Rick says Truman should be learning to say, “Yes ma’am” and “No sir.” It’s because we live in the South and all well-mannered Southern boys and belles say it. I was raised here but my parents weren’t Southerners, so I wasn’t taught to say such things … which makes it difficult for me to train my child to respond in such a way. It just doesn’t come naturally to me.
When Truman says, “yeah,” when asked a question, I know it makes my in-laws cringe – and probably every other Southerner of their generation. I don’t want my son to grow …read more

You can imagine how thrilled I was to see this data come out about each state’s percentage of obese folks. Tennessee ranks fifth – with 27.8 percent of the state being obese. Mississippi takes the cake (no pun intended) with 30.6 percent.
It’s no lie that here in the South we like our fried chicken and anything deep fried, grits, etc. The popular eatery Cracker Barrel does a huge business here in Tennessee, with some of the greasiest Southern fare you can imagine.
The MSNBC article I read about this also mentioned poverty as a possible connection to the amount of overweight …read more