What price Beauty?

Everyone had one.  It dried your hair quickly, and made you look all space-agey at the same time.

Southern Living Sets Us Straight On Snacks

You Might Be from the South If You Consider These Canned Foods a Memorable Snack.  They review what I never knew before – that these are ‘Southern’ snacks?  Nobody but us eats them?  Is that correct? I don’t remember Beanie Weenies being a treasured snack in my childhood.  Maybe I’m just too old, and they weren’t […]

The Confusing Phrase

This confounds Yankees, and it’s not hard to see why.  It can either mean that you are commiserating with/sympathetic to the person whose heart is being blessed, or it is an example of sympathetic exasperation. “Bless her heart, that husband of hers is worthless trash”. “She keeps trying to wear that style of dress, bless […]

A Helpful Video Guide To Driving In the South

“If you’re not from the South, you might have noticed that we drive a little bit differently down here. A four-way stop isn’t just a four-way stop — it’s also an opportunity to show your manners and make sure you’re not the first person to go. Funeral processions? You gotta stop for them.”

Yep.

Pretty much.