More Road Trippin’

“How would you guys like to go on a little road trip?” our friend, Joanie, said when she called. “Sure, where to?”  “Well, we thought it might be fun to check out the old South Dakota School for the Blind campus in Gary.”   “The what..where?” I said.  “Yeah, the place has been restored and turned…

Trust Me, I’m A Meteorologist

Weather forecasting is not an exact science, but it’s getting pretty dang close. When I started in television, way back in the dark ages, forecasts were based, primarily, on barometric pressure readings. Our radar consisted of a black and white camera we had hooked up to the radar screen out at the National Weather Service.…

A Hair Raising Tale

I love writing this blog..but sometimes, I can’t come up with one blasted idea that justifies an entire column. Oh, I could rattle on about the upcoming election and explain why I’m reluctantly going to leave the U.S. House race on the ballot blank. But anyone who, like me, gags every time another negative ad…

Stevie

I hate when the phone rings after 11 pm. I know it’s either a wrong number or bad news. When Linda picked up at midnight last week, it was clear this wasn’t a wrong number. “Oh no, Steve..oh, no…” and she hands the phone to me. That’s when I first learned from my longtime Keloland…

Randy And Rod

Pigs are flying around in the Metrodome. Icicles are dangling off Satan’s nose because hell has frozen over. Randy Moss is a Minnesota Viking again. For some crazy reason, the New England Patriots have traded the premier but moody and self-serving wide receiver to the team where he got his start and became a superstar…