Tracy K. Lorenz is noted humor columnist whose work has appeared in magazines and newspapers nation wide. He is a 2012 nominee for Humor Columnist of the Year by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Tracy lives in Grand Haven, MI, and has one previously published collection of columns, «Flip-Flops, Buffets, and Haunted Pennies.» Email him at LorenzatLarge@AOL.com.
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Tracy Lorenz. The Columns (Volume One)
The Columns (Volume One) Tracy Lorenz
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Tips
Death
The Jello Jump
Salad Time
Coast Guard Schmorshguard
Driver’s Training
Money Can’t Buy Class
Mmmmm…Tacos…
The Better Choice Chair
Boys to Men to Boys
The Roof
Best Videos of All Time
Balloon Brain
Wallop
Watching TV and Typing Out Loud
The Coconut
The Squirrel
Thanksgiving Fun
Things I Learned While Watching TV
For Men Only
Fashion
The Worst Decade Ever
Art Prize 1
Girls on the Run
Ice
Nostalgia
Halloween
Dumb White Dads
Odds
The Train Track
The Birds
Michael Jackson
Disappear
The Triple Play
The Lawn
Tracy Lorenz
The Grill
The Bike Circle
The Bachelor Party
Profiling
A Sports Future
Winterfest
One Bad Throw
Meeting in the Middle
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To my son Q, the apple tree didn’t grow on the side of a hill.
I owe it all to ___________________________ if it wasn’t for him / her I never would have written a word.
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So after a couple years of doing the route the lack of appreciation I experienced every Christmas became a source of irritation. I decided to abandon trusting my customers to do the right thing. It was time for the wheel to squeak, squeak without making a noise.
At the time my Dad was the president of the local chapter of the American Cancer Society. Back then (and maybe now for all I know) you could buy your Christmas cards from the Cancer Society. They looked like regular Christmas cards but they said something like “These cards were purchased with a donation to the American Cancer Society” on the inside. Puzzle piece one.
