Today is Song Lyric Sunday and we’re asked to share a song that mentions a profession. Yesterday, January 27th, marked the 10th anniversary of Pete Seeger’s death. Pete sang a lot of songs ab...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2024/01/28/one-blue-sky-above-us/
Tale Weaver – #165 Longing “This week I’m asking you to explore the concept of longing. What is it you long for? Health, holiday, freedom, love, understanding, acceptance.” What do I long...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2018/03/29/tale-weaver-165-longing/
I like food and when I eat I try and follow a compassionate diet. What that means for me is a plant-based diet that causes no harm to animals and doesn’t involve the exploitation of animals and...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2017/10/10/but-dont-you-miss-the-taste-of-meat/
What better time of year to put our frustrations with the world aside and give our cynicism and sarcasm a rest than the holidays. The. Holidays. It’s the one time of year where, for at least a ...
I like bookstores. Not the big superstore chain bookstores, but the small independent bookstores. The kind you go to – and this isn’t meant as a slam against anyone who works at a superstore ...
Yesterday afternoon I’m sitting in my little office, minding my own business, doing my work. The day is moving, I’m listening to Count Basie and things are good. I’m just ready to eat lunch...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2014/08/28/the-dirtiest-handshake-ever/
I’ve read a fair number of writing “how to” books in the last few years. Some of the books have been entertaining and worthwhile reading and a couple have been boring, but they pretty much ...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2014/07/14/the-gem-in-the-pile-of-writing-how-to-books/
Wins are always great. And wins against the Yankees, even in a year when the Yankees suck, are among the sweetest. While any win is a good one, walk-off wins are the most exciting finish to a bas...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2014/07/06/the-beauty-the-art-of-the-walk-off-twins-vs-yankees-070514/
I know people who are from Nebraska. Some I’ve met, some I haven’t, but they all share two traits in common. The first is questionable taste in college football teams and the second is they�...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2014/06/15/nothing-against-nebraska-but/
I went to bed with a weather forecast of 1″ to 2″ of snow ending by 9:00am. Six hours and 45 minutes later I wake up to a reality of a winter storm warning with an expected snowfall of 3″ t...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2014/01/30/weather-forecasting-phooey/
I’m sick of politicians and politics in general, but I’m really tired of these politicians who open their mouths before stopping to think about what they’re saying. The most recent example ...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2013/06/26/rep-ryan-winkler-open-mouth-insert-foot/
The country went a little bit crazy after the Newtown massacre last December. Everyone focused on the issue of gun control as the answer to the nation’s violence problem and everyone, myself in...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2013/02/14/so-you-still-wanna-talk-about-guns/
Years ago, and I mean many years ago, like back when I was around 13, 14, something like that, I would spend New Year’s Eve with my best friend Larry and we’d watch TV, play Scrabble with his...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2013/01/16/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-resolutions/
A faithful reader in Arizona wrote to ask why I hadn’t blogged on the baseball Hall of Fame voting yet. Hadn’t I heard, this writer wanted to know, that a homerun king and a Cy Young Award wi...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2013/01/10/baseballs-hall-of-fame-vote/
I saw this website and thought it was sort of interesting. Kelly Pratt is an artist/designer in Chicago with a love of sandwiches. She believes making a good sandwich is an art form – a belief...
I had a really, really good blog for today. It was shaping up to possibly be one of the best I’d ever done. I was super excited about it; ideas where shooting out of my head like fireworks and ...
Good things make you feel good, right? I believe that’s true, so did you hear the one about Winchester, Kentucky, businessman Rankin Paynter? Winchester is about 20 miles east of Lexington, K...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2012/05/23/attention-kmart-shoppers/
A follow-up to yesterday’s post about violence in sports and why we tolerate it. Back on April 11th, in the third period of game one of the first round playoff game between the Detroit Red Wi...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2012/04/26/nhl-a-game-for-barbarians/
Why is it such a happy day? Because it’s Pot Luck Day! Could today be any better? I’m so excited I don’t know what to do with myself. I just came back from looking at the sign-up sheet aga...
I’m not certain what blogger category I would fall under. I don’t talk about baseball, books or movies enough to be a baseball, book or movie blogger. While I primarily talk about me and my r...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2012/02/17/mentioning-unmentionables/