Monthly Archives: July 2013

The scene:  Ponce De Leon Park in Atlanta, April 1939.  Opening Day in the minor league baseball world was a big deal!  There was no game at your fingertips each… Read more »

As I wrote in this blog last month, there are people out there who complain loudly that we media types don’t report any good news.  Many of these folks are… Read more »

Colonoscopy 2013 is behind me now (sorry) and I wanted to share the best part of the adventure with you.  I’ll chat briefly about the prep and procedure, but I… Read more »

Update:  Congratulations to Bob Johnson, named to the Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame! Original story: During the past couple of years, I have done more than one hundred appearances at… Read more »

Having decided at age 12 that I was going to be a broadcaster, I remember calling the great announcer Luther Masingill at home one night.  “When I grow up,” I… Read more »

Just yesterday, I walked out of my allergist’s office, and realized, “I feel good.”   Now, why waste valuable Internet space on my (knock on wood) good health?  Because I’ve made… Read more »

Ralph Malph, Richie Cunningham, Potsie, the Fonz….and John Lennon.  Plus son Julian!  It happened, on the set of “Happy Days,” during a Paramount studios tour in 1974. This was right… Read more »

For more than twenty years now, I’ve been an education reporter.  Most of the time, I’ve loved it. I go into more schools than the milk delivery guy.  I regularly… Read more »

Update, July 28, 2016: Pat Upton, lead singer of Spiral Starecase, has died at the age of 75.  He was a native of Geraldine, Alabama, and was living in nearby… Read more »