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Amen sir. Amen.
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I remember his famous column after the 1984 35-18 Tech win featuring John DUIberry at QB. It read simply “I don’t want to talk about it.”
A couple weeks later, he ran a column entitled “Tech fans get their say,” featuring letters to the AJC regarding that blank column. One I recall had written, “You are a poor loser, but I like your column and books anyway.” So I guess there’s at least one decent Tech fan.
Incidentally, the Dawgs got revenge a few days later beating an excellent Tech basketball team (ACC champ, Elite Eight) 60-59 in Atlanta on a buzzer beater by Joe Ward. I was in attendance at both games and it sure was fun to see the basketball Dawgs burst Techs bubble!
Grizzard was a great writer who captured the South in a particular time and place. Much like Grizzard I grew up in West Georgia. Atlanta was just up the road but seemed like it was much further.
He was a complicated guy. Hard drinker. Abusive to those around him. My Dad still tells the story of him drinking way too much during a Georgia Auburn game in Auburn. He ended up at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika and was VERY abusive to everyone around him. Dad worked at the hospital.
His views in some cases were very antiquated and best forgotten. But he also knew how to capture the best of the South and Southerners in a special way.
Not sure if anyone else knew this but he also did a sort of stand up show later in life. We got to see him in Montgomery. He basically told the best jokes and stories from his books. Everyone was in stitches.
Great writer. But complicated with many demons. Most of the best writers are.
Good post. I just finished reading Pat Conroy’s memoir, “The Death of Santini.” Talk about complicated. These two Southern writers of the same age and era couldn’t have been more different, but both had troubled relationships with their fathers and multiple spouses. Interesting to see the parallels even though they were far apart in their worldviews.
Thanks just finished something I was reading. Might give this a look.
I dont read nearly as much as I used to. Eyes are not as good at 50 lol. But I am always reading something even if I havent picked it up in a few days. I find my mind works better if I give some time to reading each day. Even just a half hour.
I miss having good eyes and reading books. These days I have to find it on a digital platform so I can blow it up if needed.
I love to read and have been suffering from dimming sight for years, I just had cataract surgery and it's a game changer I can even drive without glasses. Can't recommend it highly enough!
Ive wondered if lasik would help me. May look into it.
Glad the cataract procedure helped you. I had 20/20 vision as a young man and boy did I take that for granted.
I have worn glasses since age 4, nearsighted in 1 eye and farsighted in other. I had cataract surgery this past January at age 74. I am now 20/20 in both eyes at distance, need readers for close up. If in doubt get checked and do it if you need it.
I got my very own lasik surgery done back in January of 2006 (I was 42 at the time), to correct a lifetime of my own near sightedness. I wore glasses, and contacts for my entire life previously. I am 61 years old nowadays, and it’s been over 18 years since that life changing eye procedure.. I only need to use readers (for times like being here in the DawgNation) and here on our forum. However, otherwise my eyes are thankfully still fine for my driving, and they are still going strong. I remain to be always on guard for the changes that come with old age…I am not sure when the cataracts eye issues are coming, but I know that one day, it will eventually come, so I am just staying constantly aware…
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Just always be grateful that you are here to experience those changes that come wit age. It's easy to complain and develop a bad attitude. If you get depressed about it, pull out your 1960 something high school yearbook and realize how very fortunate you are.
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Amen. Amen all day long.
The older I get the more beautiful the sunrise!!
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Amen to all these comments. I turn 60 soon and enjoy the little things more like sunrises and sunsets. Even started trying oil painting as a new hobby and it makes me look at the sky differently than before.
TD - very nice. Good on you!!