Loony DeSantis Policies Bench the Bard

Oh, what fools these mortals be! And by “fools” I mean Ron DeSantis & Co. whose overcaffeinated-meth-addict-on-bath-salts-while-guzzling-a-handle-of-Fireball approach to education in Florida has resulted in a No Shakespeare policy. Because sometimes, the bard...

Y’all Want Any To-Go Tea? Music to My Ears

Y’all Want Any To-Go Tea? Music to My Ears I’ve spent a lot of years explaining the mind and heart of the South to newcomers. In the not-so-distant past, I was a speaker for hire at rubber chicken luncheons throughout the Carolinas on this very subject. Usually, the...

George Bailey

    It’s time once again to gather the family together and watch that beloved holiday classic “It’s A Wonderful Life.” I was reminding Aunt Verlie of this at Thanksgiving dinner and she said the same thing she always says around this time of...

Man Bun

So….the man bun. Let’s talk.     I have to admit that I didn’t give it much thought until the “clip-on” man bun started showing up ($9.99 on Groupon for the “half Princess Leia”) recently.     To be honest, unlike any of my women...

No Nudes

    Playboy magazine has announced it will no longer publish pictures of nekkid women starting in March.     While high school librarians are no doubt thrilled to finally be able to offer the magazine for its oft-touted quality articles, the decision has upset all 15...