Why do we use a different voice to talk to babies and dogs?
No one ever told me to change my voice when I talk to an infant or a dog, but I do it, and it seems to work. And I’m not the only one who does it.
The best way to describe the voice I use to talk to little kids or puppies is a cross between Marvin The Martian and Bart Simpson.
Why I do this, I do not know, ...
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While much of America enjoys four equal seasons, those of us in Texas celebrate two: Hot and less hot.
Between October and February, it’s kinda cold in Texas. The rest of the year, it’s hot and humid.
But, as September gives way to October, there is a feeling, albeit a fleeting one, of relief.
Fall is here.
Generally, Arkansas has colder winters than we do in the Lone Star State. Consequently, I spent much of the spring of my life splitting firewood. Lots of ...
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We all need to start doing our homework.
The problem with most American voters is that they latch on to the promises of a candidate in a rush to elect them, because they’re ready to get rid of the last candidate, whose promises they bought at the last election.
Our country has changed. Not so long ago, most Americans at least took a passing interest in staying informed on what was going on. When I say staying informed, I mean actually making ...
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Do you smell that?
Since the beginning of time, or at least since there’s been advertising, men and women have been willing to shell out hard-earned cash for something to make them smell better. Or, at least something that they think makes them smell better.
I have no idea who came up with the first perfume or cologne, but sometimes I wonder if we’ve made much progress in the area of scented enhancement. Specifically, in the area of male scented enhancement.
My first ...
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Anyone who grew up in the South knows all of the major food groups. There’s dairy, meat, fruit, vegetables, and gravy.
Once you get outside of the South, there are other substances in existence that are called gravy, but they aren’t anything close to real gravy.
What is real gravy? I call it cream gravy, but real gravy is called by many names. Whether you call it cream, sawmill, country, white, milk or sausage gravy, real gravy is the gravy that’s poured ...
Continue Reading →Every person’s life changes the world.
The impact a person has sometimes is obvious, but sometimes it is immeasurable.
What we choose to do for a living is normally based on one of two factors. Some people select their jobs based primarily on money, while a rare few put aside the goal of a high salary to truly make a difference.
She was in junior high when she knew that she wanted to work in the medical field. She thought she wanted to ...
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Birthdays are simply mile markers on life’s highway.
When I was about to turn five, my mother told me that I was not having a birthday party that year. Of course, I was having a birthday party that year, but my mom told me this because I kept asking if I was having one and she’d planned a surprise gathering for me.
But, you can’t tell a four-year-old something and then veer off the plan.
On my fifth birthday, people began to arrive ...
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(photo credit: bluebell.com)
I wish I’d bought stock in Blue Bell.
Products come and go from American supermarket shelves, but none in recent years has been lamented more than the loss of Blue Bell Ice Cream.
Blue Bell isn’t the only company that makes ice cream, but you’d have sure thought that they were.
Wikipedia, that bastion of Internet accuracy, lists 158 major brands of ice cream.
Without cheating, I encourage you to quickly name five ice cream brands, other than Blue Bell.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
Yeah, ...
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There’s no better feeling than accomplishing something with your own two hands.
We recently completed a construction project at our home. I watched each member of the work crew ply their trade with certainty and skill. I was envious.
I sit in a climate-controlled office most days typing on a keyboard and talking on a phone. I don’t mean to belittle what I do, because I worked very hard on my education and to become proficient at my profession. But as I ...
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It looks like a square with a corner cut off.
In 1972, when I was 10 years old, my dad’s parents gave me a Christmas present that would change my life. A Sony ICR-1826 model transistor radio.
This small, white cube would send me down a career path that a lucky few travel.
Late at night, long after I was supposed to have been asleep, I would turn the radio down low next to my pillow and tune in voices from hundreds, even ...
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