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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


Generator during storm provides power, family time
By Edward A. Forbes The Bulletin It’s only a tropical storm they said, but Beryl showed them. A modest intensification was all it took to...
Jul 30, 20243 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 30, 20244 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 23, 20242 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 23, 20244 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...
Jul 16, 20244 min read


The inside story of how The Bulletin got started
By John Toth The Bulletin In December, 1992, my brother-in-law and I went to Walmart in Angleton to shop for Christmas presents and came...
Jul 2, 20244 min read


My thoughts on progress from outhouse to computers; Recalling my first transistor radio
By Edward A. Forbes, R.PH. The Bulletin I am a few years short of eight decades. I find this hard to believe. In my (relatively) brief...
Jun 25, 20242 min read


My annual eye exam didn’t go so well
By John Toth The Bulletin I dislike going to the optometrist each year because of the machine that shoots a puff of air onto the eyeball....
Jun 25, 20243 min read


If it’s summer, crowded and hot; it’s time for a Toth family vacation
By John Toth The Bulletin Family vacations were my specialty when the kids were little. I planned it out to the last little detail,...
Jun 18, 20243 min read


Brazoswood grad overcomes heart problems to try out for Paris Olympics
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin Basketball was Sam Whitmarsh’s passion. So much so that he looked for another sport to play during...
Jun 11, 20243 min read


So close, yet so far, as it lay on the bay bottom in Roatan, Honduras I tested my diving abilities trying to retrieve my camera
John almost loses his go pro in the Honduras on his most recent cruise.
Jun 11, 20243 min read


Even in the hot tub, pool or beach, I take my cruise ship reporting duties seriously
By John Toth The Bulletin You might think that when I take a cruise it is all fun and no work. It is a lot of fun, but I also work on...
Jun 3, 20243 min read
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