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Ask Rusty – When’s Best Time to Claim Social Security?
Dear Rusty: I will be 66 ½ in June and would like to discuss when would be the best time for me to start taking my social security benefits. I am still employed full time and don’t want to be penalized because of that. Please let me know what I need to do to set…
Read MoreStop the Snoring!
Snoring can certainly be annoying, but it doesn’t always indicate a serious medical problem. However, sometimes snoring can be due to sleep apnea, a condition that can lead to significant medical complications. Sleep apnea causes people to have pauses in their breathing while sleeping. Most people have insignificant pauses, but people with sleep apnea have…
Read MoreTaking Look at Boiler Gridders and NFL Draft Possibilities
Thanks to offensive lineman Marcus Mbow, Purdue’s streak of having an NFL Draft pick will extend to 26 of the past 27 years next weekend. Mbow, who gave up his senior season to enter the draft, is projected as the sixth-best guard in the draft and ranked 84th overall by The Athletic’s Dane Brugler. “Mbow…
Read MoreBranna Seeks to Understand . . . First
Well folks, how are we doing now on those New Year’s resolutions? It’s been well over three months, and I don’t know about you, but mine are dead in the water! OK, let’s be real. I haven’t made a New Year’s resolution in decades. Why, you ask? Because I know all too well how successful…
Read MoreA Visit From the Kansas Smasher?
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn Some headlines in the old newspapers just beg to be investigated. Take this one in the July 26, 1906 Hamilton County Times — “Kansas Smasher May Be Sojourning Here — Is Hard To Locate.” “Kansas Smasher?” How could I ignore that? According to the rather lengthy article, a…
Read MoreA Visit to the Tomb, an Easter Sermon
Original 3/31/24, revised March 3, 2025 Today’s Easter Scripture is from the gospel of Mark 16:1-8. 16 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen,…
Read MoreHammer is Back and He’s Fuming
“What the hell, Timmons!” The silence of a quiet Saturday in a mostly deserted office shattered when the giant of a man named John Hammer bellowed from my doorframe. Me? I was mentally sitting on the dock and overlooking the bay with Otis Redding (or at least that’s what was playing on my iPod). As…
Read MorePHOTO BOMB!!
This could only happen to me. And it did. I got a new iPhone. It has a lot of new features which are wasted on me because I am a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy, so I don’t need a lot of bells and whistles. However, the camera does have some neat photography enhancements, which I…
Read MoreThe King of Kings: A Quick Review
I don’t often go to the movies anymore and I’m surely not a movie critic. But perhaps because I’m a retired pastor or just a curious older lady, I ordered tickets online for Angel Studios’ production of King of Kings. Thinking that spring break was still in session (and that there probably wouldn’t be a…
Read MoreIs it Alzheimer’s?
It is quite common for middle-aged and older individuals who notice occasional memory lapses to wonder if they might be developing Alzheimer’s dementia (AD). Encountering someone with Alzheimer’s is increasingly common as our society’s elderly population grows. However, it’s essential to understand that forgetfulness is a normal part of aging and typically does not indicate…
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