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 […]
SATURDAY SERIAL MIKE LOMAX P.I. EPISODE 6 Mike had to admit that the late model, air conditioned Ford F150 Bessie had lent him beat the Volkswagen, hands down. He could stretch his legs out full length, and it even had XM radio, so he put it […]
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 […]
Saturday Serial — December 3 MIKE LOMAX, PI EPISODE 5 The Saturday Serials always showed the last reel from the week before; usually, the hero going off a cliff in a wagon or being blown up in an explosion. To see what happened last week CLICK HERE: https://tomlawrenceblog.com/2016/11/25/saturday-serial-november-24 […]
AS I LIKE IT! NOVEMBER 30, 2016 Quote of the week: “You should never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” —Old Irish saying BEST THANKSGIVING EVER! One of the many realities that force themselves upon you as you age is that you’re sick […]
MIKE LOMAX, PI EPISODE 4 The Saturday Serials always showed the last reel from the week before; usually, the hero going off a cliff in a wagon or being blown up in an explosion. To see what happened last week CLICK HERE: https://tomlawrenceblog.com/2016/11/18/saturday-serial-11182016/ HERE IS THIS WEEK’S […]
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