Mondays can be slow in the bar business, but busy or not, Mondays at Southside Spanky’s are always humming. And singing. For at least the past 8 years, the bar […]

 During St. Patrick’s Days gone by, I’ve traveled to the parade on foot, as a passenger, or in my car. This year’s police escort topped them all. Tuesday morning’s flashing […]

MOST MORNINGS my wake-up routine consists of turning on the coffee, feeding the dogs, and then, cuppa joe in hand, heading into my office to check on my investments. A […]

MOST OF us are familiar with the premise of six degrees of separation—the notion that, if two strangers meet anywhere in the world, they’ll be able to make a common […]

ON INAUGURATION DAY, the Obamas looked stunning — the President in his subdued topcoat, Michelle in her gold coat-dress, the first daughters in joyful color. I noticed this from my […]

HEY KIDS (18 or older), here’s something that you can try at home: Get a Q-Tip. Grasp it firmly, and swab the inside of your mouth, between your lower left […]

TRY OUT this math problem: calculating Savannah’s response to last weekend’s local premiere of the film Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life. Last Thursday night, nineteen year old […]

JUST BEFORE November 30, 2008, at least six Savannahians turned purple. I was not one of them. In the cyber literary world of National Novel Writing Month, “turning purple” is […]

EVEN FOR those of us long past believing in Santa Claus or Harry the Hanukkah Man (who visited our Christian household every year when I was a kid), it’s hard […]