Dave
I’m reading David McCullough’s terrific best selling biography of the Wright Brothers who ushered us into the era of flight about 112 years ago. Thank you Orville! Thank you Wilbur! Without you, we Prize Patrol’ers would have to drive and drive and drive all across the USA delivering Big Checks to lucky Publishers Clearing House […]
There’s always lots of media buzz about how much money will be raised to support the campaigns of congressional hopefuls, incumbents and candidates for national office. Pundits wonder, for example, whether winning U. S. Senate candidates will spend more than the $10.3 million average they did in 2012. Phew! Now I’m not trying to discourage […]
We Prize Patrol’ers do so much traveling in the course of our jobs that sometimes we’d like to stay home rather than pack a suitcase or get on another plane. But I know that some of you haven’t gotten any good “R and R” for a long time and that you’d absolutely LOVE to get […]
By reading your blog comments, I know that many of you don’t consider yourselves lucky. But compared to most people of the world you are one very lucky person. How so? First of all, because you live here in the USA, “the greatest place on God’s green earth” as a well-known radio commentator describes it. […]
It seems that competition isn’t limited to athletics these days — like college and professional sports, golf classics or tennis tournaments. You can hardly turn on the TV without seeing a competition between dancers, chefs, home decorators, models, singers, dogs, overweight persons or beaches. Indeed, houses are even competing against each other to see which […]
On the Prize Patrol’s recent trip to Jefferson City, Missouri, we heard $25,000.00 winner Anise Colvin ask the above question three times. Each time she was phoning a family member to share the exciting news. First Anise called her daughter, then her father, then her son. Each of them responded “I dunno. Who?” “Publishers Clearing […]
Recently business reporters seem to be talking more and more about the demise of newspapers – brought about by shrinking circulations, reduced advertising revenue and rising production costs. It also seems that people are turning more and more to electronic news and e-books to keep themselves informed and entertained. While I feel a tug of […]
At my house we have a new little doggie named Lily, and she is an absolute delight. She reminds me of that famous quote from Charles Schulz, the creator of the classic comic strip “Peanuts”: “Happiness is a warm puppy.” Oh so true. No one can see her or hold her without saying “Aww, how […]
