Monthly Archives: June 2010

A Damned Good Pickle

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Lunch in the South requires a pickle. Often dinner requires one as well. Breakfasts in Alabama have been known to sport a pickle if it is hot outside, which is about 83% of the time. Southerners love sweet pickles. Bread … Continue reading →

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Crime Pays. Death Pays. Fraud Pays Even Better.

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Terry Taylor

The government sent more than $180 million in checks to dead people over the last three years according to the White House Office of Management and Budget. We also paid 14,000 felons in jail or running from the law. Add … Continue reading →

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Where Is Atticus Finch?

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Growing up fifty miles from Monroeville, Alabama means I have crossed paths with the reclusive Harper Lee many times. I never met her, mind you. I know her from her famous book, a biography she refused to cooperate with and … Continue reading →

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Two Harleys Beside the Road

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Temperatures dropped 13 degrees in about five minutes. The sky was pewter and gorged for rain. Light smoothed the rough edges of leaves and trees and the metal of passing cars. Two Harleys sat beside Atlee Station Road sporting for … Continue reading →

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The Breasts Of Summer

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Terry Taylor

The woman walked up the stadium steps, her gelatinous breasts angrily fighting each other, bra-lessly inside her low-cut blouse. Her skin was as white as vanilla pudding except for one aggravated, red pimple on her collarbone. Her shorts were shaded … Continue reading →

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Cooking Up A Storm Of New Cookbooks

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Terry Taylor

There are a lot of new back-to-basics cookbooks being published these days with the Slow Food movement and it’s first through third cousins roaming the aisles at bookstores.

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Going To Hell In the Panhandle

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Terry Taylor

It is an interesting name: Tate’s Hell, a swamp in north Florida. I’ve been there once. The place wasn’t a state forest then. I don’t know who owned it, which was the case with a lot of places I wandered … Continue reading →

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The Best Of Everything

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Terry Taylor

How many “Best Barbecue” places can there be? How many “Best Bars?” How many “Best Burgers” and “Best Pies” and “Best Fried Chicken” establishments can there be? A lot. Publications across the South are especially prone to “Bests.” I have … Continue reading →

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Monkey Porn

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Terry Taylor

On a recent trip to a large, well-known zoo, my family and I strolled into the funky-smelling monkey house. Apes and gorilla’s of every brand lounged and hung, one-armed, from limbs behind the fences, moats and glass. When we got … Continue reading →

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Mower Redux

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Terry Taylor

A few blogs ago, I wrote about our new Honda mower, which is still running strong. I’m only writing about mowers again because I came across an old photograph of the first lawnmower we bought after my wife and I … Continue reading →

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