Random Things that Fall Out of My Head
Frank Michels
- Location
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Birthday
- March 29
- Bio
- Frank Michels is a songwriter, musician, and producer in Nashville, Tennessee. He likes to dig in the dirt and plant flowers, cook tasty things, walk his dog, and play really fast riffs on a telecaster guitar.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Cat Sale
May 10, 2013 11:46AM - Sleeping With a Hose on My
Nose
May 06, 2013 03:16PM - The British Invasion and My
Busted Radio Dream
February 14, 2013 08:14AM - Only One Day Until I Can Stop
Hating My Neighbors
November 05, 2012 07:40AM - U.S. Behind Canada in Giant
Pumpkin Boats
October 16, 2012 09:25AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I have one devil cat,
who was totally wild when we
adopted
her. Wouldn't even
let…”
May 04, 2013 08:28PM - “I use Craigslist all the
time, and have had mixed
results. On
one hand, I once
go…”
February 11, 2013 08:55AM - “I'm sorry you are having
to go through this. Years ago,
my
sister had been very
u…”
December 20, 2012 11:42AM - “Thanks for this! I
haven't been around much
lately, but I've
always loved
your wr…”
December 20, 2012 11:25AM - “Some of my oldest and
dearest friends are hard
core
Republicans. We get along
fin…”
November 08, 2012 08:09AM
Frank Michels's Links
- MY LINKS
- The Large Cute Kitten Collider
- Cute Kittens--This Time It's Personal
- When Cute Kittens Attack!
- Cute Kittens Take Over Local Home
- Cute Kitten Versus Cute Puppy
- Cute Kittens Invading the US
- Cute Kittens Heave Hairball on Letterman
- Cute Kittens Cause Debt Crisis
- MY LINKS
- Frank's Nashville Song Demos
- MY LINKS
- Honk For Grandma
- It's a Blog-Eat-Blog World
- Advice From Dr. Lovelorn
- The Smith Family Chooses a Pet
- My Tour of the Open Salon Offices
- It's Cookie Time!
- More Advice From Dr. Lovelorn
- Americans Demand More Cheese!
Cat Sale
A few years ago my wife and I had three cats plus Sam, our aging Black Labrador. In the space of a couple of years, two cats died of old age and one just disappeared, possibly due to becoming an entr&ea… Read full post »
Sleeping With a Hose on My Nose
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I’ve been a traveling musician for the last 30 years. This invol… Read full post »
The British Invasion and My Busted Radio Dream
On February ninth, 1964, I was eleven years old, about to turn twelve. On the front cover of the Washington Post… Read full post »
Only One Day Until I Can Stop Hating My Neighbors
As my dog Sam and I stroll around this affluent Nashville neighborhood for our nightly walk, one thing is… Read full post »
U.S. Behind Canada in Giant Pumpkin Boats
As a proud American who loves pumpkins, I was distressed to hear today that Canada is stomping our butts when it comes to Giant Pumpkin Boat technology. Yes, while we are busy carving Jack-O-lanterns out of our pitifully small, basketball-sized orange gourds, th… Read full post »
My Sordid Criminal Past
Crabs!
My wife and I are staying at her brother’s lovely home on the water near Solomons Island, Maryland. Yesterday, his wife Steph said, “Would you like to have crabs tonight?” Although we have often eaten crab cakes when we come here to visit… Read full post »
Back to my Old Stomping Grounds
My wife and I are going to Annapolis to attend her fortieth high school class reunion next weekend, so we thought we’d take a side trip down to Ocean City, Maryland. Although I spent a lot of time there in my youth, I haven’t been for quite a while,… Read full post »
It's a Wild Life at My House
I’ve written before about those pesky chipmunks that infest my yard. Sure, they are cute as can be, but they have dug holes and burrows all over the front lawn, so much so that the yard has sunk several inches in places. We used to h… Read full post »
Listening to Voices From the Past
A friend of mine gave me a classic reel-to-reel tape deck the other day. It’s a very nice Sansui, and back in the day it was probably an expensive, top of the line stereo deck. It’s a big, bulky m… Read full post »
My Life on Independence Day (repost)
The Fourth of July has always been a big holiday for me. As a kid I remember going to my dad’s office picnic on the fourth, held in a Washington, D.C. park. You could have all the hamburgers… Read full post »
It’s hot. Really hot. Just like in most of the country, the temperatures here in Nashville have been break… Read full post »
A Pessimist Looks at the Future
(Warning! Reading this post may cause unhappiness, blue lung, craw-sticking, sad kidney, and uncontrollable sobbing. Persons at risk for depression should not read it.)
It’s pretty hard not to be… Read full post »
Absolutely Sick of Hearing "Absolutely"
I have no qualifications to be any kind of arbiter of language.… Read full post »
A Dog That Hates Baths
Americans and Canadians have the highest average body mass in the world, according to a new study by the London… Read full post »
Anyone that has ever traveled through the south, especially along the I-24 corridor through Georgia and Tennessee, has seen the signs painted on barn roofs and sides along the way. See Rock City! the ads proclaim in large white block lette… Read full post »
I grew up in a camping family. There were five of us kids, and on my dad’s modest salary, motels were not really an option. When I was very small, my parents started taking a yearly drive from Arlington, Virginia to visit my mother’s parents in Marquette, up in norther… Read full post »
Those Underwear-Stealing North Koreans
Pakistan as a Monty Python Skit
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta enters the office of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari...
Mr. Panetta: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint.
Mr. Zardari: We're clo… Read full post »
Come See the Leaning Tower of Magazines!
Those Damn Garden-Munching Critters
A couple of years ago, I was in France to play at a country music festival. To get to the small town where the festival was being held, we had to drive through mile after mile of fields of bright yellow sunflowers, and I was mesmerized by their beauty.
So… Read full post »
My Crazy-Ass "TV of the Future!"
These days, technology moves at a speed that confounds older folks, but seems normal to kids growing up. I’ve seen peo… Read full post »
Does Frontline Plus Still Work?
Flea control is getting complicated. I’ve got one dog and one cat, and the mild winter and early spring me… Read full post »
I'm Back!
I’ve been writing this blog for about a year and a half now, but about 3 weeks ago I just hit a wall. Not only could I not think of anything to write about, I couldn’t conceive… Read full post »
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