AS I LIKE IT! December 28, 2016 MY FEARLESS 2017 PREDICTIONS Considering that I have some degree of difficulty picking football games, you’d think I would generate enough ridicule and scorn to satisfy my desire for rejection and pain. Good thought, but I’ll insist on going where angels […]
AS I LIKE IT! DECEMBER 26, 2016 2016 IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR Christmas has come and gone, and it’s time to take an inventory of 2016. What were the most significant events of the past year? Well, here’s my take on it. IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM […]
AS I LIKE IT! December 23, 2016 The following story appeared in my first book, Delta Days as A Christmas Tale. It is still my favorite Christmas, so I have revised it for AS I LIKE IT! My Favorite Christmas The wind whirled down from a […]
As I Like It! December 21, 2016 HAVE A WHITE CHRISTMAS MISSISSIPPI STYLE A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOUR ELDERLY PARENTS If you’re struggling with what to buy your elderly parents for Christmas, I have some suggestions. If your parents are in their golden years, chances are they […]
AS I LIKE IT! DECEMBER 19, 2016 HOLIDAY QUOTE: “I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!” …Henry Wadsworth Longfellow CHRISTMAS IN A RAILROAD TOWN Opelika, like many small […]
AS I LIKE IT! DECEMBER 16, 2016 SATURDAY SERIAL MIKE LOMAX P.I. EPISODE 7 Mike decided that trying to reason with Junior was like trying to teach a pig to sing; it’s a waste of time, and it pisses the pig off. He opened the bus […]
AS I LIKE IT! DECEMBER 14, 2016 STELLA STONE Chapter 8 EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING When the cookout was finished, just after midnight, Mike Lomax had gone home. It took Stella and Bubba an hour or so to clean up the patio, cover the grill, […]
AS I LIKE IT! DECEMBER 12, 2016 QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.” Dave Barry GIN AND […]
Bubba & Junior Part 4 IT’S A GAME OF INCHES It was the bottom of the ninth inning; the score was tied 4–4, with one out and a man on third. Bubba Lovejoy stood on the first baseline and studied the situation. As manager, coach, and relief pitcher for […]
DECEMBER 5, 2016 Football Down South Football Quote of the Week “I’m a damn good football coach, but even I can’t make chicken salad out of chicken sh-t.” …..Coach Billy Mustin, Cleveland High School 1952 It is now official; Alabama will represent the SEC—a.k.a. Bama and the […]
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