Opinions

I’ve always been a big fan of “you get what you pay for” - or at least you certainly should. I don’t like buying garbage, I hate buying plastic things from overseas, but unfortunately, that appears to be what our throw-away society really loves.

This job has always pro- vided me a lot of "firsts." It's my "first" attempt at a career, so I learned a lot in the first few years - mainly by baptism by fire, but I got through it and think it came out..mostly... alright.

There are times in life where things just seem really hard. I got into a lengthy debate with my eldest on a long car ride a few weeks ago about if “hard” is really a thing or not.

There are times in life where things just seem really hard. I got into a lengthy debate with my eldest on a long car ride a few weeks ago about if “hard” is really a thing or not.

Don’t worry, it’s nothing as racey as 867-5309 - but none the less, I do need to bother you for some calls! One of the parts of owning newspapers I dislike the most, is I cannot be everywhere at the same time. I can’t be at all the Chamber meetings, City meetings, County meetings, school board meetings, club meetings, and all the rest.

These last few months I’ve been staying over in Albion as the beginning part of the week chugs along. The helpful apartment upstairs has been a distinct advantage considering the distance from my home to come this way.

It seems like a lifetime ago when I first discovered that you could have movies mailed directly to your home. Instead of going to the gas station where there was a veritable wall of cinema magic, you could choose a never-ending list of films online and they’d mail you a DVD.

I have to admit that I’m a bit of a Youtube junkie. I thoroughly enjoy storytelling, and these little tid-bit sized stories and narratives are just too addictive.

I’ve always found that impression that people can give from the outside of a situation to be one of the best. It doesn’t usually have any emotional tie, it doesn’t usually have any baggage, it’s just an honest impression after - hopefully some review.

I’ve often been accused of simultaneously being legalistic and hasty. One wouldn’t think that just simply running a few small newspapers in rural Nebraska would bring to light too many instances to have to make tough decisions.