Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What’s it like to experience an earthquake — a giant one — and survive? My cousin Don Gartner and his wife Jeanette can answer that question.
Don, a first cousin of famed Iowa newspaperman and Iowa Board of Regents member Michael Gartner, is a retired Boeing engineer. Jeanette is a retired physical therapist. They have a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friends and relatives are asking — somewhat timidly in some cases — what I am doing to occupy my time now that I no longer have a job to report to. They ask cautiously, I think, because they may be afraid I’ll tell them that I lie sadly in bed all day. Or I sit [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s always struck me as strange or ironic or laughable when someone wins some sort of recognition or praise for his or her work, then promptly gets fired for some reason or another.
With a bit of a twist to it, that’s what recently happened to me. Clear Channel fired me Tuesday as one of the [...]
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