One of my favorite memories with the old man is attending Missouri’s upset of No. 1 Oklahoma in October 2010. I will always cherish storming the field with my 65-year-old father (and about 20,000 other Mizzou fans). Now, the actual trip from Topeka to Columbia, however, does not rank as a favorite memory, though I […]
Twelve Days of Christmas 2025, Part VIII: Dad and the 100-mph turnpike chase Read More »
Four years into the Twelve Days of Christmas blog series, which focuses mostly on my late father, I was beginning to worry that I might run out of material. That changed when I opened my MacBook for the first time in more than a year (my preference for PCs is a blog for another day)
Webb: Dad and Baldwin City, one of his favorite places and an early pathway to crime Read More »
There are times when I miss having a newspaper column. I’ve missed it quite a bit the last few weeks with a couple of larger-than-life stories circulating: Missouri going to the Southeastern Conference, and the hideous scandal at Penn State. The latter is one of the most disgusting, disturbing and disappointing stories I’ve followed. Not
Never mind Paterno … how about the victims? Read More »
