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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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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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Hell With Pickles, Onions, Ketchup and Mustard

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Terry Taylor

If you have ever had your stomach pumped, you know it is not something you volunteer for. Usually, this violent procedure follows what Webster’s would simply call “bad.” Bad can take several forms, but if a stomach pump is the cure, … 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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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 Branded University

Posted on March 9, 2006 by Terry Taylor

What do you think about when you hear the word Harvard? How about Princeton? Yale? Stanford? Duke? Very likely, you have a defined and clear mental picture of them in your head right now. You see excellence, academics and prestige. … 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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