THE PRESLEY PLOT MAKES HISTORY!!
THIS BETTER BE GOOD SINCE I USED TWO EXCLAMATION POINTS!! Well, actually, it is very, very good. For the first time since the Bronze Age (or maybe it was the Iron Age) Aberdeen Bay Press, the...
View ArticleSINGIN’ THE BLUES…..
Sadly, we lost the great George Jones this week. A big loss for those of us who love country music. As some of you know, I was born in Nashville. Back in the day, my aunts often took me to the Grand...
View ArticleCHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE!
HALF A LEAGUE, HALF A LEAGUE, HALF A LEAGUE ONWARD! (Why only half a league? Another major league baseball strike?) Who knows. CANNON TO RIGHT OF THEM, CANNON TO LEFT OF THEM! (Oh wait, those are...
View ArticleTUPELO IS TOO MUCH!
DO YOU REMEMBER THIS SONG? “TOO MUCH?” THE SONG WAS RECORDED BY ELVIS PRESLEY AND RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1956….. It quickly became a number one hit across the nation, but after today,...
View ArticleDRIVING MISS DAISY….. CRAZY!
WELL, YOU’D THINK THAT MISS PATTY WOULD BE HAPPY TO HEAR MY LIFE STORY ONCE MORE…. BUT NO, SHE WANTS TO READ! No matter, I have decided to keep talking anyway. (She’ll thank me later, after I become...
View ArticleSHECKY AND THE BANDIT!
TEN-FOUR GOOD BUDDIES, THIS IS THE RED RIDER COMIN’ DOWN INTERSTATE THIRTY, WHICH IS LOOKIN’ PURTY. NO SMOKIES IN THE POKIES, SO Y’ALL CAN PUT THE METAL TO THE PETAL! Yeah, as you can see, I’ve been...
View ArticleSTRANGER IN PARADISE…..
DO YOU REMEMBER THIS LOVELY SONG? It’s from the 1953 Broadway show KISMET. Well, I can tell you one thing, it certainly feels strange to be a stranger in paradise, but I’m starting to get used to the...
View ArticleTHE TRIPLE CROWN!
NO, NOT THE HORSE RACE! (I wouldn’t “nag” you about that!) However, I have crossed a “finish line” of sorts. I am pleased to announce that the third installment of the “Adam Gold Mystery Series”...
View ArticleTRUTH IS STRANGER THAN NON-FICTION, TOO!
BELIEVE IT OR NOT….. 3 days after the publication of my first non-fiction book, THE SECOND MOURNING, (The True Story of President Garfield’s assassination) thieves broke into Garfield’s tomb in...
View ArticleTHE BIRTHDAY BOY!
Well, as many of you know, (since I have been sending out frequent reminders) last Thursday was my 39th birthday. (In Texas, you’re allowed to celebrate any year you wish!) A gentleman never mentions...
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