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The good news is that the primary elections are over.  The bad news is the primary elections are not over.  We now have the runoffs.  Then it will all be over.  Except it won’t all be over.  The general election is November 3. The runoffs mean another month of self-serving ads promising us (inhale) lower taxes, reduced crime, shrinking the size of government, creating jobs, … [Read more...] about May 24, 2026: The Elections Aren’t Over Until They Are Over

I’m not sure how anyone could exist without a junk drawer. No household that calls itself a household is without one.  It may be in the kitchen or the living room or the den or perhaps the garage.  Maybe even the bedroom. But it is there.  And it is essential to life as we know it. To be a truly authentic junk drawer, it must contain things too valuable to throw away because … [Read more...] about May 17, 2026: What Would Life Be Without A Junk Drawer?

I’m a little late getting around to this but there is a survey out by a group called Writing Tips Institute, a website that teaches people how to write correctly. (An aside from the editors:  Please consider joining and if they will also teach you to put commas where they belong, we’ll kick in with the tuition.) According to the survey, 51% of Georgians would like our … [Read more...] about May 10, 2026: We Don’t Need A Law To Keep On Talking Southern, Y’all

I would like to say I hate it when I’m right but, jiminy crickets, I am right so much that if I spent all that time hating myself I wouldn’t have time to hate broccoli.  And I really hate broccoli.  Case in point:  I went out on a limb last week predicting the political platforms of all the candidates for all of the offices in the upcoming election in Georgia.  I said I thought … [Read more...] about May 3, 2026: Some Random Thoughts On Some Random Subjects

Welcome to Silly Season, when our intrepid public servants as well as those who would wish to be dominate our TVs with their ads, clutter our street corners with their yard signs, show up to press the flesh while we are trying to eat breakfast at our favorite diner, flood our mailboxes with flyers and go online to hit us up for dough. As your modest-yet-much-beloved servant, … [Read more...] about April 26, 2026: Don’t Look Now But The Political Silly Season Is Upon Us