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Well, the more things change, the more they stay the same.  Dr. G. Gil Watson, aka, the World’s Greatest Preacher, up and retired after two decades of trying to save my sorry soul.  Not only was he my preacher, he was and is my friend.  He did his best to resuscitate me.   He just didn’t have a lot to work with.  Just when I thought I was off the … [Read more...] about April 16, 2018: Random Thoughts on Preachers, Politicians and Sweet Vidalia Onions Among Other Things

I could tell by the way the telephone rang that Skeeter Skates was calling.  The phone sort of jumps and jangles when he calls.  He can be a pretty intimidating guy, even to a telephone. Skeeter is the owner of Skeeter Skates Plow Repair and Stump Removal in Ryo, Georgia.  I don’t know many folks in the plow repair and stump removal business besides Skeeter but … [Read more...] about April 9, 2018: Skeeter Skates Doesn’t Like Facepaint or Twerps

An unalterable deadline does not allow me to comment on certain events as quickly as I would like.  Also, it is my policy to avoid writing about what everyone else happens to be writing about at the moment.  Otherwise, I become just another voice crying in the wilderness, indistinguishable from all the others. Having said that, permit me to tell you about my … [Read more...] about April 2, 2018: A Late but Heartfelt Remembrance of Zell Miller

Dear Hadley Ann Yarbrough and Harper Grace Yarbrough: Welcome to the world!  We were not expecting you so soon.  I was told your arrival was set for late May or early June but, of course, I am always the last to know anything in this family as you will soon find out.  Obviously, no one checked with you because you decided to come eleven weeks early.  Just … [Read more...] about March 26, 2018: To Hadley Ann And Harper Grace: Welcome To The World

Let me say upfront that Sen. David Shafer, R-Gwinnett County, who is running for lieutenant governor, and I haven’t been the closest of buddies. I didn’t like the way he and his cohort, Sen. William Ligon, R-Glynn County, gutted an otherwise much-needed adoption bill last year with some end-of-the-session shenanigans, holding the bill hostage in a clumsy political effort to … [Read more...] about March 19, 2018: Sen. David Shafer Needs To Quickly Resolve Charges Against Him