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re: What is Mississippi good at?
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:12 pm to Macphisto
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:12 pm to Macphisto
quote:you should move to Hollywood
Maybe I don't give the Magnolia State enough credit. I met plenty of nice, generous, down to earth people, because I'm not a minority. If I were, I'd assume I would be (literally?) dead to them. Southern hospitality only goes so far.
you'd fit in well there
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Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:14 pm to TutHillTiger
quote:
And don't kid yