There’s a scene in one of my favorite Christmas movies in which Ralphie Parker, Old Man Parker, Mother Parker and Randy Parker were gathered around a radio for entertainment.
Cutting the cord. It’s a catchphrase that has taken hold in today’s lexicon that basically means cancelling traditional cable TV or satellite TV and choosing alternative streams of television entertainment.
I can’t recall where exactly I gleaned this information, but I can recall Academy-Award winning actor Denzel Washington discussing his life prior to becoming one of the world’s great actors.
We have arrived at Christmas, through hours of traditional movies and TV shows, through hectic shopping and chaotic family planning. Now it’s time to lift your glass of eggnog and toast to a Merry Christmas.
For the past week there’s been a lot of celebration in Ruston after the Bearcats won their ninth state championship in the football program’s storied history.
This weekend you’re probably waltzing back and forth to the kitchen for a variety of leftover turkey and ham sandwiches. You may have saved a little stuffing and a casserole or two to keep the Thanksgiving feast going for a few more days.
I’ve often described young Brian Trahan as some type of Walter Mitty type explorer, using imagination to visit people, places and things away from Jennings, Louisiana.
