The Mason Minute

Oct 14, 2025 • E5319 • 00:01:00

It was only yesterday that the kids were heading back to school. But many are on fall break right now. Some school systems had a break last week, others this week, and the week after. My nephew Ray is on fall break from college this week. And while the re...

Oct 13, 2025 • E5318 • 00:01:00

When people find out you live in Nashville, the first thing they ask about is our Lower Broadway tourist District, where all the celebrity bars are located. I’m sure this happens to people who live in Las Vegas, New Orleans, or any tourist-driven ci...

Oct 12, 2025 • E5317 • 00:01:00

Sometimes, it’s the small things that get under your skin. And while this shouldn’t affect my life, it bothers me. I was watching some college football last week and noticed that, with two minutes left in the first half, the referees called th...

Oct 11, 2025 • E5316 • 00:01:00

At one point in my life, I spent a lot of time in the kitchen. But obviously, I spent too much of it sampling what I was making. But every now and then, I do try to get creative. For a recent office luncheon, I decided to whip up a batch of skillet queso,...

Oct 10, 2025 • E5315 • 00:01:00

Here in the south, for many, the beverage of choice is sweet tea. But if you’re an unsweetened iced tea drinker like me, you’re faced with a myriad of options to sweeten your beverage. You can use sugar or products like Sweet’N Low, Equa...

Oct 09, 2025 • E5314 • 00:01:00

Like many people, I enjoy traveling. However, as I have found in recent years, I don’t travel as frequently as the young people in our office. Many of them think nothing of traveling to Europe for vacation, or to somewhere warm like Jamaica, Bermuda...

Oct 08, 2025 • E5313 • 00:01:00

I’ve always been a news junkie. I guess I have my father to blame for that. Well, I didn’t mind poring through a few newspapers over the weekend, or the daily edition of USA Today, but the Internet changed everything for me. Now I can explore and delve in...

Oct 07, 2025 • E5312 • 00:01:00

I don’t know many people who enjoy shopping at a big box store. Yes, it’s convenient, and the prices are great, but the experience can cause significant stress for people. I don’t get stressed when visiting a big box store, but at times, I do get a little...

Oct 06, 2025 • E5311 • 00:01:00

If you’ve ever spent a great deal of time with teenagers, it’s often difficult to get them to talk to you. You’ll get the basics, but it’s rarely an actual back-and-forth. And when you do have conversations with teenagers, it’...

Oct 05, 2025 • E5310 • 00:01:00

When you’re a digital pack rat like I am, you never know what kind of old files you’re going to find. The other day, I was in my home office looking for something, but I don’t even remember what it was, and I came across some old files t...