When my grandmother passed away, our family held a funeral service at our church. She was to be buried at the cemetery at our church immediately after the service. Visitation had been at the funeral home earlier that day, so this was where our family gathered. The family followed the hearse to the church. When …
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Lost Keys
I was on my way to work one morning several years ago. I needed some gas in my Jeep. I stopped at a convenience store on the way to work. When I stopped at the store, I took the keys out of the ignition like I always do when I get out of the car. …
Music Club Profiling
Most of my followers are old enough to remember the old Columbia House and BMG music clubs. They had deals where they would sell you 8 to10 albums for a penny if you would agree to buy a certain number later. They started with albums but over the years, their selections included 8-Track tapes, cassette …
Baseball, BBQ, Furniture, A Fall and A Wallet
This story starts on Thursday, July 11 and there are several things that you need to know going in. Here is a list: I was on vacation from July 8 through July 12. I had taken off because of some of these other things that were happening. My wife started a project of refinishing our …
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Cooking Ribs with Siri
A few years ago, I was cooking ribs on my smoker grill on a Saturday afternoon. We planned to have friends at our house that evening to help us eat the ribs. The other big thing that was happening that day was my wife was at my son’s house helping him paint before he moved …
Golden Gloves Boxing
In the late 1970’s, Golden Gloves Boxing was big in Jackson, Tennessee. Some of the local boxers, like Jackie Beard (pictured above), were good enough that they were winning national AAU titles. I lived near Jackson and some of my friends expressed an interest in going to watch matches. At the time, I didn’t watch …
St. Patrick’s Day Party
In college, I was in a fraternity. Each year, my fraternity would have a St. Patrick’s Day party. One year this party was on a Saturday night. The guys arranged to have the party at the local Fraternal Order of Police lodge that year. Their building was on a road just outside of town. I …
Haunted Cemetery
When I was a senior in high school, a story started about a local cemetery. The story was that there was a chair out next to one of the tombstones and an old man would come out at sit next to his wife’s grave. The cemetery was out in the middle of nowhere, located next …
Shingles Shot
Things you should know before you read this story: I work with a lady named Shonna Sharpe. My employer offers flu shots and other vaccinations as part of their health plan And for best impact, this story should be read aloud.
Public Flatulence
I don’t claim to be an expert on people’s habits of breaking wind. It’s not something that we talk about that often. Only family and the closest of friends usually discuss it. But as a rule, people don’t usually fart in public. We don’t even talk about it in a lot of situations. The scale …