If you’ve ever taken that sad trip to the vet to have an ailing pet put to sleep..you’ll know how I felt this week. White Lightnin’ our 1990 Lincoln Town Car, which I’ve had for 18 years and written about several times here, is gone. Her just reward for such long and faithful service…
I started writing a blog the other day and after a while I noticed that it seemed vaguely familiar. So, I checked though my files and, sure enough, I’d blogged about the very same thing less than two years ago. It’s not the first time this has happened either. I suppose that, after nearly 400…
Went to see my doctor today fully expecting to be gently chewed out for not having lost any weight since our last visit and fearing that my lab results would reflect the lackadaisical lifestyle I have fallen into. But he was kind, sympathetic and helpful plus the tests of my bodily fluids and a physical…
“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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Sure….just when I decide that I might be watching too much TV, along comes a new season of network shows that I’m already addicted to. Well, not addicted yet but a few that I really like. First and foremost is Hawaii Five-0 (Mondays at 9pm on CBS)..a remake of the long running series from the…
Tap, tap.. tap..came the sound on my door . Seth, is that you? Nope, just Linda who forgot her key. We’re holed up here in Deadwood Gulch at the Bullock Hotel fully expecting a visit from the owner, himself, before we leave..even though he’s been dead for nearly a hundred years. It’s safe to say…