Even though I’ve been away from it for a while now, I still read the web sites and blogs that focus on the business of television news and what I’m reading a lot about these days is the inescapable conclusion that the expensive Katie Couric experiment on the CBS evening news has been a magnificent failure…
“Hi Dad..good to hear from you,” my daughter, Suzan, said when I called Saturday. “How are you doin’? I asked. “Well, I’m a little frazzled, she said, because I haven’t gotten our taxes done yet.” “You haven’t? You’re getting money back aren’t you..why wait until the last minute to file?” “Daaaaad..you’re a fine one…
I saw a strange sight today; a robin just outside my window..shivering in the icy wind and as she surveyed her frigid white surroundings, there was a look of disgust on her face. She actually seemed on the verge of speech. “I told him it was too early to go back to South Dakota..but…
I detest tests. Always have. I do okay at crossword puzzles or games like Trivial Pursuit which challenge one’s basic knowledge, but when it comes down to the real deal for important stuff, like a driver’s license exam or applying for membership in the Mensa Society (kidding) I freeze up like a raccoon in…
Well, here it is..Monday. The city election is tomorrow and I still haven’t decided who I’m going to vote for. Or is it whom? Ah, whom gives a darn? Linda and I live in the Northeast district which has had a real growth spurt in recent years..more of a growth gusher, actually. Unlike…
This is one of my favorite Normal Rockwell illustrations. It shows that even the greats can occasionally run out of ideas. I’m certainly not comparing myself to Rockwell, but it’s good to know that he’d get stumped once in a while too when faced with a deadline…real or self made. As I was looking…
I received a letter from an old friend today; a letter that left me stunned at first..then angry then terribly sad because it would be the last time I’d ever hear from her again. In the e-mail, sent to several former colleagues, J. said she has decided to end her own life. And I,…
In his blog, Hemmingsen Weighs In, Steve has written about Captain 11, Dave Dedrick’s, 80th birthday bash at Champs Friday night. The following are some photos from the party.Happy Birthday, Pal!"I thought we were just going out for burgers," said Dedrick upon entering the surprise party room with wife MarjeanLongtime friends Ray (brown sweater) and…
Sounds like Linda and I could be moving. She saw the story in the paper this week about the Van Epps mansion being up for grabs and she would love to grab it. We’ve lived in the same neighborhood in our same little ranch house since we got married ah..let’s see…twenty…ah…twenty four?…yeah, 24…
Its okay for me to occasionally bad mouth a member of my family but when someone else does it, well, they’re in for a fight. A year or so ago, the people who make decisions at Keloland TV invited some of South Dakota’s better known political bloggers to present their various points of view…