Watch the Channel 2 and Channel 7 News Tonight!

What I've Learned So Far...

Just a quick update to let you know to watch the Channel 2 and Channel 7 news tonight at 5 and 6 PM. We had a small dry run for the Concert with Charlie Allen Martin, Arlen Viecelli and me going over a few songs. We invited the media to drop in, and they did - and they brought TV cameras!

I have no idea how long the News segment will be, but it should be a wonderful boost for the Concert. Don't forget the date:

Saturday, August 29, from 4 to 8 PM.

We still need a lot of help selling tickets. Tickets are $15 in advance, and $20 at the door. You can Click Here to buy tickets online.

If you want physical tickets to sell to your friends and business associates, drop me an email and we'll work out how to get you some.

I still need a few volunteers to help out on the day of the concert. We need people on the set-up crew (from 10 to 12 AM) and the break-down crew (from 8 to 10 PM). Click here, fill out the volunteer form, and we'll get in touch with you.

The only reason we are able to take our program to the kids is that we have your support. If you have any other ideas or questions, please feel free to email or call me.

Thank you!

- mike

Mike Ball
Executive Director
Lost Voices
734-449-5700
mike@lostvoices.org
http://www.lostvoices.org

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Winner of the 2003 Erma Bombeck Award

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Lost Voices - Love Is Not Hard To Find

What I've Learned So Far...

Love Is Not Hard To Find

She wore a baggy purple shirt over baggy purple sweat pants. Her hair was chopped short and her body was padded with a layer of soft flesh that bore tribute to the starchy diet of incarceration. She had her arms folded across her lap, her gaze fixed on the floor in front of her, and she was almost imperceptibly rocking to a rhythm that only she could hear.

She was maybe sixteen years old.

I can't use her real name here. Let's call her Krissy. I have no idea how she came to be locked up. It is not a question we ever ask. We can safely assume that at some point in her short life everything just spun out of control, to the point that it no longer worked for her to be out in the world.

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The Lost Voices Concert on the Lake Is Just Over A Week Away!

The 2009 Lost Voices Concert on the Lake is just a little over a week away, on Saturday, August 29 from 4 to 8 PM. We are going to use the "round robin" format that worked so well at the Ark concert in March, so it is sure to be an exciting show, featuring Josh White, Jr., Robert Jones, Peter Madcat Ruth, former Silver Bullet Band drummer Charlie Allen Martin, Salem Withcraft and Frijid Pink guitarist/singer Arlen Viacelli, Rob Reinhart, Cliff Gracey, Soulstice, Scott Clauser, me, and some other surprises. Click here to buy your Tickets. The are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. That's a lot of

We need a few volunteers to help with set-up and tear-down on the day of the concert. If you can help, please go to the Web site, fill out the form, and let us know how you can help.

If you can't make it here next Saturday, please consider donating a little something and help Lost Voices change the world.

Thanks!

If you enjoy What I've Learned So Far... and would like to see it in your local paper, just send the editor an impassioned plea and this link to my syndicate, North Star Writers Group.

Also, chase all your friends on over to my Web site to sign up, so they can enjoy it too! They'll thank you, and so will I.

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Winner of the 2003 Erma Bombeck Award

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The American Man's Field Guide to Looking, Leering And Ogling

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To See, Or Not To See; The American Man's Field Guide to Looking, Leering And Ogling

Last week I mentioned that men can't help looking at women, especially when a little bit of cleavage is involved. I admit that this is about as startling as saying that the sun rises in the East or that Glenn Beck is daisy-plucking, talking to imaginary hummingbirds crazy. Still, it had to be said.

Now we are going to explore ways for men to follow their natural instinct to peek without getting pepper sprayed.

To start with, try to understand that to some extent this is all mostly a matter of being polite. A woman, unlike a man, generally has a pretty good idea what she is wearing and what it looks like. And unless she was raised by wolves (female ones), you can be fairly sure that she knows about guys and cleavage.

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Lost Voices Concert Alert!

Tell all your friends - the 2009 Concert for Lost Voices is coming up on Saturday, August 29 from 4 to 8 PM. This year we will use the "round robin" format that worked so well at the Ark concert in March, so it is sure to be an exciting show, featuring Josh White, Jr., Robert Jones, Peter Madcat Ruth, former Silver Bullet Band drummer Charlie Allen Martin, Cliff Gracey, Soulstice, Scott Clauser, and me. Click here to buy your Tickets. The are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

We need some volunteers to help with set-up and tear-down on the day of the concert. If you can help, please go to the Web site, fill out the form, and let us know how you can help.

If you can't make it, please consider donating a little something and help Lost Voices change the world.

Thanks!

If you enjoy What I've Learned So Far... and would like to see it in your local paper, just send the editor an impassioned plea and this link to my syndicate, North Star Writers Group.

Also, chase all your friends on over to my Web site to sign up, so they can enjoy it too! They'll thank you, and so will I.

- mike

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Winner of the 2003 Erma Bombeck Award

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Learnedsofar Message

What I've Learned So Far...

Speaking Of Cleavage

OK, this is going to come as a shock to a lot of you. It is not the kind of thing I ordinarily discuss here. In fact the only reason I'm doing it at all is that, now that President Obama has everything in the world pretty much under control and Sarah Palin is leaving the public eye to spend more time with her family, there is not really all that much for us to talk about. So here goes:

Men look at women! They do it a lot!

I know, right?

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Lost Voices Concert Alert!

Tell all your friends - the 2009 Concert for Lost Voices is coming up on Saturday, August 29 from 4 to 8 PM. This year we will use the "round robin" format that worked so well at the Ark concert in March, so it is sure to be an exciting show, featuring Josh White, Jr., Robert Jones, Peter Madcat Ruth, former Silver Bullet Band drummer Charlie Allen Martin, Cliff Gracey, Soulstice, Scott Clauser, and me. Click here to buy your Tickets. The are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

We need some volunteers to help with set-up and tear-down on the day of the concert. If you can help, please go to the Web site, fill out the form, and let us know how you can help.

If you can't make it, please consider donating a little something and help Lost Voices change the world.

Thanks!

If you enjoy What I've Learned So Far... and would like to see it in your local paper, just send the editor an impassioned plea and this link to my syndicate, North Star Writers Group.

Also, chase all your friends on over to my Web site to sign up, so they can enjoy it too! They'll thank you, and so will I.

- mike

Mike Ball

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Winner of the 2003 Erma Bombeck Award

Web: whativelearnedsofar.com
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