Bulletin readers win tickets to Moody Gardens Festival of Lights
By John Toth The Bulletin Four Bulletin readers have been randomly selected for a chance to win free tickets to Moody Gardens Festival of...
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For the first time ever, I lost one of my credit cards
By John Toth The Bulletin I was busy finishing up my daily Bulletin chores when the phone rang. Sharon picked it up. The voice on the...
Dec 23 min read
My Krampus tale and Europe’s dark side of Christmas
By John Toth The Bulletin We have this weird tradition in the United States that one month before celebrating the birth of Christ, we get...
Nov 254 min read
Customer service is not much help with new phones
By John Toth The Bulletin My quest to bring my cellphone status into the 21st Century quickly became a complicated web that was partly my...
Nov 113 min read
I bought the most expensive cellphone of my life
By John Toth The Bulletin My hunt for a newer cellphone for a good price took a turn for the worse before taking another turn for the...
Nov 53 min read
I finally broke down and bought a newer cell phone
By John Toth The Bulletin My cellphone is running out of memory, which is a sign that I should buy another one. Another sign is that I...
Oct 214 min read
We received a reader’s contest entry almost two years late
By John Toth The Bulletin A few weeks ago, we received a contest entry in the mail from Andrew Cromwell of Lake Jackson for a Festival of...
Oct 143 min read
We tried to fly to Germany, but forgot our passports
By John Toth The Bulletin We were running late already. The plane was leaving in less than an hour, and we still needed to get to the...
Oct 83 min read
From my first county fair in 1979 to our 30th fair issue
By John Toth The Bulletin Since the Brazoria County Fair is going on, it’s just appropriate that I write about my experience with county...
Sep 243 min read
My annual trek to get a physical and lifesaving advice
By John Toth The Bulletin I drove to the doctor’s office for my annual physical recently to make sure that your favorite columnist...
Sep 163 min read
I took the working out and shopping without-a-phone challenge
By John Toth The Bulletin We got into the van, and I started driving to the gym. It’s something that I wish we would do more often. But...
Sep 23 min read
Industrial accident, WWII claimed my grandfathers
By John Toth The Bulletin If your grandfathers are still alive, give them a big hug and tell them you love them. That’s what I have never...
Aug 263 min read
It’s the beginning of the end – of another summer
By John Toth The Bulletin Labor Day weekend has always signaled the end of “what day is this, anyway?” The following Tuesday, I would be...
Aug 203 min read
Runaway technology is not always our best friend
By John Toth The Bulletin I am a boomer geek who prides himself on solving tech problems of all kinds. But every now and then, the...
Aug 133 min read
I finally came to terms with being a senior citizen
By John Toth The Bulletin Hi, my name is John Toth, and I am a senior citizen. They tell me that I have been one for quite a while. I’m...
Aug 64 min read
My transition from summer to back to school
By John Toth The Bulletin Welcome back, students. How was your vacation? Please sit down and open your textbooks to chapter one. At the...
Jul 304 min read
How we managed to relocate 9 possums, 2 raccoons
By John Toth The Bulletin A couple of months ago I noticed that the cat food I left out on my porch at night was gone, and often the food...
Jul 232 min read
Five Bulletin readers win free Moody Gardens Palm Beach tickets
By John Toth The Bulletin We’re a week late announcing the winners of the Moody Gardens Palm Beach free ticket contest give-away. A pesky...
Jul 234 min read
Hurricane forecasting now drags out as computers guess where storms might land
By John Toth The Bulletin This play-by-play hurricane reporting can play on one’s nerves. Where will it go? When will it turn? How strong...
Jul 164 min read
These aren’t your grandfathers’ cruise ships, although boomers enjoy them as much as kids
By John Toth The Bulletin When I was younger, I frowned upon cruising because I thought it was just for older people who like to play...
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