Whenever I read a writing prompt and I can’t think of anything to write about within a couple of minutes I give up. But not always. Sometimes I turn to anagrams just for the fun of seeing what ...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2023/01/01/where-to-go-with-custody/
Politics has become brutish and obnoxious and painful to watch. What I once found interesting is now worse than (and far less entertaining than) professional wrestling. At least professional wres...
I turned on the news yesterday evening when I was making dinner and I heard a story about the Minnesota Wild hockey team and learned the team bought out the contracts of two of their star players...
Standing in the presence of countless dozens of people at George Floyd Square one is filled with an overload of thoughts and puzzled wonder. We can fill libraries with books on how we got here an...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2021/06/03/will-we-ever-get-it/
So I heard on the news this morning that some guy ate so much licorice he died. That’s crazy. Not that I don’t feel bad for the guy and his family, but I guess the thing that bothered me the ...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2020/09/25/candy-is-dandy-or-is-it/
So you’re feeling a little too happy and optimistic and you want to tamper those feelings of ease and peace and contentment down a little, huh? The answer is simple: turn on the network, or you...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2019/05/02/how-to-become-depressed/
I’m a pretty private person so I don’t talk much about myself, but I felt it was important for me to say something about this publicly before the news outlets pick it up and it goes viral on ...
I don’t watch the news anymore because it’s, for me, too negative and too depressing. When you turn away from Washington though it’s not as difficult as you might think to find good news an...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2018/02/21/a-simple-act-of-love/
Maybe you saw this on the news the other but just in case, here it is. In a nutshell, a guy riding the train in Chicago saw a homeless man riding next to him suffering from frostbite so he . . . ...
In a world with relentlessly depressing – and oftentimes disturbing – news, I’m always on the lookout for something positive and, if I’m lucky, something that goes beyond test missiles, a...
First they came for the Muslims, and I did not speak out . . . Welcome to the reality of life in the new Bannon/Trump America and the second day of being less American. But no one can say “I di...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2017/01/29/being-less-american/
Can you imagine defending yourself against attack dogs and refusing to leave? Can you imagine standing outside in 25 degree weather and being shot with high-pressure water hoses – lethal force ...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2016/12/05/peaceful-resistance-really-works/
I get home and turn on the television and on CNN they’re interviewing Donald Trump and on MSNBC they’re talking about Donald Trump and on Fox they’re playing the clip of Donald Trump talkin...
Just went to Yahoo! and saw a banner across the top alerting me to this hot tidbit of breaking news: “Rick Santorum reportedly suspending his GOP presidential run” Am I really to believe that...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2016/02/03/breaking-news-breaking-news/
Maybe I’m thinking about it wrong, but I can’t help but think that if the protesters/occupiers/militia (domestic terrorists?) out in Burns, Oregon, the group now calling themselves “Citizen...
I heard a story on Monday afternoon about Ohio governor John Kasich getting ready to enter the 2016 presidential race. In the story he was described as a centrist and I thought, great, I’d like...
First of all I want to say that I love firefighters. Anyone who runs toward danger to help others is a hero in my book and I cut them a lot of slack and give them a lot of leeway. If I’m going ...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2015/07/06/confederate-flag-flies-in-minnesota/
Donald Trump, back in 2011, despite acknowledging that President Obama was “probably” born in the United States, still went on to question the President’s birthplace. Said Trump: “If you�...
Great news from Twins Territory: Ervin Santana busted for failing a drug test and banned for half the season. He says: “I am very disappointed that I tested positive for a performance-enhancing...
https://michaelsfishbowl.com/2015/04/04/minnesota-twins-just-when-you-think-it-cant-get-any-worse/
Yesterday I responded to a flash fiction prompt about a criminal who is about to be executed. I try and make the stuff I post to this blog funny and irreverent, but a writing prompt about a crimi...