Ran into a situation Monday.
It actually began Friday, when I received a $100 bill as part of a transaction.
The C-Note sat in my wallet all weekend. Then, Monday, I went to Hardee’s for lunch.
They don’t take $100 bills. Fifties either, as it turns out, though I didn’t have one those, so…
Anyway, there I was, with [...]

It’s 2009.
The Democrats have a larger majority in Congress.
The U.S. is preparing for the Obama inauguration.
The History Channel is running Armageddon Week.
A coincidence?
I think not.

Lake City, Florida readies for the big drop at midnight.

The new year is here. And we must strive to make 2009 a better year than 2008.
In that spirit, I’m offering my resolutions for the new year:

do a better job of helping out around the house
be tolerant of other people’s point of view
stop repeating myself
drive the [...]

In Russell County, Alabama, (just across the river from Columbus, Georgia, for the geographically impaired) there was a discussion last week about using county vehicles.
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer has the story, but here’s a summary:
One county commissioner — one of the four white ones — brought up for a vote a policy saying that county commissioners [...]

Remember the movie A Christmas Story? The main character, Ralphie, wanted “an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock, and this thing which tells time.”
And, at the end of the movie, he got it.
Remember Peggy Joseph? She’s the woman who said that, because of Obama, wouldn’t have [...]