Category: Southern Thing Columns

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 Columns

We’re raising the Southern out of kids and I want to register my displeasure

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. The universe needs a talking-to and I know just who needs to do it – a coalition of Southern mamas. And we need to do it lickety-split because we are just… Continue reading We’re raising the Southern out of kids and I want to register my displeasure

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Mullets are back: A brief and mostly untrue history of the party-in-the-back haircut

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. In prehistoric days, Grunt and Grog, a couple of cave-bros, were hanging out, having a few brewskis and brontosaurus burgers when the conversation turned to hairstyles. Grog noticed Grunt kept flipping… Continue reading Mullets are back: A brief and mostly untrue history of the party-in-the-back haircut

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Here’s why you never trifle with a Southern belle

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. My Aunt Beverly sashayed when she walked. She told me a few years ago, when I teased her about her provocative flounce, that it was the result of an old back… Continue reading Here’s why you never trifle with a Southern belle

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The dangers of dating a fan of your college football rival

Kelly Kazek

If you missed this week’s column on It’s a Southern Thing (SouthernThing.com), you can read it by clicking here. Below are the first paragraphs. I’m a little worried about Baby Girl, y’all. Sometimes she seems determined to take the difficult road through life, much to her mama’s distress. For instance, you would think, being born… Continue reading The dangers of dating a fan of your college football rival

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The ‘expert’ who says thermostats should stay at 82 in summer must have been born in a barn

Kelly Kazek

If you missed this week’s column on It’s a Southern Thing (SouthernThing.com), you can read it by clicking here. Below are the first paragraphs. Y'all. A group of "experts" says we need to set our thermostats at 78 in summer – and 82 on summer nights – and the internet wants to pinch their heads… Continue reading The ‘expert’ who says thermostats should stay at 82 in summer must have been born in a barn