I just put my daughter on a plane back to her home in Austin, Texas. "Why don't you come down and see me this summer?" she said as I hugged her goodbye. "I'll look into it," I said. So I did. I…
I've got bad news for you if you like to drive around with your pet in your lap. The Tennessee General Assembly is about to pass a law prohibiting that practice. They also just passed a bill that would outlaw saggy pants in school ...
I was all set to write a column on these nutty reality television shows — especially the ones about peoples' jobs. You've seen them. There are now shows about loggers, truck drivers, commercial fishermen, pawnbrokers, pest-control guys, even guys who make fish tanks! It's insane, but clearly there is money to be made in coming up with these concepts ...
Which leads me to put on my Dr. Phil face and say what has to be said: It's time for Memphis and Shelby County to start seeing other people. We've tried for years to patch things up, to come to some sort of mutual understanding, but we need to admit that we have irreconcilable differences. We don't even know each other any more ...