Monthly Archives: March 2015

Yesterday, I met Valerie. Today, I met CW. CW is that guy you normally walk past. He’s on the cleaning crew at The Clarion-Ledger and usually quietly goes about doing his job. This particular morning, I was in the vending … Continue reading →

What’s your story? We’re all storytellers. Here in Mississippi, it is practically a birthright. But seriously, what’s your story? Because you can’t control most things that happen to you. But you sure can control your story. Did you lose your … Continue reading →

  The convoy kicked up a cloud of dust into the sapphire blue Afghanistan sky. Sergeant Jimmy “Killer” O’Reily grumbled. He knew the Taliban could see them for miles. As he leaned on the Humvee’s .50 caliber machine gun, he … Continue reading →

Right now, our brothers and sisters up North are laughing at us (just like we laugh at them when they melt when it gets over 75 degrees). They think it is downright hilarious that we can’t drive in snow. Well, … Continue reading →

Welcome to special IceFreakout 2015 Coverage, I’m Cordon Bleu. And I’m Melanie Marsha Maggie Megan. Tonight’s top story is the psychotic weather. We now go to our Chief Top Grand PooBah Meteorologist, Storm Front who is in our Weather Lab … Continue reading →

From the fourth floor of the Mississippi State Capitol to my drawing board, it’s four blocks. Today at noon, I carried on a continuous conversation with nine different people for the entire four blocks. People ask me what makes Mississippi … Continue reading →

Last night my middle son asked, “Can I watch The Shawshank Redemption?” “Um, sure,” I said. Yeah, it’s rated R, but I have the movie memorized and knew when to tell him to close his eyes. So we watched it. … Continue reading →

My family watched the movie Whiplash this weekend. It was shot in 19 days with a $3 million budget (In Hollywood terms, that is almost a home movie.) It didn’t make a gazillion dollars at the box office. In fact, … Continue reading →