Anyone watch Grey’s Anatomy? I thought last night’s episode was terrible. I say terrible because I didn’t like what happened but I also didn’t like the way it happened or how it was handl...
Minnesota Twins TV announcer Dick Bremer said before the start of this afternoon’s broadcast that, “… it’s only been two games” and then he commented on how fans get upset too quickly. ...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2015/04/09/minnesota-twins-getting-back-to-business-as-usual/
When I can get a bicyclist to give me the finger I consider it a good day. I’m not talking about the 3-speed Schwinn-riding guy in a t-shirt and shorts, I’m talking about the spandex-wearing,...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2012/09/03/go-ahead-make-my-day/
My pet peeve today is about insulting and rude ads. There are a lot of them out there that I feel are insensitive to gender, body type, race, etc., but the insulting ad I’m focused on today is ...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2012/07/13/pet-peeves-friday-insulting-ads/
I was reminded that today is Pet Peeves Friday. I had forgotten. Oops. Today’s pet peeve is weather related because my heat-addled brain can’t stop thinking about the weather. People who have...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2012/07/06/pet-peeves-friday-2/
I don’t like talking about people behind their backs. I do it sometimes but I really try not to because it makes me feel bad for the person being talked about as well as for myself. It’s not ...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2012/06/28/you-didnt-hear-it-from-me/
I’m pissed off. There’s a Gethsemane Episcopal Church in downtown Minneapolis and I drive by it on my way home from work every day. I don’t know anything about the church but I love the bui...
Is there anything more boring than reading another person’s freewrite? That’s a rhetorical question. Yes, there are lots of things more boring than reading someone else’s freewrite and in f...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2010/11/29/to-continue-reading-in-english-press-1/
… time for NaBloPoMo. November 1st and it’s time once again for National Blog Posting Month. I found out about NaBloPoMo just last week from a friend and decided to give it a try this year. T...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2010/11/01/if-its-november-it-must-be/
There are a number of reasons I don’t like a lot of what gets passed off as entertainment on television these days and one of those reasons was in last night’s episode of The Biggest Loser....
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2010/10/13/the-biggest-losers-failed-challenge/
There’s been some guy in the news lately. A LeBron someone. Sorry I can’t remember his last name, and I really have no excuses since his name has been mentioned on TV about a million times i...
When I was a kid and we acted up we got spanked. No questions asked and it didn’t matter where we were, we got spanked, and as a result, we stopped acting up. Maybe not right away because we ne...
Today’s Writing Prompt: Mirror You have a magic mirror that makes you look how you feel. Right now, what do you see when you gaze into it? —- Mirror, mirror. Pretty cliche but that’s what I...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2010/05/29/freewrite-for-today/
Miep Gies died yesterday. She was 100 years old. She said of herself that she was not a heroine, but just an ordinary woman, someone who had no choice. Miep Gies helped shelter Anne Frank and her...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2010/01/12/freewrite-miep-gies-rip/
Athlete of the Decade. Tiger Woods. Please. We can banter about the definition of “sport” until the cows come home and while we’ll have fun doing it, we’ll never come up with a d...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2009/12/17/athlete-of-the-decade-really/
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