Readers blogs in Living

Feb. 27, 2013

		Rebuilding Together Greater Milwaukee enters its 13th year, expecting biggest year yet Rebuilding Together Greater Milwaukee (RTGM) is a private nonprofit organization whose mission is to preserve and revitalize homes and communities, assuring that very low-income elderly homeowners and disabled homeowners, as well as families with children, live in warmth, safety and independenc... Posted by Lynnea at 3:59 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Living

Feb. 1, 2013

		Shutter the Silence Photography Project Kick-Off Event 9 February                 A kick-off event for Shutter the Silence, a gallery of photographs capturing the stories of survivors of sexual assault and their allies, will be held Saturday 9 February from 5 - 10 pm at Milwaukee's Art B... Posted by kathy7 at 9:54 a.m. | Talkbacks Category: Living

Jan. 26, 2013

		Moving Experience             This is my last post at OnMilwaukee.com... Sorry. That's because Open Heart Blog has moved to ChicagoNow. All new posts can be found at www.chicagnow.com/open-heart/.  Posted by wmichka at 12:05 a.m. | Talkbacks Category: Living

Jan. 20, 2013

		Extra Redundant         Someone offered me a free gift in the mail last week. A brightly colored, nicely printed brochure told me in a bold forty-eight point font, that if I bought their satellite dish or exercise bike or dialysis machine, I forget which, these fine folks I’d never met ... Posted by wmichka at 9:47 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Living

Jan. 11, 2013

		Colbert Bump and Grind Something I wrote got on the Colbert Report a couple of weeks ago! It wasn’t a comedy bit, exactly, a wacky routine I submitted as a freelancer or anything like that. But it was the core of a comedy bit, a whole segment, actually. No, it wasn’t something I wrote to b... Posted by wmichka at 9:21 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Living

Jan. 5, 2013

		You Have the Floor             I’ve been sleeping on the floor on and off for the last week or so.I’m not being punished, our mattress is shot. It’s only two years old but it’s got two giant caters on either side where my wife and I are supposed to sleep. A... Posted by wmichka at 6:36 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Living

		From Vegas To Brew Town!      You know that show "My Strange Obsession?" Well my "strange obsession" became the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As a kid I was always fascinated w/ the city for some odd reason and after decades of dreaming about moving here w/ all my finances in order... Posted by BrewTownRealtor at 4:43 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Living

Dec. 30, 2012

		My Date with a Doctor I’m getting a colonoscopy this Monday. It’ll be my second. Colonoscopies are a rite of “passage” (pun somewhat intended) when you turn that “certain age,” the age when doctors start looking around in places you thought, for sure, no one would ... Posted by wmichka at 1:22 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Living

Dec. 21, 2012

		Taking A Shot         I got a flu shot last week. The next day, I came down with the flu… (okay, according the CDC’s website, you can’t get the flu from a flu shot but you can experience side effects like aches and a fever, which, sorry, is pretty much th... Posted by wmichka at 10:54 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Living

Dec. 9, 2012

		Acting the Fool         My almost acting career started soon after my quadruple bypass.         I was up for one of those Lipitor commercials. The ones with the stern-looking middle-aged guys, in black and white, talking about how th... Posted by wmichka at 10:26 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Living