“You’re like the king of the dipshits, Ernie. And I mean that in a good way.” That’s one of many memories of Dan Ascheman, a friend and former co-worker who passed away Dec. 4 at the far-too-young age of 49. Many of us who worked with Dan at Metropolitan Community College didn’t hear the news […]
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“I didn’t want to work for The Man.” My brother and I heard that quite often growing up. Our dad would say he didn’t have to put up with any bullshit because he didn’t work for what he termed “The Man.” It didn’t take long after I start working a real job for me to
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The thought of school used to drive me to tears. I cried on the first day of school every year until the fifth grade. It wasn’t that I didn’t like school. I was just scared. That stopped in September 1986 when my father pulled me aside a few days before school for a short, gentle
According to studies by NASA (or somebody who knows about blogs), you’re supposed to blog at least twice a week to build a following. That means seven of you will read this, considering it’s my second blog in four months. Don’t worry, the sports/pop culture/music video theme will return in time for football season. In
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