Yesterday, I made the bestest breakfast in the world.  I fried up three sausage patties, six slices of bacon, and two eggs over easy.  Then I added two pieces of…

I had a birthday this past Thursday.  I turned 37.  Getting older means different things to different people.  Thirty-seven isn't a magic number by any means, to most people, but…

I was born in America.  I was raised in America.  I possess a distinctly American belief system.  Therefore I'm a Native American by all sense of the term, right?  Then…

It's a complete mystery to me.  How my five year old nephew can remember the words to every song he hears.  How he can recite entire passages from movies verbatim. …

Blame it on the Producer.Back in the spring of 1989 when Milli Vanilli released their smash Album, Girl You Know It's True, a friend of mine introduced them to me. …

Let's pretend for a moment that history was different, or that Dan Brown and the conspiracy theorists were right.  Let's play with the idea that Jesus married Mary Magdelene.  All…

I know this seems to be a recurring motif, but in my younger years, I wasn't too swift.  Oh sure, I had my IQ points and I did well in…

The Southern Biscuit.In the South, we take a lot of things in stride.  If it rains on game day, we shrug and celebrate that at least we don't have to…

The other day, I was visiting with my parents and my Mom exclaimed with the fervor of a teenager that she found a six dollar store.  A six dollar store? …

About twenty years ago, I went to an old soda shop style restaurant in downtown Burlington named Zack's.  Their main fare was hot dogs and Cokes in ten ounce glass…