LSJ Blogs: John Schneider

Beware of dog checkers

Rumor has it that an Ingham County Animal Control guy was going door-to-door in Holt Tuesday night checking for dog licenses.

What a waste!

Reader Richard Lassin is convinced that public agencies are broke these days mainly because they waste money. In face he’s willing to bet money on it.

Cool mornings get the juices flowing

Yes, it’s still August but, for a certain number of us, these cool mornings feel a lot like deer-hunting season.

‘Gonna drive it up to the stars’

Regarding that awesome Olds Rocket F-88 I wrote about on Friday … check out the lyrics of a song, “Brand New Car,” by the Stone Coyotes:

Would you want your daughter to answer this ad?

A colleague of mine pointed out this Craigslist posting to me. Doesn’t it make you squirm?

Out of work; low on hope

How long before the frustration of the unemployed reaches the boiling point?

You’re not from around here, are you?

Earlier this summer this male peacock moved into the Whitehills Lakes neighborhood. From where, nobody knows.

 

The Whitehills Lakes folks checked with Potter Park Zoo and MSU, and followed some leads regarding some local peacock enthusiasts, but so far the peacock remains unclaimed.
“As the fall and cold winter approaches, we are concerned about the bird’s safety,” one neighbor wrote. “Do you readers know if he will survive the winter?”

Can we dare to believe yet?

We’ll call it a most excellent weekend for the Detroit Tigers (leaving aside the fact that poor pitching blew every bit of Sunday’s seven-run lead).

Wife risks bloodshed for tomatoes

I’m pacing the kitchen floor, torn between my desire for a luscious vine-ripened tomato, and my aversion to the swarms of mosquitoes now at large on our property. My wife, in a makeshift hazmat suit, comes to the rescue.

News flash: The left lane is for passing

That’s not so hard to understand is it?