Bulletin: Hog farmers in Minnehaha County were shocked to discover that their pigs had suddenly sprouted wings and taken flight. Bulletin: Word from the nether region is that the fires of damnation have been extinguished and Hades is now enveloped in ice. Bulletin: The Sioux Falls City Council has UNANIMOUSLY agreed on something. Okay, now…
As I sit here looking out my window, I see the trees bending over in the cold October wind..trying unsuccessfully to hang on to their dying leaves just a while longer. There’s a steady rain beating against the house. It makes a tapping sound and the droplets are sticking to the glass which can only mean…
I know it’s not as important today but when I was young one of the key requirements to finding success in broadcasting was to have a great voice. One of the finest radio and television voices that I ever heard fell silent this past weekend when Tony Dean (DeChandt) died way too young at his…
I have to admit that I wasn’t too thrilled when, on November 7th, 1992, our daughter Brenda and her husband Dale announced that they’d decided to name their newborn son, “Tucker.” I was worried that insensitive classmates would one day tease him..using words..one in particular..that rhyme with it.By November 9th, though, Tucker’s name was the least…
“Hey Doug, you’re the trivia master,” our friend Alona said when she called this week, “Who sang the song Be my baby?” (She’s right, Hemmingsen and I used to be pretty darn good Trivial Pursuit players. In fact, when the board game first came out in the 80’s; our Keloland team usually scored high at…
I took some more political heat from my golfing buddies Thursday; buddies who are still dumbfounded at the notion of my still intending to vote for Obama next month. “You gonna watch the debate tonight?” Bob said. “Yeah, I suppose.” “You just wait, Palin’s gonna kick Biden’s butt.” (only he didn’t say butt and from…
Okay, Wild Bill, I’ll get out of DeadwoodThe vote was unanimous; on our annual excursion to the Black Hills this autumn, Linda and me along with our traveling companions, Denny and Joanie Graves, were going to get off the beaten path and go places and do things we hadn’t done in years or never at…
Well, Linda and I have been off an another of our cost-saving “stay-cations.” We and our traveling partners, Denny and Joanie Graves are on our annual pilgrimage to the Black Hills..allegedly to drink in the beauty of the season..and it IS beautiful..but in reality it’s to drink up the local wine and to give…
Ever since I watched Hal Holbrook’s incredible portrayal of Mark Twain on a CBS television special in 1967, the idea of seeing his performance in person has been on my bucket list; you know, things you want to do before you kick the bucket. Well, I can now scratch that one from the list thanks…
My dad was one of the million or so guys who suffered a broken arm trying to crank start a Model T Ford. Long before cars had electric starters, the only way to fire up the four cylinder engine was to turn it over manually using the crank provided in front. Trouble was if the…