. . . because Gary Williams of the Morning Sports Page on WFNZ radio got a bigger, better job with Sirius/XM radio in New York. This is his last week on the air in Charlotte.For almost ten years, Williams' show has been a staple of my morning routine. In particular,...

Bruce Springsteen says it this way in the song "Used Cars" from the Nebraska album:Now, the neighbors come from near and farAs we pull up in our brand new used carI've always loved that line: our brand new used car.And now we've got one.My son Riley was hit in the...

As 2008 winds down, I find myself especially proud to have come from this family on the left.The photo was taken at my nephew's wedding in Highlands, NC back in August.Pictured are the seven Davis children with our remarkable mother in the middle. Betty Davis is 93,...

Christmas is coming and with it the inevitable family reunions.For a lot of us, that means coming face to face with certain people we don't much care for. We've had a "falling out."So the question is: will anyone make the first move towards reconciliation? Or will all...

If you remember the 70s at all, you have to remember this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lE6Htee0sA Today, I feel about blogging like Air Supply did about love. I got nothing. Zip. Zero. Nada. Now, I have a lot of stuff I want to blog about. But some of those things...

So here are some things I remember from Thanksgivings growing up and Thanksgivings grown up . . .My mom making pumpkin pie. (By the way, my mother turned 93 yesterday and she still plays tennis, writes books, and gives speeches. If that's not something to be thankful...

I spend last weekend in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where Julie and I attended my niece's wedding. My niece is the daughter of my brother, the one who was recently elected a District Judge. You can read that post here.But weddings usually make people cry.So do funerals....

I got home last night and the cable was out.And it's not an area-wide outage, which means crews couldn't fix the problem last night; they'll have to stop by some time today.But what did that mean for last night? No TV. No computer. No internet access. It's all tied in...

I have posted before on Julie's job in sales management with Kinetic Concepts, Inc., a San Antonio-based medical device firm.She's at it again. Not too long ago she received yet another promotion, this one from Regional Vice President of Sales to Divsion Vice...

I am taking a sad trip this morning.I'm flying to Austin, Texas so that I can preside at the funeral of my nephew, Christopher Davis. Christopher was only 32 and was struck by a car while riding his bicycle early Sunday morning. He died on the way to the hospital. You...