Weekly Memo
Gallery of Memories
I recently dedicated the inside wall of my office to hanging photos of those who have most influenced my life. It started out with one photo and then two and right now it holds about […]
A Family Thing
I was sitting on the bed watching TV in that hundred room motel and there was a soft knock on the door. I opened it and it was the cleaning lady and she smiled and […]
Interpreters
The other day I was wearing an old striped golf shirt that was covered with Logos of the Tabasco Pepper Sauce company and when a friend noticed my shirt he asked me, “You been there?” […]
Getting Them Up To Snuff
Did you ever think that just maybe those folks in Washington, DC just might not be up to the job we elected them for? When I was transferred from the 7th Cav. at Sapparo, Japan, […]
Women today are great speakers
I’ve been around the professional speaking field since the early seventies and I can remember when I truly believed that Marilyn VanderBur a former Miss American was the finest women speaker alive. I’m not going […]
Bein’ Almost Andy
I suspect that by now, most of our readers know that I play the role of Almost Andy, an old coot who looks very much like Andy Griffith and shows up at some Mayberry events […]
Transmission
We were sending a manuscript of a new book to the printer the other day and he suggested we use a certain transmission device we had not used before. Jean and I did everything correctly […]
Be Your Own Jobs Czar. Hire somebody!
I saw on TV that somebody has suggested that President Obama fire our Jobs Czar. I didn’t know America had a Job Czar where has he been hiding out? Pour soul. He might not even […]