Saturday, June 30, 2007
Y'all Know I Likes Me Some Free Stuff
AUGUSTA, GA. - Let's be honest: jobs in print media that pay well are few and far between... and they certainly are hard to find in this town. My job is great and pays fairly, but it would be irresponsible of me not to budget wisely. One of the things...
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Talking Head
AUGUSTA, GA. - Emerson and I were at my mother-in-law's last night, and my brother-in-law, Chris, came over with his lovely wife."Someone called in on the radio this morning and said, 'We ought to get this young man Scott Hudson to run for Congress,'"...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Touch Me I'm Dick
A.C. is reading part of a Pete Redmond story."... and again, to our readers, you can only have a fish cleaning station next to your house if you have starred in 'The Deadliest Catch.' Otherwise, no."(laughs all around)"Oh, my dad loves 'The Deadliest...
Monday, June 25, 2007
Snarf
I want to buy a Camper Van and name it Beethoven.(That's not me, by the way. I'm WAY hotter...
Staged Rotation
AUGUSTA, GA. - Last year, my employer hosted a review of local culinary offerings on a day when a the Rotary Club had their Fire Muster to benefit the Southeastern Burn Foundation. Both events were on opposite ends of the same patch of public property,...
Humperdink
AUGUSTA, GA. - See this? "At Sea Level, The Atmosphere Presses The Earth's Surface at 14.7 Pounds Per Square Inch," by Hollis Brown Thornton. Acrylic, Carbon Transfer, Pigment Transfer on Canvas.*First of all, the title cracks me up. Second of all,...
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Mr. Cellophone
AUGUSTA, GA. - My husband called home on his cell phone."I just have one question," he said."Okay...""I'm in the meat department at Bi-Lo, and-""Why?""What?" he asked."Why are you in the meat department at Bi-Lo?""What?""Who is this?""This is your husband!"...
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Son Gatos en Mis Pantalones
AUGUSTA, GA. -No, really. Or maybe los gatos are ON my pants. Because they've taken over the suitcases with their furry little behind...
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Revenge
AUGUSTA, GA. - This is what happens to you if you have the audacity to annoy me. Amy has been thoroughly packing-taped to her chair. Yet observe her continuing insolence.Here she has been subdued. She cries like a little gir...
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Yeah, I stole this story
A friend's brother, who teaches English in Taiwan now, said that there are tribes of monkeys that live just outside the city in the adjacent jungle. People there live in harmony with them, cause they usually keep to themselves but every now and then...
My Staff E-mail Blast
Refrigerator ScaryThere once was a fridge named ScaryWhose food had grown oddly hairy.The bags and the boxesSmelled like decomposing foxesAnd, seriously, you people have to clean out your crap.Get on it.Before the great flood came, Noah's Ark was...
Monday, June 11, 2007
Appropos of Nothing
After a long period of silence..."At Urban Outfitters they have a Homer Simpson doll and he's wrapped in a towel and you squeeze his hand and he sings 'Macho Man' in its entirety," A.W. says. "It was the funniest thing I've ever seen...
Exhibit Opening
New works by Kristin Casaletto and Jennifer Onofrio will be on exhibit from June 15 - July 21 at the Mary Pauline Gallery, 982 Broad St. An opening reception will be June 15 from 5 - 8 p.m.Stop by and check out the Onofrio's exploration of the concepts...
It Had Been a Very Long Week...
And Ryan's head was prime slapstick material.Who knew all those cover mock-ups could be so much fu...
Government in Action
AUGUSTA, GA. - Yes, you read that right. Government. In. Action. When an employee had a complaint about handicapped parking downtown, Traffic Engineer Steve Cassell came out himself to look at the situation.After determining that the city could do more...
Urban Oasis
AUGUSTA, GA. - I'm not from 'round here, and it was nice this weekend to stumble across this urban oasis at the Saturday Market on Broad. A nice, quiet, shaded and cool respite from the asphalt downtown. Behind Health Central on Broad Street is this...
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Save me, Alice!
Emerson adores makeup. Of course, she's 2-years-old and loves anything with which she can paint on the walls and hardwood floors. So she discovered fingernail polish and now lipstick. Yesterday, after I moved all of the tubes I could find out of her...
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Bye-bye, Baby
After five wonderful years I am saying goodbye to my beloved, the first "real" camera I ever owned. It's served me well. So, if you are looking for a good camera, click the photo below for purchasing information. For the camera body, two lenses, an...
Monday, June 04, 2007
Oh, interns. We love you, so.
"Is that Stacey's intern?" A.W. asks."Yes!" I crow. "All mine. My personal intern. I flog him daily."She chuckles like the cuddly ball of hate that she is: "The devil wears Converse...
Can You Guess What This Is?
No. You can't.It is an electric, do-it-yourself back hair shaver called the ManGroomer.This is the spam I'm getting now. Can anyone explain why? Except Joe White. You, sir, are not allowed to formulate an explanation. We do not have a 7-second delay...
'Bout 99 Cents Short of a Dollar
AUGUSTA, GA. - Scott and I had a date Friday night.Obviously, you did not hear me, or there would be confetti raining down upon my head and cripples would be lining up for miles outside my door wanting me to lay my miracle-making hands upon their ailments.My...
