The sign says, “60 SECONDS FOR YOUR BURGER OR THE SECOND SANDWICH FREE!”* Who in the world came up with this gimmick? I picture some new Jacksonville Beach McDonald’s manager trying to make his mark in the fast food world with an attempt at an ice-bucket-challenge of an idea – BURGERS IN 60 SECONDS OR […]
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New research from Western University’s Brain and Mind Institute (BMI) has revealed that alcohol definitively impairs the human ability to override impulse or snap decisions that are natural responses to rapidly evolving situations.In other words, if you’re drunk you will probably be okay stopping the car in the driveway before ramming through the closed garage […]
…Or I’m at Walgreens but I’m not buying Sutter Home Chardonnay. I was feeling sorry for myself yesterday. I won’t bore you with why. I went to Walgreens on Beach Boulevard to buy Skinny Pop Popcorn, Blow Pops and a box of Charleston Chews*. Have you noticed each Walgreens store seems to have a bit of merchandizing […]
I mean really, who wants to kiss the battle axes on the left? And notice how many more placard carrying dudes there are below…and their message is direct and clear (not passive/aggressive like the women’s) and they are wearing car coats – very Mad Men. And the women on the left are Suffragettes and the men are […]
I just spent the last holiday weekend of the summer really mad at alcohol. This weekend Jacksonville’s hoards camped outside my balcony on a parched stretch of sand and partied like it was 2014. There were beach volleyball tourneys, picnics, shark baiting water games and the final push to suntan before the autumn’s inevitable onset. The booze abounded. Drunken people stumbled into […]
Feeling full of yourself this morning? Feeling important and at the top of your game? I was yesterday when I met with the technical guys who are moving my blog and helping me make it more user friendly and attractive. After all, I’ve been writing Waking Up the Ghost for a while now, I have […]
It’s not difficult to list drunken authors. In fact it makes a good party game. There are countless examples of the inextricable link between creative (sometimes brilliant) writing and booze. Jack Kerouac said, “As I grew older I became a drunk. Why? Because I like ecstasy of the mind…” These critical, analytical days the quote sounds arrogant and […]
Would you get in a golf cart with these muthas’??? I know I’m jumping the gun and I promise I won’t do it again until October, but Lauren and Courtney have been posting things about Halloween and I’m feeling nostalgic and it’s so HOT here… Halloween is my favorite holiday. My house is decorated […]
I was at a pilot’s safety meeting last night at Jacksonville’s Craig Airfield. The topic was “Flight Review” and I listened to a flight instructor talk about how “fun” it is to practice landing after losing an engine at takeoff and to “touch and go” with cross winds: all part of the Flight Review process and designed to […]
1. The water on the windward side of an island in The Bahamas is grey. Looking at this photo of Current Island, one might think this is a cold place. Instead we carry wash cloths to blot the sweat running down our faces. 2. I addressed the congregation of the Current Settlement Methodist Church. Did too. […]