2024 Columns

It is my sad duty to tell you, dear readers, that I have once again been denied the Nobel Prize in Literature that I so richly deserve along with the 11 million Swedish krona, about $1 million, that I would have donated to my favorite charity -- me.  And then there are the 81,380 nouns, verbs, present participles and all that other stuff I so deftly created over the past year … [Read more...] about October 20, 2024: Once Again No Nobel Prize In Literature

You have to be very careful in this business when tossing out opinions.  You can get yourself in trouble if you say the wrong thing.  This is a litigious world in which we live. For example, if I say that  I think Cong. Marjorie Tylor Greene is as crazy as  a bedbug, I just might find myself facing a libel suit.  From bedbugs.  Admittedly, bedbugs don’t have the best … [Read more...] about October 13, 2024: Maybe Bedbugs Aren’t So Crazy After All

I have a new hero.  His name is Mike Chitwood and he is the sheriff of Volusia County, Florida, which includes an area known as Daytona Beach.  I assume you have heard of the place. Sheriff Chitwood is tired of a bunch of brats calling schools and threatening to shoot up the place, like it was some kind of joke.  For the 2022-2023 school year in Volusia County, Chitwood said … [Read more...] about October 6, 2024: Florida Sheriff Walking Tall On School Shooting Threats

Hello, Hurricane Helene.  Goodbye, Hurricane Helene.  Please pardon us for showing a lack of Southern hospitality, but you were not welcomed to come in the first place and we are glad to see you go.  Speaking of hospitality, you didn’t show much yourself.  You just roared in and made a pluperfect mess of things. You were referred  to as a “Monster Storm.” That is what … [Read more...] about September 29, 2024: Goodbye Hurricane Helene And Good Riddance

Can we do it?  You and I?  Can we be kind?  More importantly, can we be kind at least once a day for a whole month?  I didn’t think this idea up but I wish I had because it is a great and much-needed one.  I got it from a daily devotional courtesy of Northside United Methodist Church in Atlanta and Nancy Jeanne Chadwick, the Children's Ministry Associate.  She may work with … [Read more...] about September 22, 2024: A Reminder That Kindness Is Needed Daily