Let all the Bulldog faithful rally behind the men who now wear the red and black with two words, two simple words which express the sentiments of the entire Bulldog Nation: Auburn Sucks.
In honor of Dolly, today’s Wondering is about the ladies…as in, who is your favorite female recording artist?
I’ll start:
Norah Jones
Ah, Norah. Sweet, sultry voice that lands somewhere soft between your ears and helps your head hit the pillow filled with sweet sounds and sweet dreams.
Ella Langley
Yes, she’s getting a ton of airplay lately and was a favorite of recent German World Cup visitor, Freddy, but that’s a damn fine song right there. Admittedly I get happy when the girls choose to listen to her on Spotify when they’re in the car with me.
Annie Lenox
I was a bit of a Eurythmics fan when I was younger and grew to like Annie’s voice. Just an old Gen X memory, I guess.
Tina Turner
Yep, another Gen X throwback, I knew Tina in her more pop days of the 80s, but her version of Proud Mary is something to behold.
So how about you? Who were your favorite female lyricists?
Genuine question here…are your Saturdays a wash during the college football season? Do you have a hard and fast rule about not attending anything on a game day?
Honestly, fatherhood kind of changed my perspective on it…we would regularly attend birthday parties or events with the girls and just DVR it and go radio silent on the phones so we could watch it as a surprise later, or would, honestly, just tune in from time to time on the phone while doing something else.
Not that I don’t enjoy the game or game day, but it definitely got muted compared to younger life. Some things are still more important.
Oh, the memories. 1996. Billy Payne. Sanford Stadium hosting soccer.
Thirty years ago, if you can believe it.
It was a glorious time to be alive. Gas was slightly above a dollar. Frasier, The Drew Carey Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, Whose Line is it Anyway, Mystery Science Theater 3000. Trainspotting and Sling Blade were big in the box office. An Extra Value Meal at McDonalds was $3.89 and you could get a double cheeseburger for 88 cents. Oasis, Smashing Pumpkins, Mark Morrison, Sublime, Fugees, and the Spice Girls.
What once was, and what it is now. Where’d the time go?
Somehow, we were all in the mix of the world coming to Atlanta, or, at least, the South. Who knows what people thought about us all? We did our best to be hospitable but didn’t have social media like Freddy to let us know if we were getting it right. I remember serving tables at Allie’s Restaurant at the Atlanta Airport Marriott and hosting the men’s gymnast teams from all around the world, and where I realized the rest of the world didn’t tip servers. They didn’t know better. Can’t blame them.
We tip now for a teen barista to put coffee in a cup, pay over five dollars for it, and somehow be thankful. Whatever, as our Gen X teen selves might say.
Hey Big XII, look what you used to be and look at the disgrace you are today! Monsters!
Wait…Monster is their corporate sponsor. Now it makes sense. Kind of.
Anyway, one oddity about modern P4 conferences…the SEC is the only conference where their is a contiguous border with all other members…
Well, that’s a point a pride, I suppose. At least we don’t have teams flying from across the west coast to the east coast to play in meaningless, bottom-feeder games, like having Stanford and Cal fly to Charlotte in the spring to play the most pointless ACC tournament game of all time…winner got to go home, when they didn’t want to be there in the first place.
Anyway, for today’s Wondering…what is the “ideal” SEC? Bigger? Smaller? Who would be in it, and why would you rationalize dropping or adding the teams?
I’d kind of prefer to drop the Texas teams, Oklahoma, and Mizzou and Arkansas. In football terms, anyway, it feels like Arkansas has been around a good while and just frankly doesn’t seem to care anymore, and really Mizzou just doesn’t seem to fit.
While that would leave us with 11 teams, if we had to add another I wouldn’t be opposed to dropping South Carolina. Outside of a few interesting years…yecch.
But, if we had to go in the opposite and just start adding more teams in the conference race for excess, give me a Virginia and an NC State, and if we’re dabbling around the northern areas that much, give me West Virginia and Kansas State. Make it an even twenty and keep it contiguous. Why not.
— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) July 14, 2026
So, for today’s Wondering, what’s your hidden talent, Refugees? Mine, at least that’s been suppressed for some three decades, was that I was a top flight saxophonist back in the day.
