by Guest Writer | Oct 26, 2018 | Features, Grateful for the Challenges
Dan Kempner Contributing Writer Every damn day I turn on the TV – the idiot-box, as my dad used to call it, ha-ha! – though I don’t think that’s original with him. Maybe he got it from one of the late-night guys, Jack Parr or somebody in the early...
by Dylan Stewart | Oct 23, 2018 | Features, Grateful for the Challenges, North Star Man
Dylan Stewart Columnist This is the story of three firings. Three separate positions in which I failed. Three separate times I got “taken out“ of a position … and how each time it made me better. 1. Seeing More in Myself In September of 1997, I was...
by Jim Ellis | Oct 22, 2018 | Features, Grateful for the Challenges
Jim Ellis Editor Thank you bad back! That’s right I’m talking to you. YOU! With all those aches and pains. That agitating agony that sometimes sends me to my knees … if not belly, as I slither towards the bathroom or kitchen like the Grinch...
by Craig Jones | Oct 22, 2018 | Craig Jones Notebook, Features, Grateful for the Challenges
Craig Jones Columnist Good morning, gentlemen. It’s good to have you all here at this month’s meeting of The MDI Sessions. Welcome to everyone listening by radio, as well, and online, where you can find us at...
by Guest Writer | Oct 18, 2018 | Features, Grateful for the Challenges
Chris Estevez Contributor, MDI AUGUST 27, 1934 – A great man was born on this day. Jose Estevez FEBRUARY 8, 2012 – A great man died on this day. Dad, As I write this piece dedicated to gratitude, I mention the day of your birth as well as mention...