So you Want to Live in Last Chance South Carolina?
June 22, 2015
Last Chance Hero
I get notes from readers all the time, who tell me they want to move to Last Chance South Carolina. To be honest, sometimes I want to move there too.
So, just for fun, I’ve put together a short quiz that will help y’all figure out just exactly where you fit in the Last Chance community.
Please take the quiz and post your result in the comments below. I’ll be giving away a $10 Barnes & Nobel gift card during the Facebook launch party for Last Chance Hero, on June 30 to one lucky person who has taken the quiz and posted their result.
The Whole World Weeps For Charleston
June 19, 2015
I couldn’t sleep last night. In fact, I wept as I watched the continuing coverage of the massacre that took place at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston day before yesterday.
Every time I think about those worshipers, my heart just aches. Pastors, a librarian, a coach, a mother, a father, a young man, and six beautiful church ladies all taken from us because of hate. I’m a writer, but the words I have for how I feel seem hollow, somehow.
So I’m sharing a song that I’ve been listening to as I pray for the families of the victims. Carrie Newcomber’s song I heard and Owl, sums up the sorrow I’m feeling today, and my strong belief that we must come together in love to make it harder for hateful people to secure the means by which such violence is done.
The Good Ol’ Boy’s Affair With Siri
June 18, 2015
The Georgia Good Ol’ Boy got an iPhone 6+ a couple of days ago. Okay, I admit that I gave him this gizmo for his birthday, which happens to be today. (Happy Birthday, hubbie…)
So, he’s a guy. And, more important, he’s a geeky guy. An engineer. He’s a happy man right now. (I get serious wife points for this present.)
But this morning I started to have some serious misgivings about this gift. During our drive to work, he spent as much time talking to Siri as he did talking to me. Here’s how the conversation went:
Him: “Hey Siri”
Siri: “How can I help you?”
Him: “What is particle physics”
Siri: “I have found a listing in Wikipedia as follows: Particle physics is the branch of physics that studies the nature of the particles that constitute matter (particles with mass) and radiation (massless particles). . . .”
Me: “Stop, Siri, you’re breaking my brain.”
Him: “Hey, Siri”
Siri: “How can I help you?”
Him: “Siri, is there a God.”
Siri: “I eschew religious conversations.”
Me: “Well, she’s sensible, I’ll give her that.”
Him: “Hey, Siri”
Siri: “How can I help you?”
Him: “Who’s your daddy?”
Siri: “You are.”
