An anchorman's take on news, money, family, life and a lot more
My phone and text messages were lighting up on my way to work yesterday. From family, friends and co-workers. They all wanted to know basically one thing: “Do you know what’s going on Mark?” And I could sense fear in their voice and words. And after Sandy Hook, Columbine and far too many school shootings […]
It’s almost midnight and 5 teenagers are in the back of our Suburban. Not like that picture above. They’re asleep now. It’s the only time they’ve been asleep at this late hour all week. Just like babies, they’re so well-behaved that way. There’s been a steady rain the past seven hours. It’s been a day of burger […]
If you’re keeping count, the average price of gasoline in the U.S. is up for the 35th straight day! Winter isn’t typically a time when demand rises at the gas pump, but prices have climbed a whopping 48 cents since late January, according to AAA. There’s pain at the pump no matter where you live, […]
One of the perks for working at a television station is having the inside track in getting your pet’s picture on the air. That’s Jeter, one of my labs, in the above picture. Whenever we have a snow event, we encourage our viewers to send in their photos. Pets, children, trees, themselves. We love to […]
The 85th Academy Awards will be handed out this coming Sunday. Once again, ABC will air the Oscars. Kristin and I will be on right after the show with the late news on Tulsa’s Channel 8 (hope you stay up to watch if you’re in our viewing audience). I thought I’d do an informal, totally […]
By now you’ve heard and read about the ordeal that thousands of Carnival Triumph passengers endured for several days. All the passengers are off the ill-fated ship now, but their vacation memories will last a lifetime. I’ve taken my family on many cruises, and several on Carnival. I think it’s one of the best ways […]
With the meteor that hit a portion of Russia and the giant asteroid that buzzed Earth, both on the same day, we dug up a story about a Tulsa woman who was hit by space junk in the 1990s. Lottie Williams was hit by a piece of space debris in 1997 while walking in […]
Today is Valentine’s Day. Uh-oh. It’s a day you either score … or strike out. With gifts, that is. There’s a lot of pressure to please on this day. Especially for guys. And let’s face it, many of us don’t have a clue. There’s plenty of swinging and missing that fat pitch as it comes […]
Do you remember your old phone number from growing up? My childhood number was 9-1692 (before the days of prefixes and area codes). Chances are you can remember yours as well, even though it could have been decades ago. Now what’s the number of your son, daughter, parents or best friend? I couldn’t tell you. […]
Need some more examples that your Facebook “friends” are not necessarily your friends, and interacting with them may not be in your best interest? I’ve come across several recently, including a spelling-challenged “friend” who wants to let me know she’s “horeny” and “turend on”, and one of my wife’s “friends” who claims to be a […]
Sometimes I misjudge the reactions of people. Today was a good example. The U.S. Postal Service announced that it plans to scrap Saturday delivery of your cards and letters to save money. It’s no secret the Postal Service is suffering from financial hemorrhaging, and dropping Saturday service is a move to put a tourniquet on […]
This has been a rough cold, flu and norovirus (the latest bug to strike) season. We hear a lot about how important it is to defend ourselves by washing our hands, and if that’s not possible, to use those hand sanitizers. ABC News had an eye-opening story about how well hand sanitizers work. Research was […]
