Rob Sparks

The other day I saw on Buzzfeed that a lady had taped out a square on her floor and her cat found it and started laying in it.  Then through the article, many other people said “oh yeah, it’s true… it works!”   So I decided I wanted to check this out. ...

Truth, Michigan is a pretty special place.  We’ve got tons of natural beauty and wilderness, along with a Great Lake on either side of the state.  We said no thanks to Cleveland and instead, we took over part of Canada. (Good move!)  We’re known for building cars, brewing beers, “pizza, pizza”, and paying ungodly car insurance rates...

Congrats to Jenn and her co-workers at DLS Servicing Consultants in Grand Rapids for winning this week’s Rob’s Lunch Bunch! The ladies at Jenn’s office had jokes too, right when I walked in I heard “Oh, you’re not Curtis…”   haha, but seriously, they were a fun office...

I have a friend who lives in Colorado and recently got into the film industry out there.  Yes, there actually is a film industry in Colorado – it seems a lot of Netflix series and movies are filmed there. So this afternoon he called me to tell me how excited he is to be playing a dead guy on an episode of one of the shows he’s working on...

Let’s talk about this for a second; traffic patterns have changed at Leonard and 131.  It’s quite different and it’s amazing how FEW people have actually realized it.  I’ve almost been hit a few times on my way home. A few weeks ago, when this went live, the city sent out this graphic: I'm not sure people quite understood what the professionally designed map/picture was saying...

Well, now we have Chick-fil-A in Grand Rapids. But, now we need to work on a few other restaurants that are missing in our area. I made a list starting with my personal favorite that we're missing out on here: 1) Whataburger: A lot of people talk about In N Out burgers, but I think Whataburger burgers ARE...

I walked out of the studio earlier this afternoon to hear all kinds of chatter from my fellow co-workers down by the printer.  They were having such a howling good time, (and I felt completely left out) so I pulled a line most of my managers have said to me: Do you guys not have enough work to do...

Congrats to Megan at Bellabay Realty, this week’s winner of Rob’s Lunch Bunch! When we got there to deliver the Little Caesar’s Pizza, all her co-workers were in a big meeting, so Megan was able to get first dibs (as she should since she did the work to win...

This maybe one of the most ingenious ways to get noticed in the dating world.  Joesph Adams, a Michigan State University student recently created a dating resume that’s going viral. He says he created the resume after getting turned down by "An outrageous babe, a straight 10/10;"  He's now determined to get her to notice him and not let a silly dating resume be the reason he gets rejecte

Today marked the start of Daylight Saving Time. A time when we set our clocks ahead an hour which results in longer amounts of daylight each day. I’m not going to try to sound super smart.. but here’s the deal: According to Wikipedia, Daylight Saving Time (DST) started with Benjamin Franklin in 1784...

If you live in the Richmond Park/Alpine & Leonard area (or just, on the West side of GR), heads up:  Someone wants in your car! Friday morning around 5:30am, I was awoken (or is it, I awoke?)... Let’s try this again, Friday morning around 5:30am, I woke up when I heard guys talking outside my bedroom window. ...

OK, let’s get real for a second. I came across a Facebook friend’s post who was complaining because she wasn’t sure how to get into her car because of how the other car parked next to her. I had to recreate this post and the pictures, because we have “company rules” that save us from getting sued… so I’m going to have to “Rescue 911” recreate (still all the truth, just none of the real) this madne