Gadzooks! Is it 2018 already? I’m not even over the Y2K scare yet. You remember Y2K. Our computers were going to melt on the first day of January 2000 and we were going to be left in the dark with no telephones and no electricity and riots in the street? As you will recall, that fateful day came and went and all our computers kept working. All … [Read more...] about January 1, 2018: Junior E. Lee Talks About What To Expect In 2018
December 18, 2017: I Wish I Had Been There. In Bethlehem.
These words are dedicated to the memory of my friend, the late Otis Brumby, Jr., publisher of the Marietta Daily Journal. He encouraged me to run this column each Christmas season. It is also dedicated to those who believe. I wish I had been there. In Bethlehem. I wish I had witnessed the birth of the baby Jesus in a lowly manger. Was it really as cold and … [Read more...] about December 18, 2017: I Wish I Had Been There. In Bethlehem.
December 4, 2017: You’d Better Watch Out. Santa Claus Has Joined The Information Age
RING! RING! RING! “Hello, you have reached the offices of Santa Claus at the North Pole.” “Hi, my name is Dick Yarbrough and I would like. . . .” “Thank you for calling. In order to better serve you, please listen to the following options. If you wish to place an order, please press ‘one.’ If you are calling about your current order, please press ‘two.’ If you … [Read more...] about December 4, 2017: You’d Better Watch Out. Santa Claus Has Joined The Information Age
November 27, 2017: You Can’t Even Trust A Catfish These Days
You would figure that as a pure-bred and proud son of the South, I would know all there is to know about catfish. I have caught them, been poked in the thumb by their barbs and have eaten copious amounts of them, usually with hushpuppies (Note to newly-arrived Yankees: We aren’t talking footwear here. We are talking about cornmeal batter rolled into a little … [Read more...] about November 27, 2017: You Can’t Even Trust A Catfish These Days
November 20, 2017: Some Reflections On This Season Of Thanksgiving
It is tempting at this time of the year to compose a “I am thankful for….” column. But I can’t. Not because I don’t have so very much for which to be thankful – I do – but because no one could ever top the efforts of the late Furman Bisher, sports editor of the Atlanta Newspapers and the finest writer to come down the pike. His annual Thanksgiving columns will … [Read more...] about November 20, 2017: Some Reflections On This Season Of Thanksgiving