Blog – Page 94 – Mike Rowe

DEWALT Contribution to the mikeroweWORKS Foundation Provides Additional Support for SkillsUSA Scholarships in 2015

May 18, 2015 Shari

Assistance for Students to Demonstrate their Skills Leesburg, Va. — SkillsUSA is pleased to announce that the mikeroweWORKS Foundation is increasing the number of scholarships for SkillsUSA member students to attend the National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, June 22-26. The total amount available for scholarships will increase from $50,000 in prior years to $75,000 because of the very generous recent donation by DEWALT. The contribution by DEWALT is in addition to the other support already committed to the 2015 SkillsUSA competition. DEWALT has been a dedicated supporter of SkillsUSA for over 15 years. This is the fifth Read More

Let Me Introduce You to Some New Friends ~ Quilt Buyer & DeWalt

May 18, 2015February 23, 2016 Shari

As many of you know by now, someone with a very generous heart (or a deep-rooted, dungaree fetish,)

This is Really What C.R.A.P. is All About

May 18, 2015May 27, 2015 Shari

Here’s a short video that features some very grateful scholarship recipients personally thanking me for getting them the training

Off The Wall: A Call to Quilt Maker Judy

May 17, 2015 Shari

Amie Knudson says, “Mike, didn’t your mama teach you better?

The Warm Embrace of the Bipeds Former Trousers

May 15, 2015May 23, 2015 Shari

Fridays With Freddy – If I understand the upshot of yesterday’s video, (which I had to watch twice,) the biped sent a pile of his old jeans

C.R.A.P. AUCTION! Handmade Quilt From Mike’s Jeans

May 15, 2015June 15, 2015 Shari

UPDATE: SOLD $9000! Several months ago, a woman named Judy offered to make a “lap quilt” out of my old blue jeans.

Chuck is still Employed…Sort Of

May 14, 2015June 15, 2015 Shari

My old pal Chuck. Still gainfully employed.

M.I.S.F.I.T.S.

May 13, 2015June 15, 2015 Shari

Say hello to two delightful lunatics. That’s Fran on the left, and Fred on the right.

Happy Mother’s Day

May 10, 2015June 15, 2015 Shari

To all the mothers out there, (especially mine,) who strive to understand the creatures they brought forth.

Fridays With Freddy: Entirely Consensual

May 9, 2015June 15, 2015 Shari

It’s not as bad as it looks, Your Honor.

Maryland Science Center with the Parents

May 8, 2015 Shari

Tonights show, happily, will not be preempted.

My Plan to Tell Some Good Baltimore Stories

May 7, 2015June 15, 2015 Shari

Twenty-seven years ago, back when I was impersonating an actor in downtown Baltimore, a guy named Allan Charles cast me in my first national commercial.

The Kentucky Derby & mrWF’s Big Win!

May 3, 2015June 15, 2015 Shari

Close One. As you may have heard, American Pharoah just won the 141st Kentucky Derby in front of a record setting crowd at Churchill Downs. In other news, I did not.

Fridays With Freddy: Am I Aging?

May 2, 2015June 15, 2015 Shari

Half of these pictures were taken one year ago today. The other half were taken a few moments ago. Question – is it just me, or am I aging and growing at the speed of sound? The biped looks more or less the same, but I’m damn near unrecognizable. How is that possible? How large will I become? At this rate, I’ll be the size of a horse by 2018. I’m worried. Fred Mike’s Facebook Page

Bobblehead News & 3-Day Auction!

April 30, 2015May 15, 2015 Shari

As you may have heard, my odyssey to mass-produce a high-quality, competitively-priced Bobblehead entirely in the USA is now complete, and the results are coming to a future episode of Somebody’s Gotta Do It. Without giving too much away, I can tell you that much of what I suspected was confirmed. We succeeded on the “high-quality part,” but fell short on “competitively-priced” and “mass-produced” part. The reasons for this are complicated, and best explained by actual economist. But the bottom line is this: it is simply impossible in today’s global market to mass-produce a high-quality, American-made Bobblehead, at a competitive Read More