Rick St. Nick
Nothing like starting a brand new spankin' career after fulfilling a whirlwind dream of playing college football at Texas A&M, before hitting the pro gridiron in the Windy City as a Chicago Bear.
Of course, without plausible intervention, one might find himself lost in the "Real World" of employment , and that appears to be just what happened to yet, another former NFL player.
At 7:59 a.m., on the morning of February 1st, 2003, first came the sounds, and then after the news reports and the scattered debris, the realization that East Texas had been engraved in history as one of the sites of the worst disasters in NASA’s history.
We are all guilty of not taking care of our bodies. We'll buy a used car, a fixer-upper home, take a cheap vacation to, oh I don't know, Monroe Louisiana.
But when we're due for that annual check-up, the excuses come a flyin'. Not enough time, and don't have any money top the list.
Should you ever have the desire to feel an earthquake, no need to vacation in California, when we have the new earthquake capital of the world right here in East Texas!
Before he was known as Philip Drummond on the popular television series "Diff'rent Strokes", he played obnoxious neighbor, Dr. Arthur Harmon, on the long running comedy "Maude", starring Bea Arthur, and before that Conrad Bain was virtually unrecognized.
As reported earlier today, Texas was about to execute only the 13th woman since 1976, but it appears now that the Huntsville death chamber will be vacant until April.
One career that will never take a backseat despite economic woes is in the field of Health Care.
With people living longer today than ever before, the need will always be there to take care of the sick, and if you ever thought about an occupational change, Angelina College could have you taking blood pressure, and reading thermometers sooner than you may expect.
His name says it all, and when he's not on the field "belting" the seams off baseballs for the San Francisco Giants, Brandon Belt can be seen hanging around his roots right here in the Pineywoods.
Trying to find a "good" spot at Lakeside Park in Nacogdoches on Saturday was a battle within the battle, as children, along with the helping hands of adults, were hosted to a pool of trout.
Did you feel it this morning?
Classic Rock took on a whole new meaning this morning when a "light" earthquake rocked our region.
Are you still one of the leftovers, like myself, that send mail the old fashioned way? You know, put a stamp on the envelope?
Every friend and acquaintance I have, laugh uncontrollably, when they hear that mailing payment to the Gas, Cable, and Electric companies is a regular routine of mine.