I would like to be able to say that I was a fan of Saturday Night Live from the very beginning. In the fall of 1975, I was 13 years old. It was also the days of no cable and only 3 networks. I regularly studied the TV Guide for information about all shows, especially …
Category Archives: True Stories
Super Bowl in 2000
I have used a Franklin Planner since the late 1980’s at work. I use it to keep up with appointments and tasks for work activities as well as my personal life. Over the years, I have come to rely on computers and tools like Outlook to manage my time but I still carry a planner. …
Ineffective Evangelism
First, want to let you know that I take my Christian faith seriously. I believe that Jesus has made a significant positive difference in my life to the extent that I would want that for anyone and everyone that I know and meet. That being said, I think that there are ways that we Christians …
Remembering Mom on Her Birthday
Here are 10 fond memories I have of my mom in honor of her birthday on September 18: She cooked all moisture and most nutrients out of all of the food she cooked. She was my first music teacher. She taught me a little about how to play piano and a lot about how to …
9-11 Memories
I have very vivid memories of the morning of September 11, 2001. I was supposed to fly out of Jackson, Tennessee through St. Louis to Indianapolis that morning. When I got out of the shower, my wife came into our bathroom and told me that she was watching Good Morning America and they had reported a fire …
Getting My Driver’s License
Last week, my youngest child got her driver’s license. This is reason enough for me to reflect on the differences in driver’s licenses today at back in 1978 when I got mine. At that time, getting a learner’s permit consisted of filling out forms and paying money. You didn’t have to take any test. The …
Skating on Ice
John Pechonick was my favorite chemistry professor in college. He was a short, muscular man with bushy eyebrows. One of my friends described him as looking like a cross between Popeye and E.T. When he spoke, the words seemed to come out the side of his mouth in a sound that was almost like a …
All In The Family
When I was in elementary school, my mother’s family seemed to get together almost every other weekend during the spring and summer. I have three male cousins that are really close to my age that would always be at these family reunions. It was also good that we had each other to keep entertained. Some …
Another Funeral Story
A few years ago, I was at a visitation at the funeral home for a family member that I didn’t know that well. There were several family members there that I know I had met in the past but I rarely ever saw them so in many ways it was like meeting them for the …
Funeral Story
When my grandfather died, I remember being at the funeral home with my family. I remember that a lot of people came to see us during the visitation time. My family and I were in the process of moving back to the West Tennessee area and we had the opportunity to see a lot of …