Stop trying to be everything to everyone. Doing so is impossible, and trying will only burn you out. But making one person smile can change the world. Maybe not the whole world, but their world. So narrow your focus.

Decided to go to Apple Hill in California’s historic gold region. For years, I’d heard that aside from apples, apple pie, cakes and cider, they had many wonderful craft-makers selling their goods. So I decided to go for the day since its is only 150 miles away from my home. I grabbed my camera and…

As it turns out, many of my Progressive friends are right, making the U.S. gun-free can be done in five easy steps. Elect 67 Senators and 290 Representatives who support the cause. Have the newly-elected Congress propose to repeal the 2nd Amendment. Get 38 states to ratify the Constitutional change. Enact Federal legislation that makes…

Confidence, like happiness, is mostly an inside job. One can, however instill confidence in an insecure person. From time to time, when a new air staff member started at a station, I’d be given the duty of training them. If I saw they were hesitant, I’d stay close by to encourage them to the point…

Soon to be ex-Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is accusing Charles and David Koch of advocating criminal justice reform to cut their legal liabilities. Reid, as per his normal smear tactic, didn’t specify what illegal actions would be absolved by the Kochs’ efforts. Reid did suggest that the Kochs have become more active in efforts…

I smell another ‘ Ahmed the Clock Kid’ in the making. You know the teen that ‘built’ a clock n a brief case purposefully to look like a ‘bomb,’ and the media and President Obama loved him up and turned him into a ‘misunderstood’ sensation? Same things happening as the web history of the Umpqua…

I never thought I’d be writing about a certain hairstyle, but then again I never thought I’d live to be as old as I am today. For the past several years I HAD to shave my head because I eventually developed a rash that wouldn’t go away. However for the last few months I’ve been…

The first time I heard myself in headphones I froze. It didn’t sound like me, though I knew it was me who was talking. Fortunately, I progressed from that to eventually being called upon to train a few disc jockeys over the years. I say training – but that is to include those who already…

Three Questions that have yet to be answered to my satisfaction: If gun control works so well and Chicago is the most heavily firearms regulated city in the U.S., why did they have 250 shootings resulted in 55 people getting killed and another 288 being wounded in September 2015? And why, if regulating ownership of…

Here’s a school-shooting story you may not have heard about from our national media: A school shooting in South Dakota was stopped after a 16-year-old student opened fire with a handgun, wounding Principal Kevin Lein in the arm following an argument. Despite the wound, Lein got on the intercom to let the students and teachers…