Along with KNSS being sold, the stations call letter were changed to KBUL. This was followed by a change in the station’s logo from a bull’s head in a circle to a larger than life bull-character wearing a Hawaiian-print shirt. Through an on air contest, the new character was named, “Bull-dacious.” That changed a few…

Generally people do their spring cleaning in spring. This year much of northern Nevada and eastern California didn’t get a spring – instead going from cold weather and snow into hot temperatures. Needless to say – I got a late start on my cleaning. Along with spring cleaning, I also like to take the time…

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…