Author: Domenic Cossi

  • Ode to Sun Country

    I have flown six times in the past year – three times on Sun Country and three on the “major” airlines. The experience on the the two is so different it is almost laughable. Apparently, Sun Country

  • My Favorite Holiday

    If only we could ditch the Turkey. Thanksgiving easily trumps all other Holidays at this point in my life. As a kid, the two week Christmas vacation with presents and the week long Easter vacation with a fun egg hunt overshadowed the four day weekend and “kids’ table”. With the advent of adult cynism the…

  • Absentee Voting

    This week I voted absentee for the second time in three years. I have to say I love it.

  • My Second Job

    I went to the Mall of America the other day with my girlfriend to buy some shoes. Of course we had to stop at Banana Republic and some other stores. When the stop got a little long I wandered over to Brookstone and partook in my one of my favorite pastimes: sitting in a massage…

  • Blacks Only

    While in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan this fall, I came across this picture on a poster titled “Upper Michigan Border Patrol” I had never thought Brown bears lived in the Midwest, but this photo made me curious if I had been mistaken. In fact, it occurred to me that I had never really known…

  • Forgetting My Cynicism for a Moment

    I try not to be a cynic. When the “fall color watch” is on the cover of the newspaper and local magazines run “top drives for fall colors” articles, I can’t help but think there must be something better to cover. But maybe there isn’t. Don’t get me wrong. I can’t stand the manner in…