Valentine’s anniversary
It wasn’t just Valentine’s Day. It was my anniversary at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. My 33rd consecutive year. Yes, I started here as a paperboy when I was 10. OK, bad joke and I have a birthday in three weeks that would easily dispute that claim. It seems like yesterday I walked in to John Robert [...]
Hogs’ hopes
Arkansas’ win over South Carolina today keeps them in the hunt for that coveted fifth place in the Southeastern Conference standings. It will be extremely difficult for the Razorbacks to finish in the top four and get a first round bye, but a fifth place finish is obviously the next best thing. The fifth place [...]
Razorbacks vs. Scarlet Knights?
Rutgers may have lost its head coach and gained some Razorbacks. It appears the University of Arkansas and Rutgers will start a two-game, home and home, series in the 2012 season with a game in Fayetteville. The Hogs would return the game to Rutgers in 2013. Rutgers was 9-4 last season and 4-3 in Big [...]
Update
Just a short update while Rachel is down for an intense test that may take up to two hours. Her spirits are unbelievable, especially for someone is living off IV drip for the last two days. Just before she went down for the test she said, “We have Florida-Kentucky tonight and Arkansas-Georgia tomorrow night so [...]
Setback
It was not the black eyed peas and cornbread. That’s a couple of the things I made for lunch on New Year’s Day. No one else got sick. Just my wife Rachel, who went to a hospital the next day. After I got home from the Cotton Bowl and BCS Championship we switched hospitals and [...]
St. Vincent
After months, actually years, of stomach problems my wife, Rachel, is doing great. Thank you Dr. Dean Kumpuris, who ordered the gall bladder function test, and Dr. John Jones, who took out the malfunctioning organ. Why other doctors hadn’t ordered that test is something only they should answer. Rachel’s ordeal began Jan. 2 and was [...]
