The weather was coming to get us, Barbara

All day long the weather radar showed angry swaths of red marching toward us, an evil horde of lightning, thunder and terror bent on reducing us to protoplasmic mulch. I tried to ignore the shrieked warnings – “He’s coming to… READ MORE

I visited the mall the other day. It was sad

Image courtesy of Del Stone Jr.

I visited Santa Rosa Mall the other day. It was sad. Sears was shuttered. I almost never shopped there unless I needed a belt. Sears always had a large selection of belts for guys with beer guts like yours truly…. READ MORE

Closer encounters of the six-legged kind

Image by Alex Wild, University of Texas at Austin, Creative Commons license.

With all the troubles facing the world, isn’t it nice that we can enjoy these weekly interludes discussing the issues that really matter, such as cockroaches crawling up the inside of your jeans leg. Yes, that really happened. Our newest… READ MORE

Big Brother is watching, and it may not be the government

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I just had an interesting conversation with the manager of a local grocery outlet over the store’s policy that it scan my driver’s license for the purchase of beer. The manager explained the store sold alcohol to a minor last… READ MORE

And now, a word about loyalty

The author went to the Choctaw-Fort Walton Beach game in 2022 and snapped this photo as the Indians came onto the field. Image courtesy of Del Stone Jr.

I haven’t been to a high school football game in years. I don’t remember who won. I don’t remember caring. I know people hereabouts take their high school football seriously, and that’s fine. I take my NFL football seriously, despite… READ MORE