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Dinner time …

Post author By Bob Benz
Post date October 8, 2006

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Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz.

Captain Dan filets the mackerel we caught during a fishing trip to Tampa Bay recently. Wes, Rusty and I chartered a boat out of St. Pete, and Captain Dan treated us to a great trip. In addition to the mackerel, we caught a bunch of grouper that were too small to keep but still were fun to reel in. It also was great to spend a day out on the water. Nothing does a better job of clearing your head …

We cooked the mackerel for dinner that night, preparing them several different ways. And Wes created a gumbo that was a work of art.

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Tree party date: Saturday, Dec. 16

Post author By Bob Benz
Post date September 8, 2006
1 Comment on Tree party date: Saturday, Dec. 16

Just a heads up: This year’s tree party will be Saturday, Dec. 16. We’re hoping to have Sarah Schwabe and her Yankee Jass band again this year. For out of town folks, let us know if you plan on coming to KnoxVegas for the festivities. We have lots of room …

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A man of steel till the end …

Post author By Bob Benz
Post date September 1, 2006
1 Comment on A man of steel till the end …

Generally I’ve found Morning Edition’s StoryCorps project to be pretty hit or miss. The oral history project roams the country giving normal people a chance to tell their stories.

This morning’s segment was a definite hit.

In it, Ken Kobus tells the story of his steelworker father, who toiled in Pittsburgh’s J&L works. The part that really got me, though, was when Ken described his father, dying of cancer and on morphine, making odd motions in his bed.

The doctors where befuddled, but Ken figured it out right away. He told the doctors: “He’s makin’ steel. He was opening furnace doors and he was adjusting the gas on the furnace and traps. “I could see, I could see what he was doin’.”

Reading it really can’t do this justice. Go to the NPR page and listen to it. Amazing stuff.