LSJ Blogs: John Schneider

Feel free to continue without me

I’ll be playing hookey until Aug. 15. But that’s no reason why you shouldn’t work hard to keep this forum supplied with pearls of wit and wisdom. See you in a fortnight.

 

Police protection: You get what you pay for

Meaghan Scullion wrote  to say that her boyfriend caught a chronic petty thief in the act early Wednesday morning near their north Lansing home, and chased him down — all for naught.

Zip it!

I know, I know … I’ve used some harsh language to describe those who fail to merge for a lane closure until they get to the choke point, zooming past us Boy/Girl Scouts. Maybe I was hasty …

How we’ll really get gassed — from a man who sells it

The predators are on the prowl, says Jim Leasure, who bought the BP station at the corner of Cedar and Columbia, in Mason, from his parents in 1976, and is still there every day.

The calm after the storm

I  wrote Sunday about Lake Huron’s churlish streak. In all fairness, I must say the big lake is capable of stunning tranquility as well.

Captain Jackson’s on the job

I haven’t seen “Captain America” yet, but I saw Captain Jackson while eating dinner one recent night in — where else? — downtown Jackson.

What do you call 500 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean … ?

The answer, according to an old joke: A good start.
Having several counselors at law who are near and dear to me, I am well aware of the truth and justice they can achieve.  On the other hand …

So how do I feel now about my lack of AC? No sweat

Friends who have heard me bloviate about my disdain for residential air-conditioning have rushed  forward this week to say, “Ha, ha, ha.”

When, and why, did Vernors Ginger ‘Ale’ become ‘Soda’?

Weaned on Vernors, my mother, a dyed-in-the-wool Detroiter, has maintained the habit all her life. So, while she was at our house we stocked up on the eight-ounce cans she prefers.

When they come after our water, will it be doom, or boom?

 
It’s no secret that America’s western and southern regions are parched — and, some experts say, heading into a drier future. Does that spell danger, or prosperity for our well-watered state?