POOR WILLIAM’S WHIMS: 327-Pound Alligator Gar? That Ain’t Nuthin’! By POOR WILLIAM Mississippi might not be number one or even number 49 in education, but I’ll be damned if we don’t have the largest ever recorded alligator gar in the history of alligator gars: 327 pounds, 8 feet, 5 1/8 inches, caught on Valentine’s […]
Mr. February 2011 REDUX
February 24, 2011 2 Comments
He’s baaaaaaaaacck!!! CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO Mr. February 2011 REDUX WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE COMMENTS!!
Watcha Gonna Do?
February 24, 2011 9 Comments
By POOR WILLIAM CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Why are Americans too often defined by their vocations? Is it the sum of our existence? Poor William says, “NO!” We are more than our jobs; we should be defined by our recreational and familial relationships and passions as well. Magical Madge recently gave notice at her place of employment […]
Toomer’s Corner Makes the South the South
February 17, 2011 2 Comments
POOR WILLIAM’S WHIMS: Toomer’s Corner Makes the South the South By POOR WILLIAM Today’s headline news in the Clarion Ledger from the Associated Press: “Auburn: Oak trees poisoned at Toomer’s Corner.” The aged oak trees are on the site where Auburn fans have long celebrated big wins. Ain’t that ‘bout a bitch? It’s […]
Mr. February 2011 – Sharp Dressed Man in Clarksdale, MS
February 10, 2011 7 Comments
Sharp Dressed Man – Mr. February 2011 CLARKSDALE, Mississippi There’s MORE…………….
I’ve Missed the Gym
February 10, 2011 11 Comments
By POOR WILLIAM CLARKSDALE, Mississippi NOTE: The reason Poor William and Pontificus both love to refer to themselves in the third person is because many politicians and preachers do it all the time, and the two boys want to share in the awesome sense of grandeur the third person spoken in the first person provides […]
Mississippi Delta Bohemian’s Mr. February 2011 – Sharp Dressed Man in Clarksdale, MS
February 10, 2011 12 Comments
Sharp Dressed Man – Mr. February
If a Little is Good, Then…
February 3, 2011 5 Comments
By POOR WILLIAM Never to be one to limit his fine self to one of anything, Poor William likely has arrived at the core of many of his intemperate Bohemian tendencies. It is rooted deeply in the Southern male psyche: If a little is good, then a lot is better! This gluttonous mindset will be […]
The Beaver Patrol
January 27, 2011 3 Comments
By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Prior to the Christmas season, early this past December, Poor William and his lovely bride were invited to attend a celebration honoring a man who has done wonderful things in our community for decades, and done so selflessly and with little fanfare–a true philanthropist. It was a lovely event held […]
Mississippi Delta Bohemian’s Mr. January 2011 – A Snow Odyssey in Clarksdale, MS
January 10, 2011 29 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) Mr. January Watch the video!
The Perfect Triangle: 30, 40, 50
January 5, 2011 6 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) By POOR WILLIAM What do the numbers 30, 40, and 50 have to do with the perfect triangle? Well, Poor William, the well-known Girth Meister, just eased up a bit in size with his latest purchase of soft raiments–designed to make him a much grander paragon of sartorial splendor. He was telling his […]
A Mississippi Delta Christmas
December 30, 2010 10 Comments
By POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO IN POST A story about a Mississippi Delta Christmas. In Poor William’s ‘umble estimation, The Mississippi Delta hosts no finer Christmas night party than the one shared for 45 years by the Howells, Johnsons, and Connells. It includes hot Southern delicacies such as rare beef tender, lovingly stuffed twice-baked […]
Played by the Blues
December 23, 2010 2 Comments
By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO IN POST NOTE TO READER: Pontificus Minimus started writing this article as a result of being severely affected by his yearly holiday case of the blues. It began as more of a “Poor is me, but shame on me” lament written by a lad seasoned in depression and in […]
I Like Living Large
December 10, 2010 10 Comments
By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Living Large can mean a lot of things to a lot of people, but it sure does drum up hazy visions of folks smiling, drinking, eating, and enjoying the good life. Poor William likes smiling, eating, and drinking and considers a life full of all three to be a fine […]
Why Can’t I Still be a Pirate?
December 1, 2010 1 Comment
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) By: Poor William Being a swashbuckling pirate has long been a desire of Poor William’s. I remember as a child watching the suave and debonair Errol Flynn in his role as a pirate. The manner in which this buccaneer would swing from the mast and festively fence with soon to be dead swordsmen […]
Dawg at the Right House
November 29, 2010 5 Comments
By POOR WILLIAM CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Poor William has taken a lengthy hiatus from “whiming.” What a crying-ass shame, not because his whims are manna-like sustenance for weary, famished readers; nay, let it not be thought so! Poor William just needs to write for his own unmitigated sanity.Now he will share precisely why he is the proverbial […]
More about Poor William’s Whims
November 6, 2010 Leave a Comment
POOR WILLIAM’S WHIMS (and yes, I am referring to myself in the third person here as do many preachers and politicians, but I do so with much irony and a sardonic grin on my face) seeks to share interesting quotes, funny thoughts and gestures, vocabulary words—not always defined (in the hope that the reader will […]
Advent of a whim
June 2, 2010 Leave a Comment
By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) The creation of a written whim is an unusual process. Poor William has never taken a journalism class and possesses little experience writing beyond laboring over a plethora of college papers. Consequently, it has been necessary for him to find his “voice” without the assistance of formal training. I think […]
The Definition of a Metro Redneck
April 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
By POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Metro redneck is not necessarily an oxymoron—words that don’t go together, but it might raise the ire of those with latent tendencies and or an aversion to anything not clothed in camouflage and smelling of cordite—gunpowder. According to one definition found in the Urban Dictionary, a metrosexual is a “normally […]
2011: A Snow Odyssey Comments
THE DELTA BOHEMIAN, POOR WILLIAM, AND HIS TRYING-TO-EXPLAIN BROTHER, PONTIFICUS MINIMUS, ALL RECEIVED MANY COMMENTS, KUDDOS AND A FEW ECCLESIASTICAL ADMONISHMENTS! MAGICAL MADGE AND I HAVE POSTED MOST OF THEM BELOW. THEY CAME LARGELY FROM FACEBOOK, THE DELTA BOHEMIAN WEBSITE, AND ORAL COMMENTARY. READ IF YOU MUST; ENJOY IF YOU WILL: MJH: Bill, What inspired […]