The job is quite simple, but it’s getting the job that’s the real trick, as it usually is. I didn’t expect the call, honest. But when I did I was on cloud nine. The request was simple, “Tom, will you walk me down the aisle at my wedding?” Speechless. I’m sure I gulped. A father would expect to walk his daughter down the aisle, and I have always referred to […]
Another momentous occasion last week. Theo celebrated his college graduation at the University of Oklahoma, specifically the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. I don’t have that big of an ego to think he’s following in his old man’s footsteps.
You will rarely read me discussing politics here. Not that I’m apolitical; it’s just that I enjoy social interaction without barriers, and there is little else besides religion that can create factions as quickly as politics. My recent whirlwind trip to our nation’s Capitol caught me ill-prepared for tourism. I was attending the Newspaper Association of America’s technical exposition known as NEXPO at the Washington Convention Center. The boss man […]
or 6:53 and holding I glanced up at the clock and noticed immediately that they did not correct for Daylight Savings Time. The clock displayed 6:53, and I assumed it was A.M. since my appointment was for 8:00 a.m. But I had been waiting for a while in the room, so the clock must not only be an hour behind, it must be slow. Looking a bit more closely the […]
It was the Summer after second grade when my Mom called to me to come and watch TV. She said history was happening. Understand, there was no school and I lived in the country with a swimming hole that hardly had to beckon. Even though it was early in the morning I was already awake and no doubt ready to head outside. Watching television was not at the top of […]