A real camera makes me look more newsy
By John Toth The Bulletin If you see a tall, older (but not-so-old) man with a white camera around his neck at an event, that’s probably...
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May 3, 20223 min
Trying to take own passport photo backfires
By John Toth The Bulletin My passport expired because I have not used it for 11 years. I’ll just renew it, right? No big deal, until it...
Apr 25, 20223 min
Retro rock just right for Fiesta
By John Toth The Bulletin They rocked the afternoon away, complete with guitar solos, anthem retro rock, hair flying, jumping up and...
Apr 19, 20223 min
Small town
By John Toth The Bulletin I got really nervous. The family just finished breakfast at Denny’s in Clute. Our stomachs were full, but my...
Apr 12, 20223 min
Bulletin vans go the extra mile
By John Toth The Bulletin In the Bulletin distribution fleet are three vans, the most famous being the green van, which has over the...
Apr 5, 20223 min
Wasps are back, but this time I’m also prepared
By John Toth The Bulletin My battle with wasps continues at the hideout. I thought we were through after I used about a dozen cans of...
Mar 29, 20223 min
County growing no matter what
By John Toth The Bulletin Oldsmobile used to have commercials that ended with, “It’s not your father’s Oldsmobile.” This is now...
Mar 21, 20223 min
They fought valiantly to fend off the invaders
By John Toth The Bulletin The country wanted freedom, democracy. The people wanted a chance to live like their counterparts in the West....
Mar 16, 20224 min
I have a plan for Putin on how to end the violence
By John Toth The Bulletin While I often fill this column space with light-hearted subjects, I feel like I have to make an exception this...
Mar 7, 20223 min
New Bulletin web has long history
By John Toth The Bulletin We launched a new website recently, but before I share with you the details, allow me to briefly reminisce...
Feb 27, 20223 min
Rush hour traffic on 288 is one big mess
By John Toth The Bulletin I was driving back from my son John’s wedding on a recent Monday and knew that I’d be hitting rush-hour...
Feb 19, 20223 min
I’m driving on I-10, trying to keep up with traffic, trucks
By John Toth The Bulletin I escaped again recently to the isolated world of the hideaway. I go there to chill out. This trip was much...
Feb 15, 20224 min
We froze one year ago this week
By John Toth / The Bulletin Something very unusual happened a year ago this week. The lights went out in the middle of the big freeze. We...
Jan 11, 20223 min
There was a time when phone books were thick, heavy
By John Toth / The Bulletin The stereotypical booster chair for little ones of our generation used to be the phone book. You put the...
Jan 4, 20223 min
Fun times teaching defensive driving
By John Toth / The Bulletin 22 years of entertainment, while preaching safe driving The Bulletin was four years old in 1998, and it was...
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