Butch Renfroe Blog

Random thoughts as I sip coffee at 5:30 in the morning on August 3, 2017: I had a wonderful mother-in-law and father-in-law. I miss them. This Kona blend coffee is pretty good. Sometimes, like today, I wake up at 4:30 a.m. for no apparent reason. I specify “a.m.” because I don’t usually sleep at work. Usually. Grudges are heavy things to carry around.  I avoid heavy things. Bad back and all that. Most political posts on Facebook are still really good at inflaming and dividing, not so much at informing and inspiring. You will never argue or insult someone to…

  Mother’s Day is coming up this Sunday.  I no longer bring flowers or even cards.  She has a limited amount of space in her room and already enough clutter. Besides, the purpose of the flowers and cards are lost on her.  We will probably celebrate with donut holes from Krispy Kreme. She still can appreciate some donut holes.  Loves ’em as a matter of fact. Lucy has her spot in the dining/sitting area of the observation area of the nursing home. She regally occupies the same chair everyday.  She gets upset if someone has taken her place in the center…

I am turning into a grouchy old man. I know this. I accept this. Please note, there is a rant to follow. It makes me feel better, okay? The evening of March 29, 2017 saw a round of severe weather come through Arkansas. Nothing unusual about that at all. It ’tis the season for that here in this part of the country. We had active tornado warnings. I looked at the Facebook Live feeds from a couple of the local stations.  This is a good thing, by the way.  A way to get live broadcast information if your power goes out…

At the end of this post will be a question. Before we get there, let me tell you about going out on calls with my dad way back in the early 1970’s. Dad was a veterinarian who owned and practiced out of the Conway Animal Clinic. He practiced on both large and small animals until he had to sell the practice in 1976 due to disability (if you get into an physical match with a horse, usually the horse wins) . Many times with large animals like cows and horses he would go out on call to treat the critters.…

Dear Friend, Hi.  You may have just happened upon this post, but I suspect you came here from a link I posted on my timeline, or maybe in reply to your post, or in a private message. I probably did it because of a Facebook post you made that is not true, a hoax, or a scam. Now, I know you most likely posted what you did because you thought you were being helpful to your fellow man. You just wanted to help. That is admirable! So with that in mind, please realize I am sharing this with you with no…

*Note, the name of the subject of this writing has been changed in honor of privacy to his family. One hot Summer night in 1981, I was leaving my then girlfriend’s house to get into my dad’s 1972 GMC  pickup truck and drive back home. Home was down the street a half mile. Because I technically could not legally drive yet at 15,  I had to beg dad to let me drive the truck to her house. I guess he figured that the truck was already beat up pretty good and I wasn’t going to do much damage even if I…

Granted, it has been about 35 years ago as I type this, but somethings you don’t forget.  I remember you didn’t go to sleep around Robert Saunders and Elmo Irby. Which is why I did not sleep for about 48-hours. Let me back up a little bit.  I was in my high school band.  Yeah, I was the kid who got talked into playing a baritone back in 6th grade instead of the much more portable trumpet as I had originally set out to play.  So I was the guy who had to lug a good sized case on and off the…

During my time at KTHV Television in Little Rock, we had a slight problem during the first few years I was there. That was the domain name of THV.com. The problem wasn’t the domain name THV.com. I would have loved to have that domain. The problem was we did not own the domain THV.com.  Someone else had snatched that domain name up prior to my arrival to KTHV in 1999. But the real problem was this: When people put in THV.com into their browser they were taken right to a hardcore pornography site. Yeah. You do not know how uncomfortable…

Ryan Renfroe is not only my youngest son, he is my main concert going buddy. He is a young adult man who rocks autism awesomely! This is the story of his surprise birthday present to see one of his heroes, Sir Paul McCartney during his concert stop in Little Rock, Arkansas on April 30, 2016.

I don’t claim to be the coolest dude in the world. Far from it. I am proudly not trendy.  But I am also 47 years old as I write this, so I am not really supposed to be all that cool or trendy. Now, I don’t really give a care about how you wear your hair.  I mean, honestly I have no grounds at all to stand on to tell some kid how to wear their hair. I had a permed mullet at one time so I got no rocks to throw.  I mean, just look at this blow-dryed, butt-part,…