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Full Extension for Matrimonial Ball: Jersey Bride Sees Boss Nail Slide

Outlaw double entendres, and only outlaws will use them. Its done! Friday morning, 4/24/2009, in the office of the distinguished and genteel probate judge of Macon County, AL., the Hon....
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 07:58:00 GMT

Don’t Tell Me Not to Cry and Not to Pout! Wet Feet, Snow Geese, Saw the Dolls in NYC!

Got back from the northeast Sunday night with a keener appreciation for why air travel is so widely derided.  Spent ten days visiting my old pal Jane Lee, and return with tales of rock n roll, ol...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:37:00 GMT

Party Invitation: Oct. 25, 2008

Dear Friends,It's that time of beer again! Saturday, 10/25/08, at 5633 Hwy 199 Notasulga. The 8th Annual (or is it the ninth?) party at Varner Empire. Plenty of food, music, yard games, football on...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:47:00 GMT

Not Just a Lame-O Weekend ....

Saturday was the day I'd been waiting for that almost wasn't.  When we got up in the morning, Olivia announced that contrary to what she'd been saying for the last week, she didn't want to go to ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:54:00 GMT

Susan, Hillary, Kurt Cobain and me

We’re coming up on the 14th anniversary of the day Kurt Cobain offed himself.  I am able to keep up with it because I first learned the news when I pulled my newspaper from the box on the d...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:39:00 GMT

Un-Barackable ...

As an absolutist when it comes to free speech and right of assembly, myproblems aren’t with Sen. Barack Obama’s Spiritual Adviser the Rev.Wright. US meddling in the affairs of the Muslim ...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:20:00 GMT

A Wild Middle-aged Weekend

When I picked Olivia up at her mom's Thursday night, Megan started saying something about her parents coming into town Saturday morning.  Nine times out of ten I would arrange for them to visit O...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:59:00 GMT

Having a Monkey Dave Christmas

Since I've lived in the Auburn area since 1977, it makes sense that I would spend more time with my locals cousins than I would with my siblings who are more concentrated east of the mighty Chattahooc...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:47:00 GMT

Six Pack is Just a Taste: Lucky Seven Wont Pass Us By

Subject: Six Pack is Just a Taste: Lucky Seven Won't Pass Us By   I went to my only AU football game of the season last night, and would not have gone then had things gone as hoped.  I ...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:26:00 GMT

Shake, Rattle and (Dont) Roll

At Olivia's mom's request, I took last Tuesday off in order to save daycare money.  So I dropped the '91 Lexus off at the neighborhood garage the night before, hoping that Scott would be able to ...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:30:00 GMT