Ghosted by a Spirit | Weekly Report for May 8, 2026
I wasn’t surprised by the announcement last weekend about Spirit Airlines failing. I had been preparing for it. Over the last year, I have bought several flights, trying to use the 139,000…
R.I.P. Florida Man | Weekly Report for May 1, 2026
Somewhere between an alligator’s yawn and a 7-Eleven hot dog that’s been rotating since the Biden administration, the legend of Florida Man quietly met its end. Not with a bang, but with a headline so perfectly…
What We Are and What We Are Not | Weekly Report for April 24, 2026
For almost 91 years, the Texas Inn has been a staple in the community. It’s a place where EVERYONE (young and old, rich and poor, black and white, democrat and republican) sits…
3% of Internet Users Ruined the Internet | Weekly Report for April 17, 2026
A recent study shows that the amount of trolls is only 3% of the online audience. I don’t know about you, but that figure seems really low. An online troll is like…
The New Law Stinks | Weekly Report for April 10, 2026
I’ve always been a “live and let live” kind of guy. Whatever you do in the privacy of your own home is no concern of mine. But there are limits…
The Richmond Vampire | Weekly Report for April 3, 2026
A long time ago (1986) in a land not-so-far-away (Richmond), I was a wide-eyed freshman at VCU and I believed in ghosts. On a camping trip near Chancellorsville a few years earlier, I had…
Well, He Did It First! | Weekly Report for March 27, 2026
The kids are playing in the backyard. The three-year old boy reaches out and hits the seven year old sister. The bigger kid retaliates. The younger one is crying. The…
What are the Odds? | Weekly Report for March 20, 2026
March Madness is back, baby. If you’ve ever seen a 16-seed underdog winning a game against a powerhouse top-seed with a last-second shot, you know why they call it March Madness….
The B Word | Weekly Report for March 13, 2026
Leanne here, back again! We’re considering starting a “Where in the World is…Dave Saunders” segment with all his jetsetting lately but… in the meantime, you get the VP with another Southern-grandma-approved rant, though…
Modern European Design | Weekly Report for March 6, 2026
Leanne did a great job filling in for me the last two weeks, but alas, I’m back. We were able to see a lot of Europe – more than we planned: Greece, Italy, Spain, France, and Turkey….