Mitch Albom's Blog, page 22
July 26, 2015
From the Detroit Free Press: It’s a bird, a plane, it’s an Uber man
I am from the generation whose mothers preached “Don’t ever get in a car with a stranger!” So right from the start, Uber had me nervous.
Let’s see. You download an app onto your phone. You type in where you are. A driver you never met before suddenly appears, knows your name and has a loose connection to your credit card. The vehicle may be a Lincoln, an SUV or a six-year-old Kia, the same car the driver just took to the grocery store, or, for all you know, the drug pickup.
You get in.
July 19, 2015
From the Detroit Free Press: SHOCKTOBER
Tigers swept by Orioles
SHOCKTOBER
mitch albom: Winter comes early again and who knows what this team will look like next year
Winter began to creep into the city just after six o'clock Sunday night, courtesy of a man named Nelson Cruz - or, as he is known around here, Death. Cruz, the Baltimore Orioles' designated killer, swatted a David Price pitch in the sixth inning of a scoreless game and lifted it toward rightfield. It appeared, at first, to be a harmless foul.
July 18, 2015
From the Detroit Free Press: Donald Trump leads polls, but boredom is winning
Why is everyone so worried about Donald Trump? Does anyone really think he’s going to be president? I’m not sure he even wants to be president. He’s a buffoonish businessman who seems to have dedicated his life to collecting piles of money, escaping debt, sticking his name on buildings, putting himself on television, overinflating his importance, and making sure he always has a beautiful young woman on his arm, perhaps to counter his haircut.
July 12, 2015
From the Detroit Free Press: Parents — and judge — taking it out on kids
Most of us can remember being sent to our rooms, or forced to sit at the table all night until we finished our vegetables.
Few of us were ever sent to juvenile detention for not speaking to our parents.
July 6, 2015
From the Detroit Free Press: SHOCKTOBER
Tigers swept by Orioles
SHOCKTOBER
mitch albom: Winter comes early again and who knows what this team will look like next year
Winter began to creep into the city just after six o'clock Sunday night, courtesy of a man named Nelson Cruz - or, as he is known around here, Death. Cruz, the Baltimore Orioles' designated killer, swatted a David Price pitch in the sixth inning of a scoreless game and lifted it toward rightfield. It appeared, at first, to be a harmless foul.
July 5, 2015
From the Detroit Free Press: 'Ernie' keeps young actor working, smiling
I got to sit in on a rehearsal for "Ernie" this past week. It is a wonderful perk of creating a play, the open invitation to watch actors work. Like hearing the legendary Ernie Harwell himself, the production, for me, is like going back in time.
Especially when the players take the stage.
"Ernie," originally planned to run for three weeks, is now entering its fifth season at the City Theatre in downtown Detroit. In all that time, there have been three actors — total. Two men who played Ernie.
And one who played "the boy."
June 28, 2015
From the Detroit Free Press: SHOCKTOBER
Tigers swept by Orioles
SHOCKTOBER
mitch albom: Winter comes early again and who knows what this team will look like next year
Winter began to creep into the city just after six o'clock Sunday night, courtesy of a man named Nelson Cruz - or, as he is known around here, Death. Cruz, the Baltimore Orioles' designated killer, swatted a David Price pitch in the sixth inning of a scoreless game and lifted it toward rightfield. It appeared, at first, to be a harmless foul.
From the Detroit Free Press: SHOCKTOBER
Tigers swept by Orioles
SHOCKTOBER
mitch albom: Winter comes early again and who knows what this team will look like next year
Winter began to creep into the city just after six o'clock Sunday night, courtesy of a man named Nelson Cruz - or, as he is known around here, Death. Cruz, the Baltimore Orioles' designated killer, swatted a David Price pitch in the sixth inning of a scoreless game and lifted it toward rightfield. It appeared, at first, to be a harmless foul.
From the Detroit Free Press: Same-sex couples should cherish right to marry
In the centuries that straight Americans like me have had exclusive domain over marriage, we have managed to take it from a sacred and bindinginstitution to one that ends in divorce nearly half the time.
We're taken it from a union of fidelity to one in which 30% to 60% of spouses cheat on one another.
We've taken it from an institution designed to create economic stability to one in which "I want half!" is a common phrase.
June 21, 2015
From the Detroit Free Press: SHOCKTOBER
Tigers swept by Orioles
SHOCKTOBER
mitch albom: Winter comes early again and who knows what this team will look like next year
Winter began to creep into the city just after six o'clock Sunday night, courtesy of a man named Nelson Cruz - or, as he is known around here, Death. Cruz, the Baltimore Orioles' designated killer, swatted a David Price pitch in the sixth inning of a scoreless game and lifted it toward rightfield. It appeared, at first, to be a harmless foul.
