Bandit on the run
I’m of a generation, maybe the last, which played cops and robbers outside. No X-Box, no PlayStation, no Internet – they didn’t exist. We ducked in and out of the alleys and backyards of our neighborhood with toy guns blazing, pitting good guys against bad guys with no qualms about who was who. In fact it was always a...
Trim down Valentine’s waste by going green
I am not a big fan of Valentine’s Day. But it’s not the idea of love that bothers me. It’s the amount of imported waste from this over-consumerist holiday.
News of the Weird for February 9, 2012
"Dementiaville": Swiss health officials have authorized construction of an assisted-living "village" of 1950s-style homes and gardens designed to "remind" patients with Alzheimer's and similar afflictions of surroundings that they might actually recall...
Bravo, bravo!
Thank you so much for such a well written article! (Stages of Development: Resident theater company gaining traction in its fourth season at the beach, Weekly Surge, Feb. 2 cover story.) You are obviously a master of your craft. So many things these days are full of...
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Don’t try this at home...
I was nearly mistaken for a bank robber once.
Really, South Carolina?
Even noted sexual orientation change effort proponent Warren Throckmorton said “you can’t make this stuff up” regarding a recent press release sent out by three South Carolina fundamentalists claiming to be the voice of South Carolina Evangelicals.
May mayhem?
After years of debate, meetings, protests and lobbying by those on both sides of the Bike Week battle, I thought the war was over. Irreparable damage was done to one of the biggest and best motorcycles in the world. Years ago, for reasons that are still unclear, the mayor and city council of Myrtle Beach set out to destroy the spring motorcycle rallies along the Grand Strand, chasing away millions of dollars in tourism revenue. As a result, some locals rejoiced, while some businesses were forced to close their doors forever. Bikers all over the country including locals who supported the rallies vowed to take their business elsewhere. My wife Sissy and I are among many who still avoid spending money inside the Myrtle Beach city limits as part of a boycott that will remain in effect as long as the current administration is in power.
Why is it when you go to any store you become obsessed with cleanliness, using the shopping cart washes to clean your hands as well as the cart and then trying to dodge all the coughing and sneezing people you completely forget about all the germs when trying on sunglasses?
- Michelle Rowlands, Myrtle Beach
Kudos to Madonna for her energetic halftime performance at the Super Bowl, but we’re pretty sure we heard some hi-def joint popping during some of the Material Girl’s knee-bends.
- Kent Kimes, Editor
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