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Category Archives: Blog
The Haley Barbour Christmas Carol
“Um, Mr. Barbour, may I have Christmas Day off to spend with my family?” “Bawwwl Huuumbuuuuug.” Replied Haley Barbour as he grabbed his hat and coat from the door. “Yoouu need to get to work on that Bud-get, Phil Bryant. … Continue reading
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Saturday Morning Links! News and other stuff
Good morning! I’m sitting here next to Banjo the dog as he snores loudly. So I’ll try not to wake the four-legged fart bag and just go on straight into the morning links. Before we get into the weather, here’s … Continue reading
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Congratulations to all graduates
All around Mississippi there are people walking across a stage, completing a goal and living a dream. Congratulations to you all graduates. You rock! Especially this one.
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TSA incident in Jackson:
I have a feeling that this isn’t the first time Hillary Clinton has had to apologize for an aggressive pat down.
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The commencement speech
My friend and co-worker Sid Salter will be giving the commencement speech at Mississippi State University today. It’s a huge honor for him and for the graduates. Sid will give them a funny speech full of excellent wisdom (I know … Continue reading
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Yanking the chain
My car has a little computer that tells me how many more miles I can drive before it runs out of gas (in the old days, we just used a gas gauge.). As I was coming home from the roast … Continue reading
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Roast!
Roasting a person is a fine art. A lot of what you say depends on the person. A little bit is determined by the audience. For example, if you’re roasting a preacher, you don’t drop the F-bomb on the crowd. … Continue reading
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One month
A month ago I was told that my job status with The Clarion-Ledger was changing. I was in shock. I had two choices. Get mad or get busy. I chose the second option. Why? Getting mad didn’t help protect my … Continue reading
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BOOK SIGNING!!! (and more)
Thursday, Dec. 23 at 1 p.m. at Lemuria Books (I-55 in Banner Hall). I’ll be signing 10! (My greatest hits book), telling a few stories and doing some drawings, too. Come by while you’re out Christmas shopping and say howdy!
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Scars
You can approach scars one of two ways: You can hide them because of shame or you can celebrate them because of the stories they allow you to tell. I tend to fall into the second camp. I’m covered with … Continue reading
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