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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
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
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 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
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
Why summer feels so good; how to make the most of it
By John Toth The Bulletin If April showers bring May flowers, then what do May showers bring? We found that out this spring -...
May 27, 20243 min read
Why I so fondly remember my 1974 graduation
By John Toth The Bulletin I walked down the aisle, wearing my cap and gown, thinking of how the summer was just starting and would last...
May 21, 20243 min read
Property values in Brazoria County are soaring, but there is something we can do about it. Here is how I have kept mine down over the years.
By John Toth / The Bulletin It’s a good thing I was sitting down when I opened the 2024 notice of appraised value of my house. I received...
May 13, 20243 min read
Dreams of my old apartment make for special Mother’s Days
By John Toth The Bulletin I was watching our 25-inch color television in the living room, and my mother was making dinner in the kitchen....
May 7, 20244 min read
What country is this; what’s my new name?
By John Toth The Bulletin One of the pitfalls of country hopping as a refugee in the 1960s was that my name changed each time we landed...
Apr 23, 20243 min read
288 tollway raking in money, ripping off motorists
By John Toth The Bulletin There was a time when I could get into my car without having to worry about what traffic will be like on Hwy....
Apr 16, 20243 min read
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