In the past, I have shared a series of stories from my days publishing small town newspapers, from a job I had selling cars, about my time in the Army, and some tales of the offbeat adventures and misadventures I’ve gotten into in a series called Nick Happens. Now, I thought I would share some […]
I had just dropped off a fare at a business on Speedway Boulevard near the University of Arizona when the dispatcher called to ask my location. I told him, and he said to go to a nearby Burger King to pick up a “fat girl with a bad attitude.” “Say again?” I asked him. He […]
My father taught me many things, and one of the most important was to never judge a book by its cover. There was a grumpy old man in our neighborhood who never smiled and would barely acknowledge anyone when they said hello to him. Everybody called him Mr. Grouch. One day I said that I […]