LSJ Blogs: John Schneider

City of Lansing not cutting it

It must be July. I’m getting calls and e-mails about the city not practicing what it preaches, in regard to mowing.

Riding on air

Lansing Chiropractor Kurt S. Titze swears he has found a way to make his Lincoln Navigator gas guzzler guzzle a little less. And it has nothing to do with his driving.
It’s all about quality gulps of air.

My, what big pockets you have …

Watch out — the wolves, dressed like IRS agents, are crawling all over the Internet once again.
On second thought, calling them wolves in an insult to wolves.

Stanley Cup runneth over with self-importance

An excerpt from a press release about  Wednesday’s Stanley Cup visit to Lansing:
“Please note that a Michigan National Guard color guard unit will escort the Stanley Cup from the House chambers to the Boji Tower at 2:30 p.m.”

St. Johns man is big, fat show-off

Roger Dersham of St. Johns picked a ripe tomato from his garden on June 20.
Or, so he claims.

You ain’t seen nothin’ yet

Just when I thought a 96-percent annual interest rate was outrageous, along comes First Bank of Delaware.

Off the wagon?

A colleague asked me Friday if, with Joel (“Guitar Hero’) Zumaya back in the bullpen and the Detroit Tigers on their hottest winning streak of the season, I’m “back on the bandwagon?”
Should I feel insulted?

That’s all you get

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but gas stations need to get with the times and raise the $75 limit on  credit card purchases at the pump.

The bus isn’t coming

The price of gas being what it is, Dan Dykstra of DeWitt would love to take a bus into downtown Lansing every morning.
If only one was going that way.

Your money’s no good here, Part II

Let’s face it — in the eyes of financial institutions, non-customers are smaller than small change.