The Mason Minute

Apr 28, 2025 • E5150 • 00:01:00

BOOM! It’s not a common word. Sure, it’s been around forever. Usually, when I hear the word, sports are involved. In basketball, the legendary Indiana Pacers broadcaster Slick Leonard used Boom Baby as his catchphrase for decades. It was an in...

Apr 27, 2025 • E5149 • 00:01:00

I spent the last few days watching the NFL Draft. The big story was the tremendous fall of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders. He was expected to be drafted in the first round but dropped until the fifth round. The experts were beside themselves. They c...

Apr 26, 2025 • E5148 • 00:01:00

Why are oatmeal cookies so unpopular? I have no shame in admitting that I like them a lot. For most, chocolate chip cookies are the favorite. And I like those, too, but they’re often inconsistent. They can be too dry, too chewy, and often very gritt...

Apr 25, 2025 • E5147 • 00:01:00

Traffic signals have mostly been the same since I started driving nearly fifty years ago. Three lights are stacked: red on top, yellow in the middle, and green on the bottom. Back in the early 1900s, when the automobile started hitting the road, there was...

Apr 24, 2025 • E5146 • 00:01:00

Doctors have told us that we need to limit the amount of red meat we eat. But it isn’t easy for those of us who love our steaks and burgers. We’re encouraged to eat more chicken and fish or, heaven forbid, go meatless. Now, new research tells...

Apr 23, 2025 • E5145 • 00:01:00

In the Summer of 2014, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was all the rage on social media. It was a viral sensation. It went away as quickly as it appeared. I shouldn’t be shocked, but another challenge is upon us eleven years later. This time, a student...

Apr 22, 2025 • E5144 • 00:01:00

Today is Earth Day. And while many people know that it is, they don’t know what it means. Earth Day was an idea that started in the late 1960s. With all the issues we faced back then, the Vietnam War and race relations, the people who came up with t...

Apr 21, 2025 • E5143 • 00:01:00

Insurance rates are going up. I know that’s nothing new. Let me clarify: Your auto insurance rates are about to jump. And it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any accidents or speeding tickets on your record. Your rates are about to jump...

Apr 20, 2025 • E5142 • 00:01:00

Today, many kids will get a visit from the Easter Bunny. Many will get candy, chocolate bunnies, marshmallow Peeps, and money. In my day, we dyed Easter Eggs. It was the same thing every year. My parents would buy a dozen eggs, my mother would hard boil t...

Apr 19, 2025 • E5141 • 00:01:00

Diet soda is a big business. It has been for decades. Today, everyone loves Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi. But they weren’t the first, not even close. Coke first gave us Tab. Pepsi offered the short-lived Patio. However, the first brand that paved the way...