Thanks for the memories.
I came to San Antonio to celebrate the career of an incredible journalist, Deborah Knapp. She was a mentor to me and more importantly, a dear friend. Deborah Knapp. A…
Where everybody knew his name. Norm!
Haven’t posted in awhile here. Today, I had too. We lost one of the great character actors today. George Wendt. He played Norm Peterson on “Cheers” from 1982 until 1993.…
Heroes
We toss that word around a lot. Hero. I’m on a Delta flight from New York back to Tampa. Great trip, by the way. The heroes on this plane are…
Remembering Jimmy Carter
I’m sitting in my hotel room in New York thinking about the last time I interviewed former President Jimmy Carter. We lost him yesterday at the age of 100. I…
Election Day.
Given what I do for a living, I always regard Election Day as my Super Bowl. I have to bring my “A” game today. Tomorrow too for that matter. The…
Getting away for a minute.
The last few weeks have been tough. Tough on a lot of people because of the hurricanes and their damage. Tough on all of us to just go through it.…
It’s been a week. Wait. What day is it?
I’m sitting in my house waiting for a remediation team to start drying my floor and tarping my roof. After thirty years of “dodging the bullet,” Hurricane Milton got us.…
The Price of Paradise
Tampa mayor Jane Castor was asked by the New York Times why she thought people keep moving here to live near the water as storms keep getting worse? She said,…
It’s one thing to compete. Then, real life.
I’m watching a lot of the Olympics. More than usual. Maybe it’s a distraction from all the crappy news going on in the world. Watching these young athletes just thrills…
I gotta turn this off.
Following the Opening Ceremony (or is it Ceremonies?) for the Olympic Games on Friday, I spent the weekend watching the Games. (Games. I’m so old school.) Here’s the thing I’m…