LAYTON — Don’t kid yourself. Centenarians know how to celebrate a birthday.They ought to, they’ve had more practice.On Jan. 10, Philip Bergeson turned 100 years old. Early that morning — the middle of the night, really — Bergeson devised a special birthday surprise for Kathy and Ron ...
So, did you do like I told you? Did you watch the <a href="https://www.inaugural.senate.gov/" target="_blank">presidential inauguration</a>?Because if you didn’t, you missed out on some mighty fun stuff indeed. Stuff like:• President Trump’s pre-inauguration ...
OGDEN — First, “over-rated” actress Meryl Streep disrespects our next commander-in-chief. Now, we’re about to get 11 straight days of reminders that the Hollywood liberal elites simply don’t care about us.On Thursday, the annual <a ...
Now that it’s January, it only makes sense that we should talk about …… <a href="http://ogdenpioneerdays.com/" target="_blank">Ogden Pioneer Days</a>.Yes, yes, I know. Currently we’re about as far away — on either side of the calendar — as we can get ...
Cold enough for you?No, I’m not talking about the weather — although I suppose that has been nippier than Frosty the Snowman’s junior-prom date. Rather, I’m referring to the metaphorically ice-cold, heartless world we find ourselves living in these days.That point was driven home this ...
<em>This week, Standard-Examiner columnist Mark Saal managed to land a pre-Christmas Eve interview with none other than The Big Guy himself — Santa Claus. The following are excerpts from that conversation.</em><strong>Mark Saal:</strong> ...
Dear Santa Claus,How are you? I am fine.I know it’s been many years since I last wrote to you, but I’m guessing with all the mail you get, you’re probably OK with that. And I realize it’s a bit late to be sending this, as you may already have all your gifts lined up for the coming ...
I’m not shocked, or even the least bit surprised. More than anything — I’m just disappointed.I took the day off Thursday to tend our youngest grandson while my wife and daughter went Christmas shopping. Hanging with a 5-year-old is always a treat, because he doesn’t judge you for ...
It isn’t easy being a charitable organization.Even at this normally generous time of year, raising money can be a tough, uphill slog.But for one Utah group, the difficult part is not raising the money. The difficult part, believe it or not, is giving that money away.Bob Somers is a past ...
Really? There’s an honest-to-goodness thing called a Santa Index?Somewhere out there, as the saying goes, a Christmas elf just drowned a baby reindeer.Apparently, every year <a href="http://www.insure.com/life-insurance/santa-index.html" target="_blank">the website Insure.com ...
