Tim and Jen Live Here

I’ve been to three of the eight Citizens Academy sessions offered by our local amublance service, Huron Valley Ambulance. The first week was a sit-and-listen week. The HVA president told us about the history of the service – how it came to be, how they’re funded, what types of metrics they use to determine their [...]

Stephen King wrote a great book for writers. It’s called On Writing and should be read by anyone aspiring to write fiction. I’ve titled this post “On Biking”. Stephen King was qualified to write “On Writing” because he had been writing for quite some time and made a very successful career for himself doing just [...]

Eavesdropping is almost always entertaining, but eavesdropping on a group of kids can be infinitely more so. No worries, there was nothing nefarious going on. I just happened to be sitting next to five boys, aged maybe 9-11, at a recent hockey game. Listening to the conversation was more fun than the game, which is [...]

There’s a cashier at my Rite-Aid. He’s a friendly guy, and recently said something to me that I later told Tim I thought was not actually a compliment. As you can see here – note, this isn’t the best photo of me, but since I am normally behind the camera, there aren’t many to choose [...]

It’s Wednesday night in Ann Arbor, and you’re sitting in the overheated Michigan Theater, waiting to watch Ben Folds. You saw him here a year ago and that was a great show. You’ve got high expectations. Concerts never start on time, so you’re amazed when the opening act, Miniature Tigers starts performing at 7:30, just [...]