Gordon Hopkins

The Cat's Pajamas

Published by admin on Fri, 01/17/2020 - 1:14pm
“Time spent with cats is never wasted.” – Sigmund Freud.
 
I was driving back to the newsroom after covering a fire on Highway 15. It was late. I was tired. I smelled like a pack of Marlboros. As I approached the office, driving down Fifth Street, a nearly ran over a pair of kittens, sitting alone in the middle of the road, squalling like a couple of lost babies, which of course they were.
And that's the recap from last week's column.

The Icing On The Cake

Published by admin on Tue, 01/14/2020 - 2:58pm
On Friday, we here in Jefferson County had a little thing called a Winter Weather Advisory. Now, for most of the rest of the world, when you talk about winter weather, especially winter weather that results in unsafe driving conditions, people think snow. We here in America’s self-proclaimed heartland know better. The problem is not the snow. The problem is the ice.

Cool Cat

Published by admin on Fri, 01/10/2020 - 1:39pm
 
“Damned cats get me up early in the morning to let them out. If I don't, they start ripping up the furniture. But they are wonderful and beautiful animals. Cool. I know where the expression 'cool cat' comes from.” - Charles Bukowski
 

Age Is Just A Number, A Really, Really Big Number

Published by admin on Fri, 01/03/2020 - 12:03pm

2019: The Year That Wasn’t

Published by admin on Mon, 12/30/2019 - 9:47am
“The future ain’t what it used to be.” - Yogi Berra
 
As this turbulent year, and decade, finally fades into the sepia-toned landscape of history, never to come again, I find myself wondering, as I often do, just how all those science fiction movies could have gotten it all so wrong?

Crossfire

Published by admin on Fri, 12/27/2019 - 9:52am
Those early days after my parents took over the Guys & Dolls were certainly eventful.

Christmas Eve or Boxing Day: You Choose

Published by admin on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 10:16am
You are either reading this the day before Christmas for the day after Christmas, which is annoying as all get out. Christmas is on a Wednesday this year. Wednesday is also paper day. That is a problem. So we’ve decided to print our paper a day early. That way, all those who buy a paper or pick one up at the office will get it a day early, and those who receive the paper via mail will still get it on Thursday. No one should get their paper late. That is good news for those who enjoy this publication, which we work so hard to produce week after week.

Goldilocks and the Three Bars

Published by admin on Fri, 12/20/2019 - 10:46am
It was in 1969 when they got the news.
My folks had owned the wig store for four, maybe five years. It was called Tiffany’s, by the way. Not the most original name, but that’s okay. I never thought of it by that name and neither did my folks, even though they named it and owned it. To them, and me, it was always just the wig shop.
Anyway, business had not been all it might have been. Money was tight, so they moved to a smaller storefront. In the lobby of a movie theater.
Yes, a movie theater.

Another Christmas Story

Published by admin on Tue, 12/17/2019 - 2:25pm
There are a lot of familiar Christmas stories. Stories that everybody knows, even if told from a different perspective. Unfortunately, this is one of them.

Business Matters

Published by admin on Fri, 12/13/2019 - 1:14pm
Sebastiano “Yano” Caniglia was one of the best known names in Omaha for decades. He was the proprietor of Mr. C’s Steakhouse, one of the best eats that ever was in Omaha or anywhere. I had my after-graduation party there. The whole city mourned that day the restaurant closed it’s doors for the last time.
This story is not about him.
There was another Yano Caniglia in Omaha. With a name like that, they were often confused, naturally. If fact, when the other Yano Caniglia died back in 2006, “Not Mr. C” was at the top of his obituary.

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