
Hi Everybody!!! An accepted bit of practical advice to anyone who is comfortable with what Marshal McLuhan referred to as “cool” media and aspires to write with any kind of professionalism: “Be careful with exclamation marks”. Implied in this is, “Don’t use them at all”. Can you believe it?!!! Ditto for bold type. And Italics. Don’t get me started on emoticons.…
Read MoreMtH Weekly #4 Foo Say
Mike the Heff Weekly #4 Hi everyone. Welcome to the fourth weekly report. I’m starting to get some good feedback even though you don’t see many posted comments. People are preferring to use email. That’s fine. Email is like using “reply”, the posted comments are like using “reply all”. Speaking of feedback, here’s an interesting…
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