ODDS & ENDS

When you turn 250 years old – you’re allowed to celebrate for an entire year.   That’s what they’re doing at the Missouri History Museum located in the Forest Park area of Saint…

If you were expecting to find a list of the top ten worst states to live in – I’m sorry to disappoint you. Recently, the news organization CNBC did however produce a…

My family has always had property in what you’d call “the country”.  You know – a place where the nearest grocery store is 30 miles away, the stars are unlimited in the…

On a stormy Monday afternoon, I found myself fighting mother nature as I traveled west along interstate 80 in Iowa.  There have been just two times in my life that I remember…

Traveling should be a fun experience.  Even a work trip can be enjoyable if you can squeeze in a little sightseeing or a lunch break downtown in a new city.  No matter…

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee really turned out to be the wildcard in a 8 city road trip that included stops in Nashville, Chattanooga, Rome, Atlanta, Savannah, Charlotte and Asheville.  Quite honestly, I didn’t…

Late one night I found myself watching Charlie Rose on our local PBS affiliate in Saint Louis. He’s the old guy that sits at the round table, directly across from his guests,…

I never pass up a chance to use the now famous quote from random Youtube star, Sweet Brown, who made us all chuckle when she coined the phrase: “Ain’t nobody got time…

I’d like to think I don’t have many pet peeves.  Sure, slow drivers in the left hand lane of the interstate really annoy me.  I don’t have a lot of tolerance for…