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Battling senioritis, trying not to be like my grandfather
By Edward A. Forbes The Bulletin I’ve been plagued with senioritis in the past few weeks. I’ve been losing items. I lost my 2-month-old...
Dec 2, 20242 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...
Dec 2, 20243 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 25, 20244 min read
Trap worked overtime after Big Daddy opossum walked in
By John Toth The Bulletin The opossum was taking it easy in the trap, trying to figure out what would happen next. It looked at me as I...
Nov 19, 20243 min read
Study: Austin is best city for veterans to settle down
With unemployment rate at just 2.8%, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on the Best & Worst Places for...
Nov 11, 20241 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 11, 20243 min read
Renaissance Festival free ticket winners
The Bulletin has partnered again this year with the Texas Renaissance Festival to enable some of our readers to travel back to “an era of...
Nov 5, 20241 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...
Nov 5, 20243 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 21, 20244 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 14, 20243 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...
Oct 8, 20243 min read
Guys, don’t let feeling embarrassed keep you from treating breast cancer
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin As I rolled out of the hospital in my new wheelchair, a doctor stopped me. “Take care of yourself,” he...
Sep 24, 20243 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 24, 20243 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 16, 20243 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...
Sep 2, 20243 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 26, 20243 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 20, 20243 min read
Daughter’s first car, dubbed ‘Christine’, acted strange
By Edward A. Forbes The Bulletin In 1997, my daughter, Chanie, had just turned 15 years old and received her driver’s learner permit. I...
Aug 13, 20243 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 13, 20243 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...
Aug 6, 20244 min read
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