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I wanted to cancel our fax service, but then this happened
By John Toth The Bulletin I couldn’t remember the last time I used The Bulletin’s fax number. It was time to put it to rest. When we...
Jan 16, 20243 min read


AI is creeping into every facet of our lives, even my new bird feeder
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin For Christmas, my daughter gifted my wife and I with a bird feeder. I am not a bird person, but this is...
Jan 8, 20242 min read


Not that the Texas Gulf Coast isn’t pleasant during the winter months, but at its peak, we plan to join the snowman on the warm beach.
By John Toth The Bulletin As we enter the coldest period along the Texas Gulf Coast, the time has come again to plan our “escape from...
Jan 8, 20243 min read


Organized senior activities around Brazoria County
By Sharon Toth The Bulletin The New Year is here! Have you made your New Year’s resolutions? After indulging over the holiday season in...
Jan 1, 20244 min read


Repiping the house rekindles memories of the 2021 big freeze
By John Toth The Bulletin I had this crazy idea of repiping our house in the middle of the holiday season. Why not? It should be done by...
Jan 1, 20243 min read


Bubble wrap suits would protect elderly from injuries
By Edward A. Forbes The Bulletin As a current septuagenarian, I am always on the lookout for new products and ideas to make life easier,...
Dec 26, 20232 min read


Will you keep your New Year’s resolutions, or ditch them?
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin I have never broken a New Year’s resolution. Of course, I never seriously made one, either. I feel like...
Dec 26, 20232 min read


Repiping house during holiday season may not be a great idea
By John Toth The Bulletin With the holidays approaching, in the middle of shopping season and weird press-run deadlines, I decided to...
Dec 26, 20233 min read


Dear Santa: If it has to be charged, I don’t want it
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin I made one request of Santa this year: No gifts that require charging. Please. In our tech-driven world...
Dec 18, 20232 min read


One present on Christmas Eve turned out to be very special
By John Toth The Bulletin Christmas Eve always has a special meaning to me. As a child in Hungary, we opened all our presents on...
Dec 18, 20233 min read


Houston Texans’ Stroud a class act on, off the field
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin I had lost interest in the Houston Texans after the Deshaun Watson scandal and the embarrassingly dismal...
Dec 4, 20233 min read


Big surprise at my annual physical
By John Toth The Bulletin The day had come, and I wasn’t looking forward to it - my annual physical exam was scheduled for the morning. I...
Dec 4, 20233 min read


I’m grateful for many things this Thanksgiving
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin You might think I would not have much to be thankful for since I am wheelchair-bound from a rare spinal...
Nov 20, 20232 min read


Will AI benefit or hurt mankind?
By John Toth The Bulletin Cassette tape recorders were still a few years away; the Internet was unheard of; and telephones plugged into...
Nov 20, 20234 min read


Program assures that veterans who die unaccompanied receive a proper burial in state cemetery
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin It used to be that eligible veterans with no known next of kin were provided “no direct witness”...
Nov 13, 20232 min read


We cruised back to the real world
By John Toth The Bulletin The last day of our cruise is always bittersweet. We drown ourselves in entertainment and try not to think...
Nov 13, 20233 min read


New courthouse tour evokes old coffee shop tales
By John Toth The Bulletin During a recent tour of the new Brazoria County Administrative Building, I stuck my head in the new coffee shop...
Nov 6, 20234 min read


Fratila makes history on male-dominated port commission
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin While studying government and politics at the University of Maryland, Barbara Fratila never imagined...
Nov 6, 20232 min read


Bucket List: Climbing to the top of a Mayan temple
By John Toth The Bulletin I had been to Mayan ruins twice before our last cruise, once when we docked in Cozumel and again in Costa Maya,...
Oct 23, 20234 min read


Baseball’s postseason, payroll don’t match up
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin Baseball and fracking have nothing in common, except they were the subject of stories that I found...
Oct 16, 20233 min read
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