Many people don’t know this, but a few years ago I came up with an idea for a novel/biography of the first two years of my college life at Mobile College.  I tentatively titled it ‘Walk on the Ocean’, after a popular Toad the Wet Sprocket song from the same time period.  I’ve decided to post the prologue to the novel here, in an effort to see if there is anyone who thinks I should keep writing.  Let me know what you think.

Christy and I had our 7th anniversary this past Sunday, and to celebrate, we decided to have dinner at one of the only fine dining establishments in Birmingham open on Sunday, and that is the newly opened icon restaurant and bar at the newly renovated Tutwiler Hotel. I figured I’d give my thoughts on the experience seeing how new the place is.

Where’s my countdown clock? In exactly 6 weeks and a handful of hours, I will be on a plane with my wife traveling to Istanbul to begin our 15 day journey to the Mediterranean.  Passports are in, luggage tags received, flights confirmed…all that’s left to do is pack and figure out how much we can spend on booze. Speaking of booze, Rusty’s 30th birthday party is tonight at Speakeasy.  And because I’m not a spoil-sport, I will not reveal the theme of tonight’s party.  Needless to say, it should be a smashing good time. I...

Well, I guess it was only a matter of time before the pundits and idiots alike had their say with regards to the Michael Vick/dog-fighting case. In case you all have been living under a rock for the past 3 months, Vick has agreed to plead guilty to all the charges in his indictment in hopes that the federal judge will go lenient in sentencing. Most of the so-called experts have said that they expect Vick to be handed a sentence of around 12-18 months in jail. This would mean the very earliest we could see Vick in an NFL jersey again would be the 2008 season,...

I’ve never been a big believer in moral victories. In fact, I just had a quick conversation with a co-worker where he talked about the fact that moral and morale are the same. They aren’t, by the way. Last night, the VCO Dominators (our co-ed company softball team) were in action against Mountain Top Church. The Dominators rushed out to a 2-0 lead behind a 2-run single by SS Mark Massey. After getting MTC 1-2-3 in the 1st and 2nd, we failed to score and then the roof caved in. They scored 2 runs in the 3rd, and 10 runs in the 4th…and...

I’ve really yet to come down on the fence either way with the Michael Vick/dog-fighting mess that’s plagued the Falcons this summer.  But now it appears as if Vick will plead guilty to the charges in hopes that he could receive a smaller punishment for his crimes.  This was coming for a while now, since the three other men charged in the case all rolled on him and accepted plea deals of their own. Vick is likely to face jail time, although it is now significantly less time than he would’ve faced if he had gone ahead with the trial and...