The Best Part Of The Breakup? Juice Stayed
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Hill Country Living
By Coulter Fussell
Once again, Thanksgiving proved itself to be the greatest of all holidays. Honestly, though, did we expect anything less? Thanksgiving is well into its second century of holiday dominance. Who would have thought that of all the adorned and elaborate holidays with their theatrical storylines — some having to do with the founding of a nation or the birth of our Messiah or getting a single day off from an exploitative job — would be entirely and consistently outdone by an aluminum pan of cornbread dressing.
Thanksgiving really has an ace up its sleeve with that one. Easter eggs, Christmas trees and Roman Candles are great but are they edible? No, they aren’t. Or they shouldn’t be. Don’t eat the Easter eggs. And, to be fair, my childhood dog, Zelda, might argue whether a lit and exploding firework is edible or not.
Speaking of dogs, Juice Kiffin’s fake father abandoned him at a kennel in Oxford yesterday. It’s for the best. His deadbeat dad seems like the type who has never sincerely felt the love and fondness of an animal. Or human, for that matter. I wonder what it’s like to not have a soul?
Of course, the kennel where Juice was abandoned is actually where he lived the whole time that he was Ole Miss’s unofficial mascot and is the Ritz-Carlton of a country dog’s dreams. So, Juice is happy and we got the dog in the breakup. That’s the big win!
Keeping up with the Ole Miss coaching turnover for the past several weeks has been a full-time job. Actually, let me rephrase that: Watching men keep up with the coaching turnover for the past several weeks has been a full-time job. I better never hear a man complain ever again about women being gossipy, assumptive or caught up in he-said/she-said dramatics. Traditional gossip has nothing on what’s happening in the Ole Miss football online message boards. Ladies, in terms of the girl-talk playoffs, we have temporarily been outdone at our own game.
Looking ahead in local Water Valley happenings, we have the Chamber’s Christmas in the Valley on Friday, December 5, and the Holiday Tour of Homes the next day, Saturday, December 6. I had never participated in a “Tour of Homes” until I was in Water Valley’s tour a couple of years ago showing my own home. I really enjoyed the experience and was mostly happy to show off my houseplants. In my eyes, it was my own personal Tour of Houseplants. A home tour is an excellent opportunity to be respectfully nosey. Being nosey is my side hobby and I look forward to attending this year’s event!
If you want to add something extra special to your weekend and you also enjoy folk-country music, then you might want to go see acclaimed musician Jake Xerxes Fussell play at Wonderbird Distillery in Taylor this Friday, December 5, at 7 p.m. This guy also happens to be my little brother. He lived in Oxford for several years and is on the local Fat Possum label.
See ya there!
