Do not go gentle

For the 29 faculty members and 21 programs “down-sized” at The University of Southern Mississippi this week. Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at close...

It’s not about the clothes

I’m very sad today. I’m deeply sad to hear about all of the cuts at USM. It sickens me. It feels like hearing a good friend has a terminal illness. I’m not sure this friend is...

Just Kidding (The Diet, Day 37)

I posted a nonsense thing from my phone just now because I thought my Internet was down.  Maybe it was.  Nevertheless, it is back now, and I feel obligated to give you something else just to say I...

This is just to say…

It would be a shame to miss a day of blogging when my Internet is out just because I am too proud to publish a post about nothing from my...

Just Another Manic Monday (The Diet, Day...

Today was crazy. I felt stressed out from the minute I arrived at my office until the minute I left, and I was there before 8 and left after 6. I couldn’t catch up for anything. We’re in a new...

Make the Mountain Come to You (The Diet,...

There’s probably no taste I love more than the combination of coffee, chocolate, sugar, and milk. Hot or cold, lattes or mochachinos, with or without whipped cream on top, I have been a number one fan...

Come Monday, It’ll Be Alright (The...

I stuck some Jimmy Buffet in this post just in case you were expecting him. Otherwise, this post is about the fact that my designated time on Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet expires on Monday. Today,...

A little bit goes a long way (The Diet, ...

There is a story my family likes to tell about me. It goes something like this. I was in kindergarten. I had been told by my teacher to remember that “a little bit goes a long way.” So as I...

Hattiesburg American Column: 8/27/2010

My column that appears today in The Hattiesburg American. *** ON July 26, I read Robert St. John’s column, “The Earl of Sandwich,” and decided I was going on a diet. I know it was July 26...

My Mammaw Said There’d Be Days Lik...

I had to make this taco salad for my supper today. I almost called it dinner, but I have to say supper so people in the South won’t get confused about whether I mean the noon meal or the evening meal. ...

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