When Tom’s alarm went off at 5:30am on Monday September 11, 2023, the two of us took a moment to reflect on that horrific day in 2001. Even though I hadn’t yet been created in a Chinese factory when the…
Tag: Dwight Eisenhower
243: THE EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD AT CHET’S DINER
I wasn’t taken by surprise when Tom’s alarm rang at 4:00am on Friday June 9, 2023. I was shocked, however, when my photographer got his large carcass off the bed and into action without any hesitation. The reason for his…
233: YOU LIKE MIKE, I LIKE IKE, AND WE DISLIKE THE RULES THAT ENDED OUR SHOW
When my photographer ate a handful of the sweet fruit flavored candies called Mike and Ike during our tribute to Dwight Eisenhower on our show ‘Hail to the Chief’, we had no way of knowing it might be our final…
203: POSSESSED OR ABDUCTED? MY NIGHT OF FRIGHT IN WASHINGTON
The weather forecast for Washington D.C. on Monday May 16, 2022 was scattered showers with a possibility of thunderstorms throughout the entire morning – and perhaps into the early afternoon. While that meteorological report would disappoint most tourists, it was…
146: A MORNING AT IKE’S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
Throughout the night, as I stood sentinel in our Comfort Inn room that overlooked Gettysburg’s Evergreen Cemetery, I watched for wayward spirits roaming aimlessly around the historic burial ground. I saw none, which was okay with me because I’m not…
142: IN THE FATUOUS FOOTSTEPS OF FORTY-FIVE
For some strange reason, my photographer didn’t set his alarm clock for the morning of Friday May 21, 2021. And because of that, Tom got an extra nine minutes of sleep before we headed out on our final day in…