Don’t hate the player, hate the game. Circa 1993, so long ago that I’m confident you wouldn’t recognize me today, anyway. And, no, I’m not the Tech dude. He was my high school bandmate who happened to become the Drum Major for the Tech “band”.
Aside from musical talent, I do dabble in writing from time to time (sarcasm), and have a unique ability to win over audiences when I’m doing presentations and lectures in my profession. Seriously, when you work in education, nothing is more grossly oppressive than another professional development, yet people beg me to come back and provide more after I’m gone. I don’t know how I do it, yet I’m glad I possess it.
I’m of the camp to say that Sean Murphy is the biggest waste of money we have on the roster and I was never a fan of the deal that brought him to Atlanta. For those who don’t know, WAR is Wins Above Replacement, in other words, it’s a value add metric that combines elements of the position. For reference, a 0.0-1.0 WAR usually denotes a bench player or someone easily replaced.
For reference, Dan Jackson has a 14.5 WAR…anything above 8 usually suggests the player is All-Star or MVP.
Drake Baldwin looks like he’s still hurt and honestly they could go pick up Dan Jackson and put him in the lineup now and probably be better off. But that’s ignoring the endless amounts of bureaucratic bullshit that exists in baseball regarding contracts and activation deadlines that inhibits teams from calling up guys from the minors.
Case in point:
Another day, another Charlie Condon HR.
The Rockies are 19 games below .500 and 22 GB in their division, yet don’t have room for Charlie Condon on the major league roster. pic.twitter.com/hwGHG0lUlO
— The Battery Avenue Booer (@TrillWilsosa) June 30, 2026
Anyway, maybe it’s a blessing that no one can watch the Braves right now, and maybe that’ll send a charge into the organization to make some changes not only to viewer opportunities as well as the roster, but knowing how the management views priorities right now, they’re more concerned with growing the megalopolis around the Battery more than the product on the field.
I had a down moment and was rifling through the Lexicon, realizing that we have probably added many new terms that need to be updated within the old Lexicon that was carried over from the GTP site.
I took the liberty of adding a few, so here’s a few samples:
Bobo(n.) – 1. a person lacking originality and critical thinking skills, particularly in the face of intense competition. 2. a person who cunningly adjusts to an opponent’s strategy yet is underscored of their efforts because of past and present failures. 3. Former quarterback and current Offensive Coordinator of the University of Georgia Football team.
Dammit, Bobo(n./adj.) – taken as a singular term, this refers to a poorly designed or poorly called offensive play in American football, particularly by University of Georgia Football Offensive Coordinator, Mike Bobo.
Geniuses (n.) – a collective of people posting only the wisest and most well thought out opinions on virtual discussion pages, particularly about sports.
Joey Freshwater (n.) – 1. The name given to a journeyman coach who served on the sidelines of several Southeastern Conference football teams. 2. One who seemingly fails upwards, despite personal and professional transgressions along the way.
Kurb Stomped (or Kirb Stomped)(v.) – when the opponent of a Kirby Smart coached Georgia Football team has been beaten thoroughly or in an embarrassing manner.
Rain(n.) – 1. A sudden release of cooled air particles from the sky that falls to earth as droplets of water, sometimes referred to as a “shower”. 2. The chief reason why the “#1 for a week” Tennessee Volunteers Football Team lost to Georgia in November of 2022.
Twix (n.) – A social media site, formerly known as Twitter, that was bought by a space cowboy who changed the name to “X”.
Ladd McConkey gallops to the end zone in the 63-3 Kirb Stomping of the Florida State Seminoles, December 2023.
Throw it out in the comments and I’ll fold it into the Lexicon, and give credit to whoever comes up with it like the Senator did, as well.
You just won a 2-week, all-expenses-paid vacation to Florida. But there’s a catch: you have to stay within one region the whole time. What are you picking? pic.twitter.com/XEAgvLshMU
Personally, I’ve done A more times than I can count, lived in B and don’t desire to go back, have nothing interesting in C personally, but I’m torn between D and E. On one hand, it’s hard to top Fort Myers and Sanibel Island, and you’ve got the Everglades in there and West Palm and Miami.
But if I had to pick, I’d head back to E and just spend the two weeks in Key West.
Hemingway, historic downtown Key West, six toed cats, reliving Running Scared, living it up in Margaritaville proper. I think I could spend a proper two weeks there.
How about you? Where would you visit if you had the choice based on the Twix above?
This should be a fun one. I can recall as a young lad, starting to drift away for the night and laying on the couch, suddenly stirring because of the first chords of a great TV show theme song.
Some executive at ABC: “We need a nice little theme song for our new cop sitcom.”
Some guy: “Yeah, ok, think I’ll just throw down one of the funkiest grooves in the history of music then.” pic.twitter.com/SvEzGbR0lb
Barney Miller definitely had a great song…I can’t say that I had much of interest in the show itself (I largely didn’t get it), but the song was great, soulful, and powerful. Nice. Some of the others I remember from my youth that I enjoyed a lot:
The Jeffersons
Sung and written by Ja’Net DuBois, who played Willona Woods on Good Times, and Jeff Barry, who had writing credits including “Doo Wa Diddy Diddy”. this song was recorded with a full on gospel choir and Norman Lear was so impressed by it it actually served to help set the literal vision of the show. Cool stuff and somehow can still remember all the lyrics to this day.
Dallas
Yep, this was one of those theme songs that signaled bed time for me, but I love how upbeat and strong the whole song is, including a key change and nice loud end. The series jumped the shark with Who Shot JR, in my opinion…or maybe it was when Bobby just showed back up in the shower in one of the episodes.
Hill Street Blues
Another signal for a date wit the Sandman, I have to say this song perfectly matched the shows very serious and dark seriousness and tone. It sounds like a memoriam when it played, and I can recall that I never, ever, wanted to go to that horrible, violent place called New York City.
Miami Vice
Mainly because this was one of my favorite shows, but Michael Mann always had really great songs with his series and movies, and I can recall listening to the tape back in the day that had all of Jan Hammer’s songs on it, and everything including the opening theme was a favorite of mine.
Simon and Simon
Just a great song, really enjoyed the series, too. Would’ve been a song I’d have listened to on the radio or on repeat if it was longer.
Others I can remember and really liked:
Magnum P.I.
Newhart
Little House on the Prarie
WKRP in Cincinnati
Fraggle Rock
Night Court
The Muppet Show
LA Law
The Dukes of Hazzard
How about you, Refugees? Which was your favorite and why…and which show’s theme song was your signal to head to bed?
I was a fan of Jack Palance on Ripley’s Believe It…Or Not…and you learned about a host of unique or strange things that were out there. My weirdest, strangest one I learned about…
The french tradition of eating the Ortolan Bunting.
Ze napkin! Eet does nothing!
As I’ve heard it, the French prefer to catch these little guys in nets during their migratory period to Africa, drown them in brandy, then roast them whole for about 8 minutes a side…then eat them…whole. Diners cover their faces with napkins, I’m assuming here to prevent others from being nauseated by seeing someone eating a whole bird filled with brandy. I’m not kidding you…
They are then kept in covered cages or boxes. They are then force-fed grain, usually millet seed, until they double their bulk. They are then suspended upside down over a container of Armagnac, and by dipping, made to drown, and then marinated in the brandy.[14][15]
The birds are then plucked, salted and peppered and cooked in their own fat for seven minutes. Many consumers of this dish then place the bird feet first into their mouth while holding onto the bird’s head. They eat the ortolan whole, with or without the head, and some may spit out the larger bones, while others eat the whole bird head, bones and all. The traditional way French gourmands eat ortolans is to cover their heads and face with a large napkin or towel while consuming the bird. The purpose of the towel is debated. Some claim it is to retain the maximum aroma with the flavour as they consume the entire bird at once, while according to The Daily Telegraph, “Tradition dictates that [the towel] is to shield – from God’s eyes – the shame of such a decadent and disgraceful act”,[14] and others have suggested the towel simply hides the consumers spitting out bones.[16] This use of the towel was begun by a priest, a friend of Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.[17]
I don’t want to hear anyone say a damn thing about eating pig’s feet or gizzards, you hear me?
Anyway, what’s the strangest thing you’ve ever learned about…and be sure to share for the class.
