Category Archives: School

“He will either be rich or in prison.”

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Now and then I go over to the VCU Brand Center to remind myself what if feels like to just be starting out in my chosen profession. Wednesday was one of those days. Mark Fenske invited me to share some … Continue reading →

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Lying On the Field

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Terry Taylor

Speaking of credibility: I love college football. Always have. But there are parts of it that chew at me. This is one of them:  When a student athlete transfers to another program (for whatever reason), that athlete is punished by … Continue reading →

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Shop Class Blues

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Terry Taylor

With Richmond motorcycle repairman (University of Chicago Ph.D.) Matthew Crawford’s new book, Shop Class as Soul Craft: An Inquiry Into The Value of Work, I am rethinking my shop class experiences from high school. I’ve spent my life in a … Continue reading →

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Their Prom. Our Prom.

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Terry Taylor

Tuxes, gowns, flowers and limos mix with music, dancing and hangovers. Across the South, teenagers are proming this time of year. Something else is going on as well: old school segregation. George Wallace would be proud. Tweet This Post

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Smell the Relief

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Terry Taylor

I had a Charlie horse. That is what old school football curmudgeons called everything from a sprain to a compound fracture. If they saw no bone protruding from the skin, it was a Charlie horse. “Rub it down,” said the … Continue reading →

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Drunk and Dressed To The Hilt

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Terry Taylor

I went to a Southern university where proper ladies and gentlemen of culture wore suits, ties and sundresses to football games on Saturday. Since I was neither proper nor cultured and wouldn’t recognize a lady or a gentleman if they … Continue reading →

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Genetic Biscuits

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Terry Taylor

Biscuits and cigarettes killed my grandfather (in that order). I lost my first tooth eating a biscuit. I know at least four ways to make biscuits and fifty ways to know when someone has done that job wrong. A wrong … Continue reading →

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Tripod

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Terry Taylor

He was a white-looking, bullish-looking dog. I can’t honestly say he was a white bulldog. He was a muscled dog with a flat face and a worried look. He had a right, he had three legs and no home except … Continue reading →

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Rammer Jammer

Posted on November 3, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Ingrained in the many football traditions of the University of Alabama are these odd words: “Rammer Jammer, Yellow Hammer. Give ‘em Hell, Alabama!” coined by the once-respected university literary and humor magazine of the same name. Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Harper … Continue reading →

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Moon Pies and Full Moons

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Terry Taylor

We rode the old school bus to Geneva, Alabama, on a Thursday afternoon. Coach sat in the front and turned the radio up so we could hear smooth Philly soul through the AM static by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. … Continue reading →

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Dorm Stories

Posted on September 15, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Everyone who went to college has a dorm story. I will attempt to squeeze all of mine into one. Just the facts. Here goes. I lived in Paty Hall at the University of Alabama for a year. Old school, animal … Continue reading →

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Corn, Corn

Posted on August 16, 2006 by Terry Taylor

If anyone reading this went to Andalusia High School in south Alabama for any period of time, this won’t be news. But for those of you who are unfamiliar with Southern contradiction, read on. My high school fight song was … Continue reading →

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The Moon Winx Lodge Sign

Posted on August 11, 2006 by Terry Taylor

I see in the Spring Issue of Oxford American a series of articles about the Best of the South. If you don’t get this wonderful magazine, you are missing some tasty Southern writing. In this issue are a series of … Continue reading →

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“It’s a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford. Not exactly.”

Posted on May 19, 2006 by Terry Taylor

It all started for real in 1972. It took that long for 1968 to reach South Alabama. “Long-haired hippie freaks!” “Hey girl! You sure got a purty mouth!” Ah, rednecks, white socks and Blue Ribbon Beer. The summer of love … Continue reading →

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My Forrest Gump Childhood

Posted on February 24, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Several years ago, I was pretty torked when Forrest Gump came out. OK, I am not quite as slow of a yapper as ol’ Forrest, but I am from Alabama and I share a heck of a lot of that … Continue reading →

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