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I changed this blog over to Word­Press, which is eas­i­er to use, I think. Some of the old posts got AFU'd, but I'm fix­ing them slow­ly. So what do you think? In the future I could use pho­tos for this … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Would any­one have com­plained if it was Krispy Kreme? PENSACOLA, Fla. — Dr. Jason New­som railed against burg­ers, french fries, fried chick­en and sweet tea in his cam­paign to pro­mote bet­ter eat­ing in a part of the coun­try known as … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

When hur­ri­cane Kat­ri­na fin­ished bury­ing New Orleans it swept up the cen­tral Unit­ed States, turn­ing into thun­der­storms that dumped rain and hail on the Mid­west, and ulti­mate­ly drop­ping an alli­ga­tor into the back­yard of Joe Pringle of Wingett Run, Ohio, … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

I stead­ied myself on the embank­ment. Below, down the hooknose incline of brush and grav­el, ran the tracks, glint­ing like a school of sil­ver fish run­ning in the moon­light to chase the C & O. I stood care­ful­ly, leaned my … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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I swear it. Just hang tight, and check out some of the links if you haven't yet. You'll find good read­ing mate­r­i­al there.

The dawn was frosty on Birmingham's south side. It was a late spring. These were the days that would make or break me, days of deci­sion, days of choos­ing between life and an igno­min­ious ear­ly death. I had made the hard­est … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

You may have noticed some kinks as we moved to http://​www​.fried​chick​e​nand​cof​fee​.com. Sor­ry about that. Look for reg­u­lar cov­er­age to come soon.