Some one at the radio station had Chinese take out and I found this small slip of paper that obviously came from a fortune cookie. It reads: “You have a flair for adding a fanciful dimension to any story.” Thanks for the inspiration — whoever left it.

After leaving the Marine Corps, I found myself in a strange situation. I discovered that making small decisions were sometimes next to impossible. One afternoon, my soon-to-be-bride and I were in Sak-n-Save, a local grocery store. She was doing the shopping while I was tagging along. She asked me to go get some cereal while…

Magician and Miss USA judge Penn Jillette says he’s happy a pageant queen from Tennessee lost to Miss California USA Alyssa Campanella. He comes to this conclusion because of her onstage answer to a question about burning Quran’s ran afoul of the First Amendment. The vocal half of illusionist duo Penn and Teller says on…

Mom used to say to us kids when we were rough housing too much for her liking: “You guys aren’t going to be satisfied until someone gets hurt or gets pissed.” Eventually, that’s exactly what would happen. Given what has been going on after dark at the radio station it was bound to happen. With…

It was during a family vacation that saw first hand how the state of Nevada shared, at least in some small part, a bit of history with Mount Rushmore. First though a little bit more from the personal side of this story. My bride’s father was raised near Mount Rushmore and he had at least…

It was a lovely memorial service, as memorial services go. I actually think of memorial services are really funerals without the presence of the casket. For an hour and a quarter I stood in the back of the church as we paid our final respects to our friend. I had given my seat up to…

While working for a nationally known package delivery company, I was required to wear an identification card showing I was employed by the company, therefore authorized to be on the loading dock at the time. However, one morning I made the mistake of not having the badge on as I walked through the buildings doors.…

We sat there in the newsroom a few minutes before midnight, mesmerized by the drama unfolding over the scanner. The male-voice called calmly to the dispatcher, “I’m rolling code-3 with an unconscious man in my backseat.” It was obviously an officer — we couldn’t tell whether he was a “County Mounty,” a “Super Trooper,” or…

On 17 June 1898, the Hospital Corps came into being. Since then help has been but a shout away: “Corpsman!” The Corpsman has had the back of the Leatherneck in every conflict since. The number of Corpsmen killed in action is 2,012, with 22 Medal of Honor recipients, 174 Navy Crosses awarded, 31 US Army…

Fortunately I’m not the only person in the station to have seen the strange sight of the pale white, skinny, bony figure. But I am the only person to openly write about my sighting. It’s one of the reasons I don’t like to go into the Claire Wilson Conference Room without having the lights on.…