It stared at me as soon as I walked in the office on Tuesday. As I got closer to my desk, the purple circle punched me in my gut. When I sat down and took a deeper look, I felt…
Elation to buried under mounds of self-induced pressure. That’s how my Saturday night went on desk at the Banner-Herald. Why? Well, I’m glad you asked. Around 6:40 p.m., I walked from our downtown office to Mellow Mushroom on my way…
I never expected to be a Division I athlete. Heck, as a high school freshman I was 5-foot-1, 105 pounds. If that. During freshman orientation at Mount Pleasant High School (Go Green Knights), they had tables set up in the…
Thursday is a weird day to have off work. If it’s Tuesday or Wednesday, you know where to find me. Recently Thursday switched with Tuesday and it’s a different story. Today I decided to treat myself to a matinee showing…
A designer’s best ammunition — or worst nightmare, depending how you look at it — is an empty budget. It means free reign on content and the all-important centerpiece, but it could also spell disaster if you don’t know what…
Less than one month after I moved to Georgia, I shot out of bed early in the morning to the sound of a siren. It honestly seemed like it was right outside of my window. When I first heard it,…
Dear Athens, How are you, my dear? It’s been about 10 months since we got serious and started our relationship. Time flies. I know. Who could have imagined a long-distance, online courtship that started back in April of 2014 would…
Work in an industry long enough, you begin to develop “Spidey Senses.” This goes for any line of work, but journalism is one of those where those senses are honed and trained, because something can change in less than a…
I’ll go ahead and just say what y’all are thinking. No, not that. Close, though. “Just pick a theme already and stick with it!” I’ll admit it: This blog has schizophrenia. Every time I think I settled on a theme,…
As I watch the main event of WrestleMania 31 again — which was highly underrated, by the way — I’m trying to come up with something fascinating to write. I figure it had been long enough since my last post…