Monthly Archives: November 2010

This is about a young life snuffed out before it’s time

Editor’s note-this was originally published in May of 2006 when I worked in radio. But it’s also about a warning and a message all of us need to think about from time to time. Life is short. Sometimes life can … Continue reading

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I think I have discovered why diet foods don’t work

When the concept of diet food was first introduced back in the days when fat dinosaurs roamed the earth the stuff was pretty yucky. I remember a diet bread called Hollywood that basically tasted like sawdust. You would lose weight … Continue reading

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So you wish you won the lottery, eh?

The 8 Nebraskans who won the record 365 million are set for life, right? Well don’t be too sure that winning the big money always brings happiness. Here are a few examples of what it can bring. Evelyn Adams, who … Continue reading

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Hungry? How about a nice juicy steak with a side of exhaust fumes

But I am getting ahead of myself here. What do you look for in a pack of meat at the local supermarket? Well if your like me you like it nice and red, right? If it bleeds it’s for me. … Continue reading

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There must a parallel universe where people who write letters to the editor live

I wonder what color the sky is there. The other day a newspaper printed a letter from someone who we call Rick because that’s his name. Rick, who lives in Hanover Township was bitching because in his opinion as a … Continue reading

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Does the phrase dirty old man mean anything to you?

Well it does to Elizabeth Krum, who will probably be embarrassed about her walk for the rest of her life. But wait, we’ve moved too far. Let’s go back to the beginning. There once was a governor of Maryland. William … Continue reading

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I now know the surest sign of all that I am over the hill

I cannot, for the life of me imagine needing 14 speakers in my car. When I was a boy and I walked to school ten miles in the snow, uphill both ways in tornados my dad’s car had AM radio … Continue reading

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I once worked for a boss who caught me eating on the job

I was working on the radio and was literally trapped in a control room for 6 hours. So I brought my lunch with me. In between talking on the air I munched out. I did, that is until bossman came … Continue reading

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No where is the difference in the sexes more apparent than at a hallmark store on Valentines’ eve

In a perfect world I would be nowhere near the Hallmark store on the day before this most romantic of all Holidays. Side note: Is it truly a Holiday if we don’t get a day off? Just wondering. But events … Continue reading

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For god’s sake if you are sick, stay home

Have you noticed lately that more and more people are showing up for work looking like they are at deaths door? Hacking and wheezing like old steam engines they lurch and sniffle their way around the workplace gleefully spreading their … Continue reading

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