I grew up with parents who owned a small business. I spent a lot of time in that plumbing shop that my brother now owns. There were summers where I went out on the truck with the plumbers helping dig ditches and put in sinks and faucets and unstopping sewers. Other days I worked in…… MORE
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Nichole Deal: 6/19/15 The Best Date Ever!
I’m on the best date I’ve been on in years….he was on time, flowers on the passenger seat in the car when he picked me up (nice touch), fancy restaurant; breathtaking views overlooking the water, good conversation, sitting across the table from a man who is smart, incredibly funny, handsome…and to boot, a perfect gentleman.…… MORE
Amy Chodroff: 6/18/15 Can Brian Williams regain his reputation?
By now you’ve probably heard that Brian Williams will be returning to NBC news. He has spent the last several months suspended without pay after embellishing the truth about stories he reported on. While he won’t be returning to the anchor chair at NBC Nightly News, he will be returning to the network. He’ll now…… MORE
Doug Helton: 6/17/15 Time for a change?
Over Memorial Day weekend my wife and I made the trip just north of the Oklahoma border to one of the Indian casinos in Oklahoma. In the packed parking lot I decided to conduct a quick experiment. Check the license plates on the first 20 vehicles we walked passed. 17 of them were from Texas.…… MORE
Mickey Briggs: 6/16/15 Digital Dilemma
I had been getting notices that my cable signal was going digital and I needed to order a box if I wanted to keep getting a signal. I ordered and received the boxes and put one in. I have not gotten around to the other two yet. I did notice that my digital TV is…… MORE
Rick Hadley: 6/15/15 Here comes the heat
The flooding is over and Mother Nature is turning up the thermostat. We usually have months to gradually transition to the scorching temperatures that kick in come June and July. Not this year. While it was nice to have mild temperatures through our monsoon-like May, we lost that acclimation period we’re used to. Now that…… MORE
Sam Putney: 6/12/15 No faith in the TSA
While many of us have been focused on the swimming pool incident in McKinney last weekend, you know what I just can’t stop thinking about? It’s whether the TSA can really protect me the next time I fly to New York, Los Angeles, Houston or anywhere for that matter. Ever since that Transportation Security Administration…… MORE
Matt Stoker: 6/11/15 The reward of doing the work yourself
I recently read about a study that said you would enjoy a sandwich made for you by someone else more than you would one that you made yourself. The idea was that during the act of making the sandwich, you had time to imagine the different flavors that were going into it, making the final…… MORE
Robbie Hoy 6/9/15 Just a water, please.
For as long as I can remember growing up, I loved a certain soft drink, made famous in a small Texas town, which has the same name as a city in a country that belongs in the United Kingdom. Those are the only hints you get. I remember when this soft drink came in 10…… MORE
Rick Hadley: 6/8/15 Old Habits
I am a creature of habit. I think most of us are. We find a way of doing things that works for us and we stick to it. When I get ready for work every day, it’s the same thing. Put on the coffee, toast my English muffin, eat a couple of boiled eggs and…… MORE
