With the year coming to a close, I decided it would be a good time to post a final collection of “Dear Mike” letters and step away from the bogus advice business, before Abby comes down on me like a … Continue reading
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I read Dear Abby daily, and since starting this project, I have been cutting and saving letters from her column whenever I suspect they would make a good setup to one of my smartass answers. Interestingly, for the most part, … Continue reading
Once again, I present another collection of “Dear Mike,” in which I dispense the advice that Abby can’t (or won’t). … Continue reading
Yes, I can’t stop. But now I’m adding a few multimedia elements. Abby can’t do that because she has to write for print. Presenting Volume 3 of “Dear Mike,” in which I dispense the advice that Abby can’t (or won’t). … Continue reading
I’m surprised at how much I’m enjoying writing my new fake advice column, using real letters to Dear Abby in which I feel Abby’s actual replies were lacking. The tone on these has gotten a bit sharper and more cynical … Continue reading
Earlier this year I started posting an occasional feature on Facebook in which I would take real letters from the Dear Abby column and provide my own advice in place of Abby’s. I didn’t have any grandiose plans, but I … Continue reading
I used to enjoy going to the symphony. But I don’t go anymore. My mother and I are afraid to show our faces, because we managed to cause a scene at a performance of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra at Governors … Continue reading
Today is my 42nd birthday, and there’s a place that I’d like very much to celebrate it, but I am unable to do so. I have written in this space before about my little sister Nicole, the Irish dancer, who … Continue reading
“So, Mike,” says the interviewer in my fantasy, which occurs a few weeks after some major popular web site has linked to Mike’s Circular File and I have achieved momentary web fame, “who would you cite as major influences on … Continue reading