Author Archives: mlydick1

The Great Disconnect

Posted on November 11, 2020 by mlydick1

Today, I came across an article on the Drudge Report. The reporter detailed how a group of American truckers were threatening to protest the election of President Elect Joe Biden and Vice President Elect Kamala Harris by “not trucking things”. … Continue reading →

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Joe Biden hasn’t won the election

Posted on November 8, 2020 by mlydick1

When I was in High School, in the last weeks of my senior year there was a ceremony in the packed auditorium. I remember watching my friends walking across the stage to receive something or other, and an announcer reading … Continue reading →

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The hard thing

Posted on June 8, 2019 by mlydick1

  There’s a space in your mind, a wall. The hard thing. It’s like when you take 2 magnets that were attractive, and flip one. The harder you push them together the more they resist the closer you get. This … Continue reading →

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30 years

Posted on June 6, 2019 by mlydick1

“Maybe now I’ve conquered all my adolescent fears…. …and I’ll do it better, in my next thirty years…” (Tim McGraw, “My next thirty years“) I wish me now could talk to me then. The guy most of you remember, or … Continue reading →

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Outside the box

Posted on May 22, 2018 by mlydick1

We – you and I, are creatures of habit. Kenichi Ohmae wrote, “It is hard to let old beliefs go. They are familiar. We are comfortable with them and have spent years building systems and developing habits that depend on … Continue reading →

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Dear Trump Evangelicals…

Posted on March 14, 2018 by mlydick1

Yes. I know that I have effectively pulled the pin out of the grenade. I remember the last 2 or 3 years of political vitriol that everyone endured on Facebook. All the carcuses of the “unfriended” masses, when people couldn’t … Continue reading →

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We’re all stocked up

Posted on February 16, 2018 by mlydick1

There’s a line from one of my favorite movies that I will remember long into my Alzheimer’s years. In the film, “As Good As It Gets”, Jack Nicholson says to across the hall neighbor-maid lady (having calmly and patiently heard … Continue reading →

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My favorite Marvel Superhero

Posted on February 2, 2018 by mlydick1

I, like most Americans – have been part of the superhero film movement the past 10 years or so. For as long as I can remember – I’ve been a Batman fan. In fact – you’d probably be surprised to … Continue reading →

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I wish you were still around

Posted on November 8, 2017 by mlydick1

Hey Mike. Facebook is telling me it’s your birthday again. I saw where everyone checked in on your page. Your family writes their ‘Happy Birthdays’ on your page every year, without fail. And every year I read them and sit … Continue reading →

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The rock factor

Posted on October 24, 2017 by mlydick1

Kenneth White was a passenger in a van travelling along route I-75 near Flint Michigan. If it was anything like when I ride anywhere with my best friend, good conversations were probably going down. He was probably talking about work, … Continue reading →

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