This Saturday night I will be emceeing the 6th Annual Akron Storytelling Festival Concert at Main Library. To me, that’s a bit ironic since I’ve not been real good at telling my own stories here in the last couple of months. It’s certainly not for lack of inspiration. I’ve developed, cooked and photographed many wonderful…
Category: Mike-isms
randomness
Yeah, not blogging so much lately. It’s been a week. A week that I’ve spent in a mostly not-so-great mood. I need change, I think. Not even sure what kind of change. I’m hoping that the coming spring will help with that. I feel silly even being in a bad mood. What do I have…
#2…complete
No, not that #2. The #2 on my list of 37 things to do in the year before I turn 38. Today, I made lime jello! As I was thinking today about jello, my thoughts went back to my Grandmother Derr, or Grammie as all the grandkids called her. It seemed like all the family…
37 things to do in the year before I turn 38
In about two weeks, I’ll turn 37. I’m stealing (or is it borrowing) the following idea of a list from one my favorite bloggers. I’ll cross off items as I make progress through the list in the next year. There’s a tab up there towards the top of my blog where you can track my…
the new me
So I’ve decided to change all of my “about me” and profile pages on-line to reflect how I really feel right now. They will now include the following statement: My name is Michael Derr and time and time again, the majority of voters in my country and in my state have decided that I am…
the journey has just begun
So today marks the end of my 12-week Weight Watchers session at work. I’ve lost 16.6 pounds in that time. Less than I’d hoped, but hey an average of a little over a pound a week is not too bad. Clothes aren’t fitting well, I’m down a pants size and at the last hole on…
i met michael derr today
Oh yes, you read that right, my friends. I recently got on the Facebook band wagon. While on it, I figured that I would plug my name into it and do a search. Low and behold it came back with another Michael Derr…in Akron, Ohio. Could that be right? My last name is not that…
haven't posted a "need" lately
A t-shirt to promote my blog. Probably a waste of money, but would be fun to have. With, of course, the original signature-mike orange logo.
what in the heck does it mean?
So many people have asked. What in the heck does GZPZ mean? In fact, recently I had a note left on my car asking what it meant on my license plates. So here’s the explanation. GZPZ (geezy peezy) is just a silly phrase that I use from time-to-time. I’m trying to get it to catch…
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