Coke for breakfast is apparently a
southern thing. I’m glad I stumbled across this article, as otherwise I probably
never would have discovered this fascinating piece of my own ‘southern he
ritage’, having known precisely one person who habitually drank carbonated
beverages with breakfast, despite living my entire life in the south.

Of late
I’ve begun to notice a trend which may have been long apparent to the thoughtfu
l reader: journalists, above all other species save politicians, have an uncanny
ability to irritate me.