As someone who is something of an expert on the subject of eating out, I’m going to offer you some advice today that I hope you’ll consider the next time you’re sitting in a restaurant perusing the menu.

I have always supported laws banning texting while driving, and I’ve even suggested we ought to ban all things that distract us while we’re driving. After all, our cars are two-ton lethal weapons. I want people paying attention to the road while they are behind the wheel.

I’ve always been a big fan of the Olympics. Doesn’t matter if it’s the Winter Games or the Summer Games, I find myself glued to the TV watching sports that I only follow every four years.

This nauseating campaign season just gets more, well, nauseating.

So here are a few things I learned after spending a week in Cleveland.

CLEVELAND — I was fortunate to snag a floor pass Thursday night to be with the Georgia delegation on the last night of the Republican National Convention.

CLEVELAND — Today’s excursion away from the Republican National Convention took us back in time. We visited a memorial to President James Garfield in historic Lake View Cemetery, about five miles east of downtown Cleveland.

CLEVELAND — “You’ll shoot your eye out.” It’s an iconic movie line. Nearly everyone – his mother, his teacher, a department store Santa – tells that to Ralphie when he asks for a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. And not just a BB gun, Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle with a compass in the stock and "this thing which tells time" (it’s a sundial).