Rats. I thought I could get out of writing a column this week. I had marked May 21 as the end of the world because a preacher named Harold Camping in California (that should have been my first clue something was amiss) said on that day the earth would be obliterated. If the world is coming to an end, I don’t think writing a column is the highest and best use of my … [Read more...] about May 30, 2011: No Apocalypse Now Means No Reason To Seek Forgiveness
2011 Columns
May 23, 2011: Random Thoughts On Random Subjects
One of the greatest singing voices I ever heard and one of the most talented people I ever knew died last week and, yes, he was a Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket through and through. Josh Powell lost his battle with multiple myeloma at the age of 70. He was an outstanding basketball player — a part of Tech’s first NCAA tournament team in 1960, and captain in 1962. He was an Emory … [Read more...] about May 23, 2011: Random Thoughts On Random Subjects
May 16, 2011: A Life Well-Lived Reminds Us What Is Really Important
I got a good lesson in wealth management this week. Not from a high-powered financial advisor, but from the retrospective of a 103-year-old life lived well. A close relative of my wife — actually her father’s first cousin — was laid to rest in Fayette County last week. Like many of you, I suspect, funeral services are not my cup of tea, but this one was exceptional and a … [Read more...] about May 16, 2011: A Life Well-Lived Reminds Us What Is Really Important
May 9, 2011: Sheila Glad Navy Seals Took A Dog With Them And Not A Cat
Sheila the Family Wonderdog is one proud pooch today. Watching the news between her 22-hour naps and catered meals, she learned that a dog was included on the raid that brought down Osama bin Laden in his million dollar goat pen in the luxurious suburbs of the world’s great tourist destination, Abbottbad, Pakistan. A dog. Hanging out with Navy Seals. Dang. Life doesn’t get … [Read more...] about May 9, 2011: Sheila Glad Navy Seals Took A Dog With Them And Not A Cat
May 2, 2011: Score One For The Good Guys. Bin Laden Swims With The Fish.
Shazam! It is great to be an American! Osama bin Laden is deader than a doornail and sleeping with the fish. May he rot in Hell and may those who danced around and burned American flags after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, which killed more than 3,000 innocent people end up there with him -- minus their virgins. Applause to President Barack Obama, who changed a … [Read more...] about May 2, 2011: Score One For The Good Guys. Bin Laden Swims With The Fish.