Attention All Those Raised in the South

After doing extensive research (including interviews with New Englanders and North Midwesterners) I have discovered what winter is like up North.  I have recovered the following footage.

This is what kids up North do all during the winter.  We were right to be jealous.

The Tale of Brandon Milan (Slighty Exaggerated)

Let me tell you about a man who used to walk on the red hills of this fair land. Now these events happ’n’d long ago, afore you was a twinkle in ya daddy’s eye. When I was a young man, I knew a fella named Brandon. Some folks say he come across the ocean from [...]

Whistler, Sugar

I said a few words at my granddaddy’s funeral on Wednesday.  I’ll go ahead and say that I’ve never felt less worthy to stand on a platform and speak.  I wear a belt buckle that says “Death Before Dishonor,” but my granddaddy lived that more than I ever have.
I’ll never see someone wash their hands [...]

Skip

Atlanta lost a legend yesterday afternoon.  Our beloved Braves announcer, Skip Caray, passed away in his sleep.
Skip was the son of the famous Cubs announcer, Harry Caray.  He wasn’t quite the household name that Harry was, but he was well known to anyone who ever watched or listened to the Braves play baseball. 
Skip was with [...]

Why So Serious?

I was rolling down the road listening to “You Could Be My Yoko Ono,” and I had a thought:  the past couple of months have been rife with heavy situations.
For once in my life, I’ve wished I was 17 again just to be back at play rehearsal with the other theater kids.  “WHERE’S MY GONZO [...]

Blogs, Stand-up Routines, and Further Examination

I’ve been keeping up with the Internet Monk, Micheal Spencer, for about a year now. I’ve got him on my blogroll, and I think you should check him out. He generally says things that I’ve been thinking, and he says it better than I could have ever articulated it. He also has [...]

All I Need To Know

I’ve realized these things lately.
1.  I hate Alzheimer’s Disease.  My Mee Maw is in a psychiatric ward because she tried to acquire poison to kill herself.  That’s not my Mee Maw; should I have become a scientist so that I could search for a cure or at least a better treatment for the disease?
2.  I’m [...]

Before I Die

I’ve been thinking about the full lives that my Mee Maw and Paw Paw led, and I’ve been thinking of things I want to do before I die.
I’m starting a list of things I want to do before I die, and I’ll take your suggestions. Some of these are going to seem weird to you; [...]

Coming To Grips

I am hardly original by being conflicted over my grandmother (henceforth called by her informal name “Mee Maw”) entering a nursing home. People deal with such things every single day.
Being that I’m in Marietta-Kennesaw for the first time this year, I went to go see Mee Maw at her new residence. She’s still [...]