I walked into the WLNK Studio last week to inform Max, Todd, Sheri and Bob that they had been nominated for a Marconi Award. It’s hard to win the Marconi Award, named after the Radio inventor and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi. The NAB Marconi...
The Lil General convenience store shared a back parking lot with my grandmother’s apartment. Most days, I stopped in after school for my favorite snack – Doritos and a Mountain Dew. I was still blasting N.W.A. through my walkman causing a bolt of...
There was a time in the not too distant past where most of us understood what conservative Republicanism was all about. My father, a card carrying Republican who never swayed from the party line, gave me the opportunity to view unequivocal loyalty...
I got placed on the school harvest party committee. An email went out to the moms involved and I was the only one not named Brianna. The email talked about us planning a time to get together and brainstorm about games and craft ideas, but all I...
My Grandfather, Mike “Skomie” Yokosuk, had a few colorful sayings that he used on a daily basis. “Put that in your pipe and smoke it,” “How ya like them green apples?” and my favorite, “That’s like takin’ sand to the beach!” However, the one that...
I just had to fill in my age on a form for the first time since I turned 60! It looked so wrong. Six Oh! “What in the world?” I thought out loud and probably stunned the young man sitting next to me. How can I be 60 years old? He didn’t seem shocked...
I have a new guilty pleasure. Lifetime’s “Married at First Sight.” The premise is three brand new couples, matched by relationship experts, who agree to have their first meeting with one another be at the end of their wedding aisle. They’ve never...
I have a pretty swell life. I am college educated. I have a house, an SUV and an iPhone. I am married to the love of my life, and we have a goofy, tender-hearted, rock & roll loving kid who makes me warmer than a southern summer day. I go to...
I don’t recognize a lot of things anymore these days, as civility and ethical behavior take a backseat to bloviating and bluster. What used to be considered unacceptable behavior by statesmen now seems to be standard procedure. I used to think I...