By John Toth The Bulletin I polished my shoes at night before I went to bed and put them on the windowsill. It was the night of Dec. 5. I...

By John Toth The Bulletin The Bulletin Headquarters is buzzing with activity this time of the year, but I feel a need to slow things down...

By John Toth The Bulletin About three decades ago, Sharon and I were looking for something new to do. “Let’s start a weekly paper,” she...

By John Toth The Bulletin In 2006, a new show debuted on NBC called “Friday Night Lights.” I didn’t watch it, being busy with running...

By John Toth The Bulletin If you see a car slow to a crawl while you're mowing your lawn, don’t worry. It’s probably me inhaling your...

By John Toth The Bulletin I have this dream that one day I would sail away into the sunset on my comfortable yacht, sipping decaffeinated...

By John Toth The Bulletin When Sharon and I visited Mexico many years ago, a little girl, who could not have been more than 5 years old,...

By John Toth The Bulletin The big day had arrived. We were packed and ready to go on our first cruise ever. It was raining. After all...

By John Toth The Bulletin Our escape to South Padre Island could not conclude without a visit to Sea Turtle Inc., a non-profit...

By John Toth The Bulletin My first impression was: What’s with all these people here on Sunday afternoon? Shouldn’t they be going in the...

By John Toth The Bulletin We finally ventured back to the movies - the real ones with seats, a big screen, Dolby surround sound and...

By John Toth The Bulletin We plotted out a road trip to Colorado, only to change our minds at the last minute and redirect our plans...

By John Toth The Bulletin A long time ago when I was starting out in this business, I wrote a story about an ATM machine at a local bank....

By JohnToth The Bulletin Before you can pay the post office to handle all your documentation for a new passport, you have to make an...

By John Toth The Bulletin We looked all over for it, but no luck. It’s in the house somewhere. “Where did you see it last?” I asked. “You...

By John Toth The Bulletin I buy everything I can locally, preferably in my hometown so that the sales tax I pay goes to the city I live...

By John Toth The Bulletin I wanted to buy a radio station. Sharon, my wife, wanted to start a weekly newspaper. We arrived at a phase of...

By John Toth The Bulletin I sat down to write a column and then got busy doing other things, but I left the tab on the computer open,...

By John Toth The Bulletin I am always proud to let people know that my first car was a stick-shift Volkswagen. I learned how to drive it...

By John Toth The Bulletin Bring it on, summer heat. Dish it out all you want. I’ll take it and ask for more. Summer is my favorite time...