Tag Archives: Southern

King of the rednecks

Posted on December 12, 2019 by

“You might be a redneck if the blue book value of your truck goes up and down depending on how much gas it has in it.”  “A minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics. Pamela Karlan, … Continue reading →

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Gregg Allman

Posted on May 31, 2017 by

“Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same. And no one knows the gypsy’s name, And no one hears his lonely sighs, There are no blankets where he lies. Lord, in his deepest dreams the gypsy flies, With … Continue reading →

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Courtesy

Posted on March 29, 2017 by

I work out at one of those big, ten-dollar a month gyms. For what I am interested in doing and getting out of it, it works great for me. There are always plenty of treadmills and elliptical machines available. But … Continue reading →

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Bread and milk

Posted on January 5, 2017 by

Snow is in our forecast. The run on bread and milk in my city has begun. Snow in the south is, at best, a joke to those of you that live an area that measure it in feet rather than … Continue reading →

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An ugly American history

Posted on January 3, 2017 by

I am reading a book called Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips. The book details how the white citizens of Forsyth County, Georgia, beginning in 1912, drove out the African-American population through murder and intimidation. It is … Continue reading →

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I am not nasty enough

Posted on December 22, 2016 by

It has been brought to my attention that I may be too nice, not mean enough. I thought about this today. How can I be more controversial, more contentious, more disagreeable, nastier. A little background. I am southern, about as … Continue reading →

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Homogenized language

Posted on July 29, 2016 by

I graduated from a college located deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I worked the cash register at an appliance store after class to make a little extra beer and gas money. This store sold ovens, refrigerators, televisions and stereo … Continue reading →

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