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LATEST ARTICLES ( 28 )

• Who Do You Love?

  Who do you love? It doesn't matter. You can marry that person. I'm writing my closing Strange Days column on an historic day for the United States and its... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Let's Make Some Guns

  Get ready for more jokes at South Carolina's expense. Same as it ever was. "Connecticut firearms manufacturer PTR Industries will announce Monday that it has... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• When Briefs Are the Right Kind of Tight

  You've heard the complaints and criticisms before: Americans don't read enough. When they read, they read short stuff. They don't read books, so they don't... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Saxby Chambliss Has Confused

  To our south, we South Carolinians have a state called Georgia, which is represented by U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss, a Republican. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Fresh Prostitution Charge Followed by a Not-so-fresh Mug Shot

  

  Some people in the libertarian camp want prostitution to be legal. Two locals probably wish it was right now. Like drug use, paying for sex is sometimes called ... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Appropriate and Inappropriate Music for Motorcycle Rallies

  

  Lucy, my spayed female dog, almost has become accustomed to the thunderous motorcycle engines of the biker rallies here in Myrtle Beach. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• You're an Exception to the Rule

  

  Between the Spring Break vacationers and the motorcyclists, Myrtle Beach folks could enjoy spring air and relative calm. Beach weather still hasn't quite... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Please Don't Clone a T-Rex, Literally Or Figuratively

  

  “Science can tell you how to clone a tyrannosaurus rex,” says a popular Internet meme. “Humanities can tell you why this might be a bad idea. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• You Don't Have to Do Anything in This Class

  Today is the last day of classes for the spring semester at Coastal Carolina University, where I am employed as a lecturer in the Department of English. I... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Military Measures Required for Tasty Snack Food, Blast It

  Flavor Blasted Goldfish Crackers have been eating at me for a long time. I'm trying to picture the method of "blasting" crackers with "flavor. Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Blank Billboards Provoke Existential Crisis

  

  All of these blank billboards around Myrtle Beach remind me of a story about the time John Lennon met Yoko Ono. While at one of Ono's exhibits, Lennon saw a... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• For Those Who Couldn't Stay

  

  I haven’t been a fan of Rick Warren, pastor and author The Purpose-Driven Life, a book that sold something like a trillion copies. Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• You Believe What You Want to Believe

  That it does not matter what a man believes is a statement heard on every side today. The statement carries a fearful implication. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• It's Evolution, Baby

  I am not a scientiest. I am not a philosopher. I do not play either on TV. However, I am uniquely qualified to bring you the following observations: 1. If we... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 'Future Generations' Can Count on a 'comprehensive Plan'

  At some point during my gluttonous consumption of news media, I realized that politicians have a favorite answer to difficult questions about immigration reform... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rogue Dolphins Threaten Global Stability

  

  Ukraine, one of the top-10 unvisited vacation spots, relaunced its dolphin warfare division not long ago. Really. Starting around 1973, the late Soviet Union ha... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Crafting Compelling Myrtle Beach Dialogue

  

  The arrival of "Welcome to Myrtle Manor" in reality televison coincides with my attempts to teach students how to write dialogue for fiction. Some viewers have... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Avoid Talking About a Shooting

  Of course we're talking about the shooting death of Anthony Liddell, a Coastal Carolina University student who was only 19 when he died last night. But the... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• U.S. 501 During the Morning Rush

  On the first day of the Spring 2013 semester at Coastal Carolina University, I drove through fog on crowded U.S. 501. I was going to be late for an 8 a.m. class. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Number 9's Creepy Domination of the News

  

  This post requires a bit of background music, so let's begin with "Revolution 9" by The Beatles. Now, let us begin to ponder a strange, cosmic event, an event... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION