Ponderings by Dan Ponder

Just follow these easy instructions After helping my Mom break up her house, pack up for Atlanta, bring a third of it back to Donalsonville, hang pictures and get it all just right, you would think that all the hard part is over. “There is just one more job I have for you boys to…

Texting is changing how we communicate It seems somewhat ironic that the most common method of communicating today was conceived in a pizza place.  It was only twenty years ago this week that SMS, or Short Messaging System, was first used when the simple message “Merry Christmas” was sent. Most would know SMS as “texting”,…

The Best Game of the Year Like most football fans, I have been somewhat skeptical about the increasing number of college football bowl games.  If I am honest, I really didn’t watch but just a handful of games over the holidays.  Part of it was probably disappointment over Auburn’s awful season, but more so it…

New Year’s Resolutions, Revision 58 Hear we go again making those yearly resolutions.  Mostly it has been an exercise in futility and frustration over my life. I made New Year resolutions that couldn’t possibly be met or that really didn’t reflect what I wanted to do in the upcoming year. Last year, I seriously thought…