Just Denny
Salt Intervention
My obsession with TV cooking shows has sometimes led to confusion. Curiosity of a novice cook can lead to more than a failed simple recipe experiment. We need more help than a cookbook can offer, so where do we go? To "Mr. Answerman" of course.
The Rule of Threes
I became aware of the "threes" when I was very young. Time and time again I found myself in an awkward situation with playmates. Things could be going great as two of us conquered battle after battle against the vicious German army.
Culverts and Old Gravel
I just returned from a trip to my hometowns of Laurel and Hattiesburg, Mississippi. I mention both towns because I spent the first twenty-nine years of my life in that area.
Patricia and I own a house there that our son lives in while he's in school at Southern Mississippi. I needed to get the driveway culvert worked on because the concrete had collapsed and was blocking the ditch from draining. I called the City of Hattiesburg and asked for the person in charge of culverts. I can't tell you just how surprised I was when a man actually returned my phone call within 24 hours. It was the supervisor of the department that handles culverts and such things. We had a short and pleasant conversation about what needed to be done and he assured me that someone would be out to check on the culvert.
Patricia and I own a house there that our son lives in while he's in school at Southern Mississippi. I needed to get the driveway culvert worked on because the concrete had collapsed and was blocking the ditch from draining. I called the City of Hattiesburg and asked for the person in charge of culverts. I can't tell you just how surprised I was when a man actually returned my phone call within 24 hours. It was the supervisor of the department that handles culverts and such things. We had a short and pleasant conversation about what needed to be done and he assured me that someone would be out to check on the culvert.
I often hear complaints from folks about how the world is going to Hell in a handbasket because "this younger generation ain't got it like we had it". They feel that kids today have it too easy. They don't have to walk three miles each way to school every day.
Once upon a time long, long ago, I was just a toddler in the radio world. I was still wobbling through each airshift, trying to figure out exactly what persona I wanted to exhibit to any unfortunate soul whose...