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Dig into a great (if shorter [again]) life

While researching this column, I enjoyed a heaping bowl – okay, two – of Blue Bell’s Mardi Gras King Cake ice cream. I was hoping like mad that I would

Game leaves a bad taste in your mouth

For Christmas, my son was gifted a uniquely disgusting game called BeanBoozled. It is a game where normal Jelly Belly bean flavors are paired with gross alternatives such as dishwater,

The ‘Secret Sauce’ for a healthy new year

I’m beginning this week with a memory test. See if you can identify the product (that’s a nice way of saying you are old enough to remember)… “Two all-beef patties,

Texas unemployment still at 42-year low

Texas’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.7 percent in November, remaining at the same 42-year low rate as in October, the Texas Workforce Commission reported Dec. 21. The Texas economy

Video tales, adventures from ‘18

As 2018 was beginning, we here at the paper decided to try and make a weekly Facebook video to give readers an idea as to what was in the paper

Is this your year to get healthy?

Do you know that losing weight and getting healthy consistently rank as the No. 1 New Year’s resolution each year? Do you know that new gym memberships soar in December

When a robot wrote a Hallmark film

Thinking Out Loud

Bot scripts have become my new favorite thing.

For those unfamiliar with what that might be, the easiest way I can explain it is that it is a script written by a computer program after similar pieces of information were fed into it over and over again.

If you’ve ever heard something online referred to as a “bot,” it is typically because whatever the program has said – typically while posing as a real person – is clearly lacking in critical thinking skills that would make its language sound natural.

It’s the most wonderful (yet painful) time of the year

On YOur mark

Ihave had the same routine on Christmas Eve for decades.

First, the Bride and I shop madly on Dec. 24. It’s the best time to buy gifts.

Sure there might not be as many present-presenting options as you’d would’ve had on Dec. 11, but, when shopping on Dec. 24, you have to make a decision!

The hemmings and hawings and the we’ll-come-back-later-to-getits are taken out of the equation.

You must buy it then.

At 6:30 p.m., we attend our church’s candlelight service with friends and family.

Say what? Say what?!

LifE maTTErs

Did you know that hearing loss can result in diminished cognitive capacity?

That’s what a poster on the wall in the audiologist’s office said.

Don’t you just hate it when the choices of your youth come back to bite you in the…ears?

Gone but not forgotten – by me

Every year, lots of famous people die. Some are more important than others to specific people. Here are some of the folks who died this year and how they affected