2024 Columns

For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. And you know the rest.  That familiar proverb is my way of saying that for want of a word, a critical fact got botched.  A couple of weeks ago, I was confirming the results of a public survey stating that UGA grads were smart and attractive.  No surprise there.  I also listed some of the other reasons … [Read more...] about August 11, 2024: Some Random Thoughts On Some Random Subjects

RING! RING! RING! “Hello.  This is Dick Yarbrough, your modest and much-beloved columnist speaking.  How may I help you? “Dickie, it’s your old pal, Artie!” “Artie?  Artie who?” “Artie Fishel, of Artie Fishel Intelligence.  Surely, you remember me” “Ah, yes.  You are the robot thing that called me sometime back and told me that Artie Fishel Intelligence was ready … [Read more...] about August 4, 2028: Nothing Artificial About Southern Intelligence

Now I’m going to blush.  Not only am I smarter than smart, I am also a chick magnet.   My cup runneth over.  With what little modesty I can muster, I must admit I didn’t set out to be this wonderful.  I just picked the right university to attend. A firm called DatingAdvice.com recently surveyed 3,000 singles to determine whether degrees on resumes from certain universities … [Read more...] about July 28, 2024: Being A Smart UGA Graduate is a Beautiful Thing

For those of you with some walking-around knowledge of what goes into this space each week, you know that I write what I mean and mean what I write.  But today I am going to walk back something I said a few weeks ago because I didn’t say it well. My column about the Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association’s production of a film entitled, “Truths and Myths About the … [Read more...] about July 21, 2024: Correcting The Record On The Vietnam Generation

The things one learns while doing the kind of deep-dive research required to provide you with cutting edge material that you can toss out to your amazed friends at the next church social. According to QR Code Generator – whatever that is – Georgia is the least sociable state in the union.  If that be true, you may not be of a mind to share this information with anyone at the … [Read more...] about July 14, 2024: What Do Bulgarians Know About the South?