Tag Archives: University of Michigan

“I beat Ohio State!”

Posted on November 20, 2009 by hro50ta1

Hoping to boost morale and maybe a win by The University of Michigan over arch-rival Ohio State University last year, on November 19, 2008 I posted this essay about my father-in-law, former UM football player and coach Hank Fonde. Didn’t … Continue reading →

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He beat Ohio State

Posted on May 4, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell A hospice nurse called a bit after two on Sunday morning, May 3, 2009, to tell my wife that her dad and my good friend, Hank Fonde, had died. Hank was 85, and had suffered with Alzheimer’s disease … Continue reading →

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Animal rights — spin, spin, spin

Posted on January 16, 2009 by admin

By Joel Thurtell “Pound release.” Fightin’ words. I remember a packed suburban Detroit city council meeting back in 1985 when well over a hundred angry citizens confronted elected officials over the issue of selling animals from the animal shelter for … Continue reading →

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Sales soar once readers get wind of book

Posted on December 1, 2008 by admin

As far as I know, the taboo word “fart” appeared in the Detroit Free Press for the first time in this story I wrote for the January 24, 1992 Freep. I’m re-running this article, with permission from the Free Press, … Continue reading →

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Hank Fonde: “I beat Ohio State!”

Posted on November 30, 2008 by admin

Hank Fonde: “I beat Ohio State!” 11/19/08 [donation] By Joel Thurtell The 80-year-old old guy with the shock of white hair wore a fading maize and blue University of Michigan t-shirt. But this was not just any Michigan fan. Nor … Continue reading →

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Hold your applause, hold your nose

Posted on September 6, 2008 by admin

[donation] By Joel Thurtell Beethoven was correct: Self-coronations are disgusting affairs, full of arrogance, deceit, cunning and unbridled ambition. In 1803, the composer genius was ready to dedicate his 3rd Symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte when the First Consul of France … Continue reading →

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Norman, me & the “siege” of Chicago, Part IV

Posted on September 2, 2008 by admin

[donation] By Joel Thurtell Iraq is a vicious, awful war. It hasn’t killed as many American GIs as Vietnam, nor as many Iraqis as Vietenamese and Cambodians. But Iraq is nonetheless a wasteful foreign war, one we were tricked into, … Continue reading →

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Psst, Coach Rod: Spread DEFENSE!!

Posted on September 1, 2008 by admin

Joelontheroad will resume tomorrow with recollections and ruminations on Chicago ’68. [donation] By Joel Thurtell I sure learned a lot on Saturday, August 30, as I tromped across the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, heading for Michigan Stadium … Continue reading →

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Sayings of Hank Fonde

Posted on February 7, 2008 by admin

Some people are just natural-born poets. One of those people was Hank Fonde, my father-in-law. Longtime University of Michigan football fans will remember Hank as a key player on the UM squad in the mid and late 1940s. He was … Continue reading →

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