CLASSING UP MY MISSISSIPPI NEIGHBORHOOD

By Donnie Boman

Nothing says Merry Christmas quite like that lighted 15 ft. inflatable Santa
you got there in your front yard. Good call on rigging it up to hold that big
blow-up Budweiser longneck you got from some gas station display.

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MY MORNING

By Harris Bloom

Certain things occur to you before you step foot into your office which make you say, "It's not going to be a good day." Your briefcase flying open on the street may be one. Burning the roof of your mouth on your first cup of coffee may be another.

Thankfully, neither of those things happened to me.

Hearing, "Excuse me sir, but you're standing in vomit" from a teenage girl on the subway and subsequently being laughed at the rest of your trip by her and her friend while you stand off to the side dying to look at your shoes but refraining from doing so because you are afraid it would only add to their hysterics, may be another.

That did happen.

It's not going to be a good day.

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