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12/31/2024

Our Hummin’ Love Song
Now I have a repertoire of songs I’ve written and recorded with Greg Brayton and I went searching for just the right song for folks who have come to the point where they have difficultly conversing.
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Are you staying home as you read this because of the coronavirus? Well for folks married or otherwise this can be quite a challenge. It might be quite a strain. I’ve read that the sales of alcohol, illegal drugs and p***o are soaring. Mental health problems, su***de and spouse abuse are skyrocketi...

12/24/2024

And It Rained – Preformed by Art Fettig and Greg Brayton
Some friends of ours got them one of those big places on the ocean and invited a mess of kin in this last week and every day all it did was rain.
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Some friends of ours got them one of those big places on the ocean and invited a mess of kin in this last week and every day all it did was rain. Reminded me of back when I was courtin’ my wife Jean over twenty years ago and her sister Fran rented one of those big houses and there were enough kids...

12/23/2024

Walking In Another’s Shoes
Many years ago in Michigan I was a member of the Battle Creek chapter of the Lions organization.
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Many years ago in Michigan I was a member of the Battle Creek chapter of the Lions organization. We had an annual meeting where each of us was assigned a blind person in our community to bring as a guest to dinner at the hotel where we met. Instead of bringing a guest I made arrangements with my bli...

12/21/2024

Stand Up and Talk – by Art Fettig
When I was in high school I spent more time after school than anyone in our class. I was the self appointed class clown.
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When I was in high school I spent more time after school than anyone in our class. I was the self appointed class clown. My mouth was always getting me into trouble and I was forever being told to "Sit down and shut up."

12/20/2024

Whether You Think You Can or You Can’t, You’re Right – by Dr. Ross Reck
The above is a quote from Henry Ford. It illustrates how much our attitude determines our success or failure.
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The above is a quote from Henry Ford. It illustrates how much our attitude determines our success or failure. For example, On 25 May 1961, President John F. Kennedy, made an appeal to a joint session of Congress. He said, “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before th...

12/19/2024

Bad Day – by Art Fettig
Have you ever had a bad day? Let’s put it this way, the best thing that has happened to me today, so far, is when my computer crashed. Before that it had been downhill all day. Can you feel my pain. Yet!
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Have you ever had a bad day? Let’s put it this way, the best thing that has happened to me today, so far, is when my computer crashed. Before that it had been downhill all day. Can you feel my pain. Yet!

12/19/2024

A Few Words on Newsletters – by Art Fettig
I sat down at my typewriter and began writing a newsletter.
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I have been writing newsletters since November, 1988. I had delivered presentations at the National Safety Congress to thousands of America’s top safety people and when I returned home, totally exhausted, I faced the ordeal of contacting some 500 leads from attendees who wanted to talk with me abo...

12/19/2024

Read the full text of President Obama to “45”. Original message to “45” from September 1, 2017.
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This is a unique office, without a clear blueprint for success, so I don't know that any advice from me will be particularly helpful. Still, let me offer a few reflections from the past 8 years.

10/20/2024

Vocations and Vacations
From our Archives: August 10, 2009
Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo
“The secret of success…is making your vocation your vacation.” – Mark Twain
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"The secret of success…is making your vocation your vacation." - Mark Twain As I read this quote I started looking back on my career and I can honestly say that I did just as Mark Train suggested many years ago.

10/11/2024

Trump’s Car Loan Tax Prank – Actually a Tax Break for the Rich!
Another Trump SCAM to Benefit the Rich
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Another Trump SCAM to Benefit the Rich FACT: “Borrowers with prime credit scores are responsible for the majority of retail vehicle financing. Borrowers with credit scores of 661 and higher account for 69.4% of retail vehicle financing, according to Experian, versus 14.9% for subprime borrowers wi...

10/10/2024

Gallego-Lake: Moderators Lose Control
Kari Lake, a loose cannon, kept interrupting, was rude, tried grandstanding and yet the moderators just sat there. Lake has no place in politics. Check out Lake’s false statements in the references below.
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Kari Lake, a loose cannon, kept interrupting, was rude, tried grandstanding and yet the moderators just sat there. Lake has no place in politics. Check out Lake's false statements in the references below.

10/05/2024

Smiles and Laughter Can Lighten a Dark Mood – by Dr. Ross Reck
As I was walking out of Target this morning, a sign by the door greeted me which said: Help people, Smile every day.
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When I got back to the car, I told my wife, Marcia, about the sign and how I thought it would make a good Weekly Reminder. She said, “Where’s your hook?” I said, “What do you mean hook?

10/03/2024

Port Hope Telephone Company – 1961
The directory is from July, 1961, and is the last directory published before being sold to the Independent Telephone Corporation of Michigan.
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Scans of the last directory from an important part of history. The directory is from July, 1961, and is the last directory published before being sold to the Independent Telephone Corporation of Michigan.

10/03/2024

Gout - Foods and Supplements to Avoid / Foods and Supplements that will Help
Gout is a type of arthritis that causes sudden and severe pain, swelling, redness, and tenderness in a joint.
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Gout is a type of arthritis that causes sudden and severe pain, swelling, redness, and tenderness in a joint. It's caused by a buildup of uric acid in the body, which forms needle-shaped crystals that inflame the joint.

10/02/2024

Jack Smith Motion Unsealed
Redacted January 6th Brief
The defendant asserts that he is immune from prosecution for his criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election because, he claims, it entailed official conduct.
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The defendant asserts that he is immune from prosecution for his criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election because, he claims, it entailed official conduct. Not so. Although the defendant was the incumbent President during the charged conspiracies, his scheme was fundamentally a pri...

09/27/2024

“The Democratic Party campaign office in Tempe where employees found bullet holes in the front windows on Monday was also shot at a week ago by a pellet or BB gun, Tempe police said.
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The Democratic Party campaign office in Tempe where employees found bullet holes in the front windows on Monday was also shot at a week ago by a pellet or BB gun, Tempe police said.

05/20/2024

Fabulous time with the Phoenix Women's Chorus celebrating their 30-year anniversary. https://www.azpwc.org/

09/10/2023

Looking back to one of premier TV shows on WXYZ, Detroit, Dennis Fairchild was a frequent guest on Kelly & Company.
https://broadcastingvault.com/fairchild-dennis/

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Astrologer and guest of the Kelly & Company Show.