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- Sunday, May 19, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Section - Mitch Clarke's column
Not up on your teen pop culture? Whatever.
With one slip of the tongue, I'm afraid I've damaged my standing with some of the teenagers I've gotten to know while attending my nephew Tyler's high school baseball games. All I did was admit to Emmy that I had never heard of the Jonas Brothers.
Are you late getting to my column this morning?
Daylight saving time started overnight, and if you haven't sprung your clocks forward one hour, put the newspaper down. You're late for church. I actually like the end result of daylight saving time. That extra hour of daylight at the end of the day, just as the days are getting longer, means we can do more leisurely things than we can do in the winter, when the days are naturally shorter.
Hold the door! Being polite makes a comeback
The high school girl reached the door about a half-step ahead of me. But she didn't reach for the door. She waited. I quickly realized she was waiting on me to open the door for her.
Diet or not, Glory will eat most anything
I've done a lot of nice things over the years for Glory, the black and white springer spaniel who lives at my house. I allow her to sleep in my bed. I let her sit next to me on the sofa and I scratch her belly while we watch ESPN. I buy her gourmet dog treats and expensive toys that squeak when she chews them.
Why doesn’t onomatopoeia sound like what it is?
My mother called the other night with a question. "Miss Sherry, Miss Margaret and I have been sitting here talking and we want to ask you a question," she said.
Vindication a long time coming for Co-Cola fans
I'm not sure my grandmother ever forgave the Coca-Cola Co. for New Coke. I know she never forgave them for discontinuing those six-and-a-half ounce glass bottles.
It's hard to remember the stuff I've forgotten
Every so often, people like me who use computers have to delete files or burn them onto a CD to free up space on their hard drive because the hard drive has gotten full. If only I could do the same thing with my brain.
One small town’s problems aren’t just peanuts
I have a friend from Ohio who loves to tease me about the small town where I grew up. She called a few weeks ago to tease some more. "I just saw one of those California milk commercials," she said. "The cow on that commercial has to be from your hometown."
Read my lips: No bad columns
My fellow Americans, good morning. I come to you this day to deliver my first State of the Column address.
What's happening in today's column? Nothing.
If I didn't know better, I might actually begin to believe youngsters today have absolutely nothing to do and, thus, lead very boring lives. I might also believe that school is an excruciating waste of time. I base these beliefs on actual conversations with young people, namely my 9-year-old niece, Hunter, and some of her friends.
Man's best friend a good first decision for Obama
Like millions of other Americans, I watched last Tuesday as President-elect Barack Obama gave a stirring victory speech. He talked about America being a place where all things are possible, where the dreams of our founders are still alive. Yet that wasn't the part that moved me the most. No, I was most excited by his promise to his young daughters that they would get a puppy to accompany them to the White House.
A New Year's resolution to lose weight is for the dogs
Because I know that I can't keep my New Year's resolutions, I'm not making any for myself this year. But I am making one for Glory, the black and white springer spaniel who lives at my house. She's going to lose weight in 2009.
Don't hate me because I'm right
Why all the hate? Perhaps I'm being too idealistic. Perhaps I've watched too many reruns of "The West Wing." As we head to perhaps the most important Election Day of my lifetime on Tuesday, I wish we'd all spent more time pressing the candidates to answer the hard questions about how they'll lead this country.
When the grandchildren arrive, all the rules change
I got one of those family portrait Christmas cards in the mail this year from Mrs. Janet and Doc.
Ringo doesn’t want your fan letters, but I do
I couldn't help but laugh when I read that Ringo Starr has told his fans that he didn't want to get any more mail from them. No letters. No objects to be autographed. No nothing.
Articles by Section - Mitch Clarke's column
Even battered and bruised, America will always stand tall
Mere minutes after a teenage terrorist had been captured, Bostonians poured into the streets and cheered – cheered! – the police and firefighters who had ended the terror.
Grab your wallets, the tax man cometh
The government has been getting its grubby little paws into your paycheck every two weeks for the last year, and now it's ready for you to give more.
Man's best friend made a lasting impression
I often get asked how Glory, the black and white springer spaniel who lives at my house, and I got together.
My column today comes without any side effects
I sometimes have a hard time sleeping, so I do what a lot of people suffering from insomnia do. I turn on the TV.
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