Some people just outlive their hairstyle.
In 2013, TV Guide ranked “The Waltons” number 34 on the list of the top 60 TV shows of all time.
As I sat in Fred’s office listening to him speak, I could hear everything.
I was never any good at football. I played because my dad had been a football star in high school. All-District and All-State, he was even offered a college scholarship.
The phone rings.
Me: “Hello.”
Mom: “Did you know that your cousin Tina works at a restaurant that serves chocolate gravy?”
When I mashed down on the lid, it didn’t snap, it cracked.
Gourmet coffee is now outselling real coffee.
I don’t exactly recall when I moved from the little table to the big table during the holidays. But I thought I had arrived.
I never expected to do most of the things I’ve done in my life. Radio announcer, public relations, health care, law enforcement, and working for charities.
Most of us celebrate Thanksgiving without a second thought. That’s not how it was intended.
He almost didn’t get it. It took him three years to wear the man down, but my dad finally talked him into selling the truck.
My mom turned off her landline.
The fact state Rep. Dennis Bonnen is far from the only state lawmaker with disdain for local control and the weakness in U.S. Sen. John Cornyn's latest measure to reduce carnage from gun violence were among the issues being discussed this week by Texas editors.
I wasn’t sure whose idea daylight saving time was, so I looked it up.
It wasn’t until we took our seats in the auditorium in Shreveport that it hit me. We were sitting in the home of the old Louisiana Hayride.
I’m not sure when they started charging for air at gas stations, but I firmly believe that collusion was involved.
The fridge. ‘Frigerator. Some even called it “The Frigidaire.” A few decades ago it had many names.
I’d hit the wall after hours of moving furniture. I couldn’t go any longer and had to sit down. I’m no spring chicken and my back was letting me know it.
I once asked my father how old you have to be before you understand women. His response was, “I give up. How old?”
The Beatles broke up when I was 8.
Long before anyone knew who Drew Carey was, there was a fella named Bob who hosted a little game show called “The Price Is Right.”
Canton’s First Monday Trade Days is one of the largest flea markets in the world.
The first coins minted by the U.S. government were struck in 1783. The use of coins as a means of payment dates to the fifth or sixth century BCE.
During my 20-plus years of working in the radio business, I met and interviewed many celebrities. Virtually all of them were promoting something (a new movie, record, book, or something else they were trying to sell), which is why they were spending time with me.
My wife left town to visit relatives, so I had the fridge and TV all to myself.
They used to be as common as sonic booms.
There is a bond between a grandfather and his grandchildren that is like no other. He would trade all that he has for that one, single feeling his grandchildren bring to him each time that they talk, smile, walk into a room or proudly tell him they’ve caught more fish than he has.
Before there was Facebook, there was the CB radio. It was how Americans talked to each other.
I was almost home from a very long drive when I saw the first estate sale sign. Exhausted, I paused for a moment trying to decide whether to turn or keep going.
The summer of 1980 was one of the hottest I recall.
It’s remarkable how much people will pay for food that sounds fancy.
Mr. Harless’ TV and radio repair shop wasn’t on Main Street, but it wasn’t far from it.
There’s still a debate over whether we spelled it “TRAX,” or “TRAXX.” What’s not in doubt is that it was a high school rock band that five friends from the Texarkana area played in during the late 1970s.
Seeing a classic or antique car always reminds me of someone. That someone is most often my father.
“Hello, my name is Clark Gable,” said the man sitting next to me in the airport.
There are certain items that remind me of my grandparents. Some items I see here and there, others I inherited.
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One of the biggest mistakes you could make when I was growing up was to tell your parents you were bored.
You would think there’s only one way to fold towels.
You forget how much energy a kitten has until you get another one.
I was watching an episode of Star Trek. Captain Kirk went to a wall, pushed a button and asked the computer to look up all of the information in the data banks on the earth colony of Tarsus IV.
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After a wreck sent my first car, a 1966 Mustang, to the junkyard, my dad found me a replacement. It was and still is the coolest car I’ve ever owned. It was a 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme.
Two weeks after my father left this earth on our nation’s birthday, a bird wandered into our front yard.
I still have a hard time calling the internet “The Internet.” Frequently, I call it “the wire.”
In 1964, although there was scant chance Americans would choose to have a third president in 14 months, Lyndon Johnson took no chances.
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“I can’t remember if I cried
Television was never better than when a “Dean Martin Celebrity Roast” came on my parent’s RCA console TV.
As long as I can remember, my family has had Aladdin lamps.
