Category Archives: Humor

Big River: Welcome To The Circus

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Recently it has come to my attention that one of Big River’s fellow tenants called us “circus people.” Granted, this comment was heard by one of our “circus” people while sitting in a restroom stall playing games on an iPhone, … Continue reading →

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The Cowpigdeerturducken Thanksgiving Parade Dream

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Terry Taylor

I have strange dreams around holidays. The one about Santa and a family of elf zombies kept me freaked for days. The pumpkins and nuns dream still bothers me on Halloween. My most recent dream fits today’s holiday if you … Continue reading →

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Dudeist Priest

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Being a Dudeist Priest, with an official license recognized in some states, means I can now perform marriages and funerals and such, not that I have an extreme urge to do either, but if someone is in need of a … Continue reading →

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Notes From A 2,500 Mile Drive Across The South

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Over the next several posts, I will tell a few tales from a trip Susan and I recently took across Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee – most of the South as I know it. We also … Continue reading →

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Time Capsules

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Terry Taylor

I spent last week reading World Book Encyclopedia’s Year Books from 1965 – 1976. Perhaps you are old enough to remember these dusty annuals. It is fascinating to read about events that happened 40-something years ago in language that makes … Continue reading →

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BBQ, Rain, Mud, Wrecks and Rednecks (Part 2)

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Terry Taylor

The dirt track hugs wooden bleachers angling up about 25 feet into the damp Shenandoah wind. A man in a camo gimme cap with a belly big enough to have swallowed a small child chugs by wearing a painted-on-tight t-shirt, … Continue reading →

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Key West Conversations: Damned Good Liars

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Terry Taylor

It took less than fifteen minutes to realize I had found a place that fit a part of me that I have kept prisoner under the guise of corporate bullshit for 30 years. I was still in the cab when … Continue reading →

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The Incredible, Inedible, Exploding Egg

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Terry Taylor

SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER: We had already made a boiling error before we even started dying the Easter eggs. Most smart people know that an egg pulled from a cold fridge will, when dropped into boiling water, fracture and disgorge its … Continue reading →

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No Reindeer Were Harmed In the Writing of This Story

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Terry Taylor

South Alabama, between Mobile and Dothan and north of Pensacola, is a rural place filled with deer, rabbits, alligators, foxes, squirrels, bobcats, panthers and even an off-course bear or two. There are no reindeer. Not officially. This fact never stopped … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Goose Comes Early

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Saturday shoppers strut through Tyson’s Corner mall. Christmas is in two weeks. You can see the building stress in their faces. The line for Santa is long and coughing and features a juggling elf amid a gauntlet of snotty sleeves … Continue reading →

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It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year?

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Let’s all gather around the fake tree – the tattered Tannenbaum that no one will want to take down in January – and pretend we can’t wait to watch “A Christmas Story” for 24 straight hours on tbs. Fah-ra-ra-ra-ra. It’s … Continue reading →

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Our Rotten Turkey

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Thanksgiving is built around the idea of being thankful, and that premise worked right up until I ripped open the plastic sheathing on our fresh bird to find something truly foul. Eating turkey on Thanksgiving this year will be difficult. … Continue reading →

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Squirrels Are Eating My House

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Squirrels ate our tomatoes, yanking them from the vine, taking one bite and tossing them across the yard like a redneck throwing beer bottles and candy wrappers out of a truck window. Squirrels ate everything in our neighbor’s garden this … Continue reading →

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There, I said It

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Terry Taylor

I’m going to have to admit something I do not want to fess up to. No, I did not DVR today’s episode of The View. I’m not that beat down. Yet. It is almost as embarrassing, though, and shameful, as … Continue reading →

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What Will You Be This Halloween?

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Halloween is big business. This year it’s bigger than ever. In a recent survey, over 40 percent of respondents said they will be wearing costumes. Americans plan to spend an average of $66.28 each – or upwards of $20.4 billion. … Continue reading →

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