Random Wanderings
From the MRW Water Cooler Q: Slipping down a path is much easier than clamoring up it. And as humans we will put up with a great deal of nagging that all is not well before we will actually act. Read More …
Category: Written By Mike
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How Do You Beat The Blues?
From the mrW Water Cooler Q: How do you beat the blues? – Ann In my opinion, you don’t “beat the blues,” you listen to them. I assume you’re not talking about depression. That’s controversial to say the least, and Read More …
Dirty Jobs Environmentally Friendly
From the MRW Water Cooler Q: Do you consider “Dirty Jobs” an environmentally friendly show? If so, why? I’m ambivalent. On the one hand, I can think of no other program that positively impacts our environment more than Dirty Jobs. Read More …
Mike–A Letter to Obama/McCain?
From the MRW Water Cooler Q: Crumbling infrastructure? Decreased enrollment in trade schools? How about letting the rest of us read it? -Moose Hi Moose, If I send it, you’ll see it, as will everyone else, since it will be Read More …
Giving Dirty Jobs a Bad Name
From the MRW Water Cooler Q: Mike, this goes way beyond the infrastructure crumbling because we cannot attract workers in the trades. When did this become acceptable? Society went from Catholic guilt to Protestant work ethic, to half done is Read More …
Does anyone just watch DJ’s because it’s funny anymore?
From the MRW Water Cooler Q: Lately Mike and others have been alluding to the fact that DJ’s is much bigger than just a TV show, and that it will now (or possibly has always) been/be a vehicle for a Read More …
Opinions on MRW
From the MRW Water Cooler Q: Mike, Congratulations on mikeroweWORKS. I do wish you the best. Now please no hate mail. Mike asked for opinions and this is mine, right, wrong whatever it’s mine, it not going to bother him Read More …
My General Analysis of Mike’s Mission
From the MRW Water Cooler Q: You are absolutely right about the problem of work in the country, but looking at it straight, it is coming from a well-off prime-time stud who has the voice and charisma for T.V. – Read More …
Work Is Not The Enemy…Refrigerator Words to Live by
From the MRW Water Cooler Q: I particularly liked the last comment in an article: “If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.” Isn’t that the gist of Mike’s message here? “Try something!” We Read More …
National Big Money
From the MRW Water Cooler Q: Mike, I am sitting here thinking as I watch a NFL game and those players make six figures or more in salary. And there is stars, like yourself who make six figures or more Read More …
Education I’m curious Mike…
From the MRW Water Cooler Q: What are your feelings on education? Did you start school with an idea of what you wanted to be or a degree you wanted to pursue? It seems you are a well-rounded individual and Read More …
Diaper Services – now that is a dirty job
From the MRW Water Cooler Q: Mike, My wife and I have been fans for years now. With our son being just over a year old now we have become intimately familiar with the Dirty Job that is Parenthood. One Read More …
The Marketing Truth
From the MRW Water Cooler Q: Really Mike, I’m questioning this also… are we being profiled to understand the direction of mikeroweWorks? – Nola Hi Nola, Obviously, that’s a tricky word, and I’m not sure how you mean it in Read More …
Mike Rowe takes on the ‘Dirty’ job of Rebuilding America
From the MRW Water Cooler Mike Rowe takes on the ‘Dirty’ job of rebuilding America ~ Now how in the world is Mike going to accomplish this goal? We’ll just have to wait and see. Maria Hi Maria, My philosophy Read More …
“Boy Howdy”
From the MRW Water Cooler Haven’t heard that expression in years, but had to chuckle just now. The gate agent here at Burbank Airport is apparently a fan of Dirty Jobs, and wanted to express his enthusiasm for the show Read More …