Mike Hennessey
Pouring Rain Takes a Different Form When You Grow Older
Dateline Dayton -- As Californians reading this essay know, when it rain, it pours, and the same is true in the Hennessey household. As I mentioned last week, my wife Pauline was involved in a serious car accident. She was lucky, only receiving bruises and bumps. She was the worst one hurt. The car, a separate story, has been totaled by the insurance company. That means ...
Weeks Before Christmas, From Parties to Car Wrecks
Dateline Dayton -- The past couple weeks have been busy in the Hennessey household. Besides our granddaughter Julia’s basketball games, there are her indoor soccer games to attend during the week and on the weekends. Things have not been going well in either sport for her teams although she has been playing well.
Let’s Do People Math and Subtract All Police Depts.
Dateline Dayton -- Here is a solution to what President Obama is calling an American problem. Let's do away with all police departments and law enforcement agents. Since there will be no police, we could dispose of all jails and prisons. There would be no criminals. This would allow us to ...
How We Divided Thanksgiving Into Two Equal Parts
Dateline Dayton - I hope everyone was able to find something to be thankful for on Thanksgiving, even if this isn't the best of times. I don't know where yesterday went. My first project was to get all the papers and binders I had next to my chair put away. Each night I been going through papers I have put aside for filing or placing in binders. Wednesday night I thought I had the project completed, when I found two more file folders full of items to be reviewed. When I completed that task, I still had a lot of ...
As Cash Register Collectors, Ka-jing, We Played It Safe
Dateline Dayton – Last week my cash register-collecting buddy Howard and I were on our way to St. Charles, IL, for the semi- annual Cash Register Collectors Club meeting and swap meet. Wednesday was a great day to travel. Little traffic. In the evening we were joined by the club's president and a member from Evansville, IN, for our traditional supper at Corfu. Thursday morning was ...
Why Child Care Providers Should Be Licensed
Dateline Dayton -- We need licensing for child care. I am not talking about the facilities that provide care for your child while you are at work. I believe every man or woman who provides care for a child should be required to have a license to care for that child. I firmly believe a large part of the child abuse problem we are experiencing is due to ...
Here Jeff, Here Jeff. Have You Seen Jeff?
Dateline Dayton -- As I mentioned last week, the electrician was to be at our new condo on Thursday to install a track light near the fireplace. I received a confirmation call on Wednesday. Jeff would arrive between 8:15 and 8:30. I was there before 8. At 9, the owner of the company called. They were unable to locate Jeff.
Only Snow Can Make a Natural-Born Mess Worse
Dateline Dayton -- Last Friday we closed on the condo we are purchasing to rent to our son. The purchase has been an ordeal from the start, due to the lack of interest and poor service from the seller’s realtor.
The Old Days of School Discipline Were Beneficial for Us
Dateline Dayton -- I must have been desperate for reading material the other day. I read an article by a family psychologist regarding discipline. A first grade teacher was asking the psychologist what she could do about a girl in her class.
Here Is a Church That Is Flush with Bad Taste
Dateline Dayton -- Some time ago, I wrote an essay about how I judge a restaurant, by the cleanliness of the restroom. A shame that some large chains do a poor job taking care of their restrooms. When you can find a cleaner restroom at a soccer field than at a restaurant, what does it say about the place you are eating?
