Updated: 2:48 PM For the last few days I've heard lots of moaning about the coming break up of the Big 12. To those resisting change I've been using all those phrases that deal with change like: "All good things must come to an end." "Change is inevitable." " We must embrace change".
Posted: 5:39 PM Throughout everyone of our lives there are traumatic moments we will never forget. I call them defining moments. Some are personal, some we share with our friends, families, our community or our world. For my parents it was the assassination of President John F Kennedy and when man walked on the moon.
Updated: 8:17 AM As I get older I find myself reflecting more and more. Some days a trickle, today a cascade. If you are over the age of 30 the passing of two legends today has to bring something to mind.
Updated: 4:09 PM At a time when banks are failing, the stock market is in a tailspin, the housing market is dismal and the country’s in a recession, Don Adam, a very successful Bryan businessman ,is back in the local market with a new bank.
Posted: 8:57 AM It’s been a month since I have written about my upcoming AC/DC concert with my 14 year old son Geoffrey. I had a real hard time getting tickets for the sold out event. Three different times in the final 12 hours my “deals” fell through. My alternative was to hit the concert and the ticket scalpers at the last minute.
Posted: 11:20 AM Back 20-25 years ago (when my age said I was barely a man, but my habits said otherwise) I would go to a couple of concerts a year. My tastes have always been varied, from Michael Jackson & the Victory Tour to Van Halen, Rush, Sting/Police, Alabama, George Strait, Simply Red, etc, etc.
Updated: 1:32 PM 20 years ago this month a 24 year old young man got the call no son wants to hear. " Michael, this is Dad. I have some bad news to tell you. You should be sitting down. I have cancer.
Updated: 1:05 PM I have lived in 7 towns in my adult life. Usually in the television news industry promotions and job opportunities mean having to go to a bigger city for a bigger title.
Posted: 8:10 AM A KBTX crew heads out to cover a hurricane. Similar circumstances to one a young KBTX crew covered 20 years ago.
Updated: 6:29 PM We live in an age of instant feedback. On my first go round here at KBTX, the feedback you got usually came in the form of a phone call or letter. That was as instant as you got.
Updated: 10:54 AM Lets start with who I am and why this blog is called Then & Now. I’m Mike George. I was an anchor, reporter and Executive Producer here at KBTX 1986-1992.
