Category: SJ-R

The Bad Son/Columnist »

Here’s what an idiot I am:

My monthly SJ-R column ran today, Mother’s Day. Did I use the opportunity to thank my mother for all she did in raising ten kids, and all that she continues to do today? Did I look into my heart and express the words that describe what the mother of my [...]

Humdinger in the Heartland »

 
My latest legitimate piece of journalism, unlike what I spew out here, is a Heartland magazine piece on humzOo co-founder and local artist, Dave Heinzel. Don’t know what humzOo is? Or who Dave Heinzel is? Well, read the article already!
 
 
 
 
 

Viral Gastroenteritis and Me »

In Flagrante Devomito
I usually try to post to BFS on Sundays, but I thought that I would try something different and instead spent the day throwing up. I also dabbled a bit in a headache, body aches, and the chills, just to see what that might be like. As Russ would say, “Good times.”
Lest anyone [...]

Spice Boxing »

I gave up blatant self-promotion for Lent, but I’ll lapse just long enough to provide a peak at today’s feature article in Heartland magazine on the Spice Box restaurant.

Picture a laboratory on a university campus. What probably comes to mind are stainless-steel work surfaces covered with beakers and Bunsen burners. Students in white lab [...]

There Ain’t Nobody Watchin’ - Run It »

My Sunday AM column today is a rebuke to those who think red lights are for running. In the interest of fairness, I wanted to post a video of the Replacement’s doing their song, Run It, to provide a counterpoint to my position. I couldn’t find it so here’s Kids Don’t Follow off of the [...]