Mike Keeler
MIKE FEELER: A Genius in 236 Words
OK aspiring writers, this one’s easy. Maybe too easy.Your assignment today is to write a story of only about 1500 words. But there’s a catch: all the words in your...
MIKE KEELER: May 1774: The Empire Strikes Back
On May 13, 1774, a large vessel sailed into Boston Harbor. It wasn't a whaler,...
MIKE KEELER: One Big Bottle of DUH
Let us now praise the pandemic.It was poetic that on the 50th Anniversary of Earth...
MIKE KEELER: The Amazing Thing . . .
This past week’s solar eclipse up in the great north woods was pretty amazing, And...
MIKE KEELER: Spring 1774: Intolerable
In the aftermath of the destruction of the Francis Scott Key bridge this past week,...
MIKE KEELER: Good Gourd!
OK, we’re coming up on Halloween. Time to head to the nursery and buy some harvest decorations. And a good time to weigh in...
MIKE KEELER: A … Maze … Ing … Or Not!
One of the great things about the Internet is that marketing claims don't have to be defensible. For example, just google up the phrase,...
MIKE KEELER: Attention Paraskevidekatriaphobiacs: It’s Worse Than You Think . . .
As I alluded to last week, the Gregorian calendar was first rolled out in 1582, and was fully adopted by Europe in 1752. In...
Welcome To The Most Conflicted Holiday on The Calendar
The trouble starts with the very name of the thing, to wit, there never was an explorer named Christopher Columbus. He may have been...
MIKE KEELER: “Lorem Ipsum Doler Sit Amet”
This morning’s blog isn’t finished, it’s just a draft. If it were final, it wouldn’t contain the well-known phrase, "lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,...
MIKE KEELER: It’s Time To Get Your Hex On
At 2:50 AM EDT on September 22nd we crossed the Autumnal Equinox and headed into increasing darkness. If you listen carefully, you can probably...