Good grief. I just took a peek at next week’s calendar. It says 2014. That can’t be correct. I’m still waiting for Y2K and for all our computers to crash. I must have overslept. Time flies when you are having fun and never do I have more fun than on New Year’s Eve at the exquisite little Georgia Sea Grill on St. Simons Island, featuring a group of friends better than I deserve … [Read more...] about December 23, 2013: With The New Year Coming, Time For Some Serious Soothsaying
December 16, 2013: There Is Much To Believe In At Christmas
This column first ran in 2010. The status of Cameron Charles Yarbrough has been updated, but the message remains timeless. I believe in Christmas. I believe as a Christian that Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus, the Son of God. The Messiah. I believe you have the right to disagree with me, but I know what I believe in my heart. I believe no Christmas is … [Read more...] about December 16, 2013: There Is Much To Believe In At Christmas
December 9, 2013: Like Nelson Mandela, Andrew Young’s Journey One Of Forgiveness
Former South African president Nelson Mandela has received much-deserved praise following his death on Dec.5 at the age of 95, and rightly so. South Africa could have sunk into chaos and a bloody civil war with Mandela’s rise to power following 27 years of imprisonment and the end of apartheid. Instead, he preached reconciliation and forgiveness, not vengeance. For that, the … [Read more...] about December 9, 2013: Like Nelson Mandela, Andrew Young’s Journey One Of Forgiveness
December 2, 2013: Game Over, Now Time To Get Down To Business At UGA
It was as ugly as a wart hog, but for the 11th time in the past twelve years, 38 of the past 50 and 65 out of 108, the University of Georgia, the oldest state-chartered university in the nation, located in Athens, the Classic City of the South has bested You-Know-Where Institute of Technology for the State Football Championship, 41-34. YKWIT claims 39 victories during that … [Read more...] about December 2, 2013: Game Over, Now Time To Get Down To Business At UGA
November 25, 2013: Tweaking The Humor-Impaired Is Dangerous Work
Knock! Knock! Knock! “Hello, may I help you?” “Yes, my name is Bland. Agent Bland. This is my associate, Agent Person. We are with the Politically-Correct police, Humor-Impaired division. We would like to talk to you for a minute.” “What have I done?” “We have received numerous complaints that you may be singling out the humor-impaired in your columns. That is a … [Read more...] about November 25, 2013: Tweaking The Humor-Impaired Is Dangerous Work