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911 caller: 'There's a drunk on the road; it's me'
November 20 | 6:20 AM | Comments (0)
In last week's news, a Wisconsin woman phoned 911 to report a drunken driver.
Fall my favorite time of year
Posted 11/19/2009 | Comments (0)
Before we suddenly look at the calendar on Dec. 21 and see that winter is beginning, I would like to say a few words on behalf of the fall of the year.
Wedding chapel on wheels
Posted 11/15/2009 | Comments (0)
Couples wanting to get married in a hurry have found the answer in Illinois. It's a wedding chapel on wheels.
Centenarian wants boyfriend, driver's license
Posted 11/20/2009 | Comments (0)
I admire the vim, verve and vigor of many seniors who do not permit the passing of years to prevent them from enjoying life. This is true of those who pass the century mark.
All politicians dwell inside pressure cooker
Posted 11/19/2009 | Comments (0)
I have observed politics and tried to write about it longer than many people have lived.
God has little angel who cares
Posted 11/15/2009 | Comments (0)
An 8-year-old third grade boy sat in his school desk, red-faced and humiliated. Something had just happened to him that'd never happened before.
Football helmet object of controversy
Posted 11/13/2009 | Comments (0)
Football is one of the great spectator sports known to man and, according to participants, is a joy and thrill to play, but it is a rough sport.
Big retailers now selling caskets
Posted 11/12/2009 | Comments (0)
This past week's news brought word that Wal-Mart has joined its discount rival Costco in selling caskets online.
'Fall back' is the easy part of today's time change
Posted 11/8/2009 | Comments (0)
As the old saying goes, "Time waits for no one," and neither does the time change, which comes twice a year whether you are ready or not.
Balloon boy hoax doesn't amuse some
Posted 11/6/2009 | Comments (0)
Richard Heene and wife, Mayumi, parents of a 6-year-old boy they falsely claimed was helplessly floating around in a balloon launched from the backyard of their Colorado home, may face charges.
President tops wife in art of swiveling
Posted 11/5/2009 | Comments (0)
On "ABC Nightly World News," anchor Charles Gibson reported from the White House lawn that the president's wife in a fitness fair to promote children's health showed off her hula hoop skills by swiveling 142 times.
Carolina City Council bans whining of mayor
Posted 11/1/2009 | Comments (0)
The City Council of Indian Trail, N.C., voted to declare the mayor's comments about the council in the town newsletter "whining" and to ban his remarks from further issues of the publication.
Some in jolly old England not jolly
Posted 10/30/2009 | Comments (0)
In what some call "jolly old England," a British newspaper reports crotchety residents near Manchester filed complaints against school children for laughing too loudly as they enjoy themselves on the playground.
Women always asking questions
Posted 10/29/2009 | Comments (0)
Since being sworn in as a member of the United States Supreme Court, it is reported that new Justice Sotomayor has been asking questions.
Church bulletin bloopers
Posted 10/25/2009 | Comments (0)
In these advanced days of spell check, errors occur because if it is a word, it will go through, even though it changes the entire meaning of the sentence.
Please, UGA, don't give up on Bulldogs
Posted 10/23/2009 | Comments (0)
I have been a University of Georgia Bulldog fan since early high school days in Macon and continuing through my years as a young sports editor for the then Macon Evening News and all the years afterwards.
Maybe president will live up to prize
Posted 10/22/2009 | Comments (0)
While shaving early Friday morning, I heard on Georgia Public Radio news that President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. A short time later, I ran into friends who asked, "What do you think of that?"
Pastor swaps scripture with church member
Posted 10/18/2009 | Comments (0)
I think amusing stories have circulated about ministers and members of congregations almost from the time of the first pastor and earliest local church.
Landlord lets tenants know time to leave
Posted 10/16/2009 | Comments (0)
So many audacious events occur every day all over the world that, in the future -- if we are not already there -- we may no longer be astounded at anything that happens.
Obama no Olympic winner
Posted 10/15/2009 | Comments (0)
President Obama's overnight flight to Copenhagen to join his wife and Oprah Winfrey in supporting Chicago's invitation to host the 2016 International Olympics turned out to be about as disastrous as it could be.
Remembering floods of past and present
Posted 10/11/2009
Our hearts and prayers went out to families losing loved ones and others suffering loss of homes and extensive property damage in the disastrous flooding of north and west Georgia and the Metro Atlanta area.