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Goodbye Ms. Sugarbaker

April 11, 2010April 11, 2010 John Designing Women, Hal Holbrook, Julia Sugarbaker, Sugarbaker

I woke yesterday listening to NPR as always, only to hear the sad news that Dixie Carter had died. She was 70 years old and is survived by her husband, Hal Holbrook, and two children. I guess most people know her as that steel magnolia, Julia Sugarbaker, from the TV Series Designing Women. I certainly remember that, as it was always one of my favorite shows. Besides some fine comedy, and a great cast, they were very progressive for their time, and that was usually expressed through one of Julia’s soliloquies. I’ve included one of the more famous, “The Nights The Lights Went Out in Georgia.”

Culture Featured Religion

Scaring People to Christianity

April 7, 2010April 7, 2010 John Bible, christian, Christianity, Easter, Micah, Revelation, right wing, Theology

Easter Sunday afternoon me and Lay went to his parent’s farm down in Ruskin to hide Easter eggs and eat. At one point, I was running to a nearby Walgreens to pickup a couple of items. I was stopped at the traffic waiting to turn in and noticed a young man on the corner holding a large sign and his Bible. I felt sorry for him, because the picture was one of an angry God, and I have trouble with that image, but it’s an image held by too many on the religious right.

Featured Fun Stuff Humor

Root Beer Bottle Rocket

March 27, 2010March 27, 2010 John Clean up, Kitchen, Publix, Rocket, Root Beer, Soda

Thursday was a long and grueling day at work. After work I raked leaves and did some yard cleanup. So I was ready to sit down and relax with a nice cold cup of diet coke after my shower. Instead, I wound up with a major clean-up/disaster recovery effort on my hands.

One of the Oldest Tricks in The Book

March 24, 2010March 16, 2010 John BMW, S 100 RR Superbike

So pulling the table cloth off and not moving the dishes has been done forever, and is still a pretty cool trick if you can pull it off (pun intended). But in this video, some guys take it to a whole new level. They use a BMW S 1000 RR Superbike to pull off a tablecloth with 24 complete place settings with all the trimmings on a giant rectangular table. This is pretty cool.

Men in Coats (2)

March 23, 2010March 16, 2010 John

We posted one video of this group a few days ago. This is similar, but does add a few additional bits to the routine. All pretty funny stuff. Worth the five minutes to watch.