Unless you reared an exceptionally delightful, well-adjusted child, the post-high school summer is filled with unbearable conflict.
All tagged Ole Miss
Escape From Pandemia: College Football
College football is the one place in America that has returned to pre-pandemic life. And it’s glorious.
College Football Fans: Urine For Heartbreak.
The worst, most humiliating loss in the history of mankind took place in Starkville, Mississippi on Thanksgiving night.
Never Too Old To Graduate
Would it be child neglect to put the 3-year-old to sleep in her port-a-crib, turn on the baby monitor and slip up to the moonlit bar for a cocktail?
Family, Friends and Football
A weekend so splendid that it couldn’t even be spoiled by Ole Miss’ crushing loss to Mississippi State Thanksgiving night.
Anywhere But Disney
Where would you want your ashes scattered? Assuming cremation is in your future, that is.
We Were All Monarchs
A Cinderella team from Norfolk that took down a football powerhouse.
Nope. Not Running For City Council.
I thought of the Henry David Thoreau quote: “Beware of all enterprises requiring new clothes.” Then I pushed it out of my mind.
There’s Something About Mississippi
Whether it was the magnolias, the lovely Southern architecture or the 10-acre Grove in the center of campus, I don’t know. Maybe it was the dean of students offering to walk us to the art department when we were lost. Perhaps it was the stories we heard about Eli Manning’s years there. Or the sweet reverence toward Faulkner and other great Mississippi authors.
Why Is The New Yorker Hating On Chick-fil-A?
Yep, the opening of Manhattan’s fourth Chick-fil-A location had a columnist for the famously pompous publication fuming.
Why? Well, because the founders of the chain are - sitting down? - Christian. Oh, and Southern.
Traveling? Don’t Miss The Cemeteries
I never miss a chance to wander among the dead. The best way to learn history while getting some fresh air
It’s Christmas Day For College Football Fans
Serious college football fans know that the path to championships starts today. If your team doesn’t reel in its share of three-four-and five-star players you’ll be lucky to get a bid to the Depends Bowl in two years when these blue chippers are setting college football on fire.