I am a gambling man, though pretty disciplined in that I only play Blackjack and very rarely the lottery as the Powerball and Mega-Millions games approach a prize of $1-billion.

It's been seven years since the Atlanta Falcons blew a 28-3 lead over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 51...

As a native Georgian and Atlantan, I have long paid attention to and kept track of our most notable, homegrown sons and daughters.

Seeking a brief respite from this bitter cold snap, and the flaming rhetoric of the national political scene, I offer a warm and genuine salute to a man of intelligence, ability and leadership...even though he leads a team I do not support, towards victories which I almost universally oppose.

As I write this on the eve of the Iowa Presidential Caucuses, a bitter polar vortex arctic air blast has dropped into the Midwest, and parts South, with forecast temps in Des Moines, Iowa for Monday, January 15, 2023 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), a high temp of -2-degrees Fahrenheit and a projected low of -12 degrees.

Under the heading of learning something new every day...one of the most iconic structures on our Georgia coast, the Talmadge Memorial Bridge in Savannah, connecting Georgia to South Carolina across the Savannah River is not a suspension bridge.

I remain a strong son of the South, the product of a Mason/Dixon marriage (Mom from Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham, Dad and the Crane family hailing from upstate New York).

So how about this job description? Long hours, low pay, dozens if not hundreds/thousands of supervisors. Area of responsibility, as yet undetermined...and you may not know your territory until AFTER you are hired. Sound tempting?