I posted “Tell me something about yourself that sounds made up but is 100% true.” Hundreds replied, all interesting, some incredible. Here are some of the answers. “✔” received the most attention. Kathy Alexander Power: I was electrocuted and died. Ray Morris: I had a small part in a porn flick Johnny Means: I spent…
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We received blessings due to the struggles and challenges of spring and summer 2020. Stressed from the pandemic lockdowns, furloughs and news in general, we made significant life changes. Beyond enjoying and experimenting more with cooking, baking, walking, biking and creative adventures, we went into radical and serious mode. Our make ‘lemons to lemonade’ strategies…
In November 2019 actress-singer Ann-Margret was presented with the first-ever Bob Hope Legacy Award for her many contributions to the USO and American servicemembers. She deserved it. In March 1966, Margret went to remote parts of Vietnam with entertainers Chuck Day and Mickey Jones for her first USO tour. Not only in Vietnam, but they…
In April, a post (below) from my friend Pastor Jack Comer Jr. reminded me of a simple, but profound moment when my son Brady Dennis was six. I was a very busy executive at H-E-B Food/Drugs over the Facilities Management division working up to 60-70 hrs a week. But we had a family tradition called…
The 2020 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally will take place August 7 – 16 Plans for the 2020 City of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally are currently moving forward and the odds are very favorable it will go on. In the last few years Main Street was totally resurfaced and bump outs were added on each street corner. The…
Dermatologists across the globe are noticing an increasing number of patients experiencing unexpected skin disorders since the COVID-19 pandemic began. “Together with our social, occupational, and personal life, the new corona virus poses novel challenges for all physicians, including dermatologists,” an abstract and article from the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health…
Lesson One: The Invisible People The man who reminded me of a cross between Walter Brennan and Popeye, in the blue colored plaid shirt, was a world class gravy sopper. It was the second thing I noticed about him, but I was paying attention this time. Eleven minutes before, it was only eleven steps to…
Every Elvis Presley Movie ranked (by box office success, IMDB, Ultimate Movie Ranking). Jailhouse Rock (1957) Loving You (1957) Love Me Tender (1956) King Creole (1958) Viva Las Vegas (1964) G.I. Blues (1960) Blue Hawaii (1961) Follow That Dream (1962) Flaming Star (1960) Girl Happy (1965) Roustabout (1964) Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) Elvis: That’s the…
Baby Boomers are responsible for the most dynamic cultural changes in American history. From music, art, language and fashion, almost radical like emphasis was placed on distorting boundaries between the sophisticated elites and the creative have-nots. In art, “Pop” permeated into packaging, television, advertisements, comic books, and movies. In fashion, we evolved from greaser crewcuts…
Back in the days of tin foil on rabbit ears, necessary to watch all three television channels, my Gillette Elementary School third grade classmates and I enjoyed Friday mid-mornings because it was when our Weekly Readers would arrive. We were first introduced to them in the second grade by Mrs. Lydia Dudek, a golly geeze…
The ride begins in Medina, near where the North and West Prongs of the Medina River and Elm Creek meet. Highly recommended for breakfast and a stop off before you begin is Keese’s Bar-B-Que. Coming into Medina from Bandera, it’s the friendly restaurant on the left where locals and bikers mix to swap stories, prepare…
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A few years ago, when Johnny Jennings was just 86 years old, he gained a bit of positive notoriety when he donated some money to the local Georgia Baptist Home for Children. It wasn’t a small chunk of change. The Ringold, Ga. resident was not wealthy. Mr. Jennings had been collecting junk and recycling since…
