In a lifetime, how many opportunities have you missed to listen to a potential friend, or at least a possible interesting acquaintance, because you stopped at 'how you doing today?' This thought became real to me recently while listening to a marvelous bo... See more
Remember your mother’s or grandmother’s silver service for 12 that she only used once or twice a year when the whole family showed up? Remember when nobody else in the family would take it when she passed away–because who had the space or the desire to sh... See more
Children, let me tell you a story. There once was a wonderful little cookie with a delicious white filling between two chocolatey layers. My mother used to bring them home from the A&P store where she shopped on 71st Street in Chicago. “Oreos!” we chi... See more
The Denver Broncos have one of the best records in the National Football League. They also have the second highest number of punts, which is what you do when you don’t make a first down and need to improve your field position. Sounds weird, but I was remi... See more
Fernando Mendoza is an odd name for a Heisman Trophy candidate college quarterback, much less one from Number One ranked Indiana, which hadn’t won the Big Ten for 58 years until last Saturday. Fernando ended up in Bloomington via Miami and Berkeley, Calif... See more