In the town of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, there is a church named Lagniappe (“lan-yap“). It is an old Creole word that means “something extra.” Pastor Jean Larroux explains, “Down here if you go into a seafood shop and order a pound of shrimp and they put in an extra handful, that’s the lagniappe. It’s [...]
In a memorable M*A*S*H* episode, there is a wounded bombardier who thinks he is Jesus. The camp is mixed. Some say he’s crazy, most say he’s doing an act in order to get discharged from the Army. One person in camp believes him. Radar O’Reilly. It’s time for the man’s release. Radar walks out to [...]
New Year Resolutions vary from the clichéd (“I will get organized” –or at least buy an app to get organized), to the imaginative and visionary (“I hope to spend less than $1825 for coffee at Starbucks this year”). Me, I typically set the bar low, something akin to “This year I will stop licking frozen flag [...]
As a storeowner tacked a sign above his door, ‘Puppies for Sale,’ a little boy appeared and asked. “How much are you going to sell those puppies for?” The storeowner replied “$50 each.” The little boy reached into his pocket and pulled out some change. “I have $2.37, can I have a look at them?” The storeowner [...]
