This past week, I took a vacation to Asheville.  I don't live there yet but I've planned on moving there after the New Year.  So I figured that I should…

Dangerous LuggageI caught the ass end of a movie on cable today.  I don't remember the name of it but it doesn't matter.  What I want to point out is…

My Dad Wears Mandals I remember when the Mandals craze began.  At least I remember when it crept upon my family and took my dad hostage in its thorny little…

The Fading LPThe world is constantly evolving.  It is inevitable; all that is now, will be no more.  Traditions are but man's futile attempts to preserve a way of life. …

Hallowee, a license to pretend.Halloween is probably the funnest holiday ever invented.  Not only is it during the best time of the year, Autumn, but it is mandatory to be…

I was hanging out with a bunch of guys watching the US Open on television the other week.  We were watching the women's game (no comment) between Venus Williams and…

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…

Cute and Cuddly Gismo. Wus.When I was younger, much younger, the movie "Gremlins " was released.  I was twelve when we went to see it in the theatre…

The Impervious Baseball RainNovember is finally kicking into full swing and the cold is upon us.  After a month of teasing us with relatively mild temperatures, Autumn has turned the…

It was the summer of '91 and the first time in my life since I'd began dating that I found myself alone.  I just came off an engagement break-up and…