Recently my friend Randy Clark and I were conversing on Twitter about our professions, past and present, and Randy asked me if I could tell him in 140 characters or less why I work in the radio business (again). I tried to answer him in a couple of tweets but decided...
I've got a couple of articles inspired by a conversation with my friend, Randy Clark. It was a few days ago when Randy tweeted: Friends with strong beliefs & opinions yet open hearts & minds. @RockyWalls: @randyclarktko @ScLoHo @DonKincaid @kmullett...
Indulge me for a moment. I don't care if you say Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas. I don't care about your political beliefs. I don't care about your sexual orientation. I don't care about a lot of things. Here's what I do care about: I am thankful and blessed that I...
This week I get to have another birthday. As I write this on Sunday morning (a few days ago) I was thinking about how I was when I was your age. I now refer to my 20's and early 30's as "a lifetime ago", because you are now in that age range. Jon, you were the first...
It's amazing what can happen in an instant. It's also amazing what can happen over a dozen years. In my family, it was a dozen years ago that our lives changed with the unexpected death of my Mom at Thanksgiving in 2001. Suddenly I became the eldest. But that's not...
I asked my Facebook & Twitter friends what they thought of retail stores opening on Thanksgiving Day, and if they were planning on shopping that day or on Black Friday. Most don't like it. Some admit to shopping on Black Friday. Then a friend of mine piped in...
Our family is in the middle of Birthday Season. That's what I used to call the time between August 15th and April 12th. Actually our family also has birthdays between April and August too, and while those are no less significant, I'm used to them coming one after...
What a week it has been. I have an app on my phone that provides me with a daily Bible Verse to read every morning. Here's what it said Friday: 1st John 4:20-21 (NIV): 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love...
A new update is posted here. Last year I began writing a series of Monday Money tips that chronicled steps that we were taking to save money. Time for an update, and this time it's about cellphones. After buying a Samsung Galaxy S3 in 2012, I had buyers regret. Not...