Tim Timmons
Revisiting an Old Friend – the Bubbling Caldron
About a hundred or so years ago – or so it seems – I created what I thought was a fun little character named The Bubbling Caldron. I was a young sportswriter at the time and used Bubbles to do some off-the-wall prognosticating on high school football and basketball games. After I left the sports…
Read MoreTimmons Gets an Odd Phone Call
How do these people find me? I was sitting at work, minding my own business. Not bothering a soul . . . which translates to the fact that I wasn’t writing a column causing the woke crowd more dilemmas. The phone rings. “The Times, Timmons.” “I am Goose, Dr. Goose if you will. I bring…
Read MoreMore on School Shootings and Ideas
By: Tim Timmons Wow! Last week’s scribbles on school shootings brought back a ton of responses. From the anti-gun folks who want to shoot me – does anyone notice the irony there? – to folks who agree a new idea is needed, to several who shared some of those new ideas (although to the gentleman…
Read MoreYou Asked About Hammer, Bubba . . .
A few weeks ago, I shared in this space that some of you have asked about my old pals, Honest Hoosier, John Hammer and Bubba Castiron . . . and why you haven’t heard much from them of late. So I foolishly said that if you wanted to catch up with the boys to let…
Read MoreFallout Over Olympics and Diverse Lifestyles
Like a lot of people, I was outraged at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. In fact, I was going to rant and rave a week ago in this space, but what was it we were taught as youngsters – stop, take a breath, count to 10 . . . OK. With the games just…
Read MoreThings Are Hard – And That’s OK
I might’ve mentioned once or thrice that I very much enjoy watching a pastor online named Allen Jackson . . . No, you can relax. This isn’t a column trying to convince you to turn over a new leaf and follow God. First off, most of you probably did that a long time ago. And…
Read MoreWhen Did We Wake Up In The Twilight Zone?
By: Tim Timmons It’s not unusual to get reaction after writing a column. Some of you share with me your thoughts on my heritage, my intelligence, my sanity . . . and a few of you actually like what I wrote. But last week brought a lot of you out of the woodwork. And it…
Read MoreFacts Being Left Out In Conversations
By: Tim Timmons Scattershooting while wondering whatever happened to Arlene Francis . . . * * * WHAT’S THE old saying about those who live in glass houses? Most days we put out a couple of newspapers with a lot, I mean A LOT, of words. So I shouldn’t be throwing any stones about mistakes.…
Read MoreBubba ‘Celebrates’ Halloween
By: Tim Timmons EDITOR’S NOTE: In the spirit of the season, we are sharing a popular Timmons column about his friend Bubba and Halloween. Got to admit, I’m not crazy about the recent turn to cooler weather. As I get older I really like warm weather. I hate to admit that – the part about…
Read MoreBubba ‘Celebrates’ Halloween
By: Tim Timmons EDITOR’S NOTE: In the spirit of the season, we are sharing a popular Timmons column about his friend Bubba and Halloween. Got to admit, I’m not crazy about the recent turn to cooler weather. As I get older I really like warm weather. I hate to admit that – the part about…
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