FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Is there a Post sister in the house?
My husband and I had a date night Saturday night, the first we’ve been able to wrangle in more than two months. Whoever said life starts to slow down when we hit 50 was mistaken; between my work at the paper and working on my next book, and with his ...
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: I’ve tried something new (and I like it)
Do you ever feel as though you’re in a rut, that your life is a routine that’s almost like watching the same 24-hour movie over and over? I don’t, fortunately. Not yet. Some days, I think that a rut might actually be relaxing. But I am a creature of habit, ...
BUCK'S BYTES: Internet tax reform long overdue
Part of me wants to know why it took until 2013 for Congress to get this close to taxing Internet sales pretty much the same way it does all other sales. But then then other part of me has seen Congress in action.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: I’m now in progressives
Well, I’ve arrived. I’m finally here, or at least my ophthalmologist says so. I went to see her last week, because it was time for my annual checkup, and because for the first time in my life, I am having trouble reading things up close. I’ve always been extremely near-sighted, ...
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Men – 7,000; Women 20,000
Our pastor delivered a message during one of the many marriage series our church features, and in that message he made the statement that, on average, men speak about 7,000 words a day, compared to an average of about 20,000 words a day uttered by women. A more recent study ...
FRANK'S PLACE: Finding fortune in four leaf clovers
As a child, stumbling across a clover patch was an opportunity to mine the green grass for botanical gold. As an adult, do you still count the leaflets in search of good fortune?
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Step outside the box every now and then
I had the opportunity a couple of weeks ago to be in a NASCAR racecar at Atlanta Motor Speedway, flying around the track at 165 mph. I have never done anything like that before. Ever. I had never had the desire to do anything like that before. Ever. But life ...
BUCK'S BYTES: Slow hybrid growth is better than no growth
Hybrid/electric cars are increasing in use, so news that they probably won't sell enough to meet Obama's 1 million in 2014 goal has a giant silver lining.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Did we always have this much pollen?
Itchy eyes. Runny noses. Sneezing. They are all harbingers of Spring in Atlanta just as much as dogwoods and azaleas are. So is the yellow-green pollen, with pollen counts (the number of grains of pollen in a cubic meter of air) soaring above 8000 already this year. It coats our ...
FRANK'S PLACE: Despite our worries, nature blooms
The natural world doesn't need our interference. Mother Nature isn't biding her time, awaiting our next move.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Grease + muscles + fireworks = money
My children all played at least one sport in high school. In Gwinnett County, I think that’s almost a given, a graduation requirement, isn’t it? The girls cheered and played soccer and softball. My son played football and golf. And he wrestled. I never understood what a demanding sport wrestling ...
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: A break in the Family Holidays
The baskets have been discovered, the bunnies’ ears are ragged and unevenly bitten, and millions of families made their annual spring trek to pay homage to a God they’ll give a nod again sometime toward the end of December. Easter has come and gone, and with the exception of the ...
BUCK'S BYTES: T-Mobile gives hope to cellphone users' wallets
If you have ever owned a cellphone, you know how expensive they can get. Maybe you're lucky and just need them for sporadic calls, allowing you to get prepaid phones that don't cost much at all. Maybe you have figured out a way to just use a tablet for $30/month to stay connected.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: I want to be a foodie, but boy is it hard.
I joined some girlfriends for lunch this past weekend, and we went to a trendy new restaurant that’s all the rage. I mean, my friends know their stuff when it comes to picking restaurants. They know which places buy their produce and meats locally. They know the establishments that offer ...
FRANK'S PLACE: Hair-raising fence alternatives
There are many alternatives out there to using fencing around your garden. One of them: sprinkling human hair around the perimeter. Weird? Yes.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Even in the South, we rush the arrival of Spring
Ah, the festivals have begun here in Gwinnett County; have you been to any? My husband and I had the pleasure of going to Lawrenceville’s Springfest on Saturday, and then we caught the tail end of the Beerfest in Suwanee that same day. The weather was perfect – even hot ...
BUCK'S BYTES: Even space requires fast Internet
The eternal quest for a faster Internet connection is again about to make the leap from the ground to orbit as our horizons keep broadening.
BUCK'S BYTES: The dodged bullet of SimCity
Part of me is glad I missed the launch nightmare of the latest SimCity game. I own a Mac, and we have to wait until "spring 2013" for the Mac version to arrive.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Oh, what a difference a weekend can make
If you live in Gwinnett County, or anywhere close, you are just coming off a spectacular weather weekend. Wasn’t it great? In my opinion, there aren’t many things better for the soul – more healing, more hopeful– than the first warm, sunny days of Spring. If those days fall on ...
BUCK'S BYTES: New Roku gives Apple some work to do
Roku steps up its game in competition with Apple TV with the Roku 3.
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