Category: Southern Thing Column

This is where I share excerpts and links to my weekly humor column that appears on It’s a Southern Thing. (For those who are curious, I share the excerpt not because it tickles me to redirect you to the full column but because the column is the property of SouthernThing.com but I share part of it here so readers who follow the blog will know it has been posted.)

Southern Thing Column

Here’s why it’s difficult for middle-aged Southern women to be compared to J.Lo

Kelly Kazek

If you missed this week's column on SouthernThing.com, you can click here to read it in full. A few paragraphs are excerpted below. Have y’all seen that meme going around saying we normal women shouldn’t be expected to compete with middle-aged celebrity hotness? It all started with J.Lo’s Super Bowl performance and ended with a… Continue reading Here’s why it’s difficult for middle-aged Southern women to be compared to J.Lo

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‘Night of the Undercooked Veggies’ and other Southern horror movies that should exist

Kelly Kazek

If you missed last week’s column on It’s a Southern Thing (SouthernThing.com), you can read it by clicking here. Below are the first paragraphs. I have decided horror movie directors are missing an entire regional audience by not catering to Southerners. Moviemakers don’t really focus on topics that would terrify us (with the exception of… Continue reading ‘Night of the Undercooked Veggies’ and other Southern horror movies that should exist

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Movies don’t have endings anymore and it really creams my corn

Kelly Kazek

If you missed last week’s column on It’s a Southern Thing (SouthernThing.com), you can read it by clicking here. Below are the first paragraphs. It happened again last night. Sweetums and I were streaming a movie on TV and ended up frustrated. We had few expectations – we tend to watch some terrible movies –… Continue reading Movies don’t have endings anymore and it really creams my corn

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What cows? Steaks grow on trees … don’t they?

Kelly Kazek

If you missed last week’s column on It’s a Southern Thing (SouthernThing.com), you can read it by click here . Below are the first paragraphs. Raise your hand if you have ever felt the need have a closer relationship to the animals you are about to eat. Go ahead, I won’t judge … as far… Continue reading What cows? Steaks grow on trees … don’t they?

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Forecasters warn of iguanas falling from the sky and Syfy movies are coming to life

Kelly Kazek

If you missed last week’s column on It’s a Southern Thing (SouthernThing.com), you can read it by clicking here. Below are the first paragraphs. We all know Florida is the Australia of the continental U.S. – there will be something waiting to eat you whenever you go outside. Giant insects, killer snakes, 9-foot alligators. (That’s… Continue reading Forecasters warn of iguanas falling from the sky and Syfy movies are coming to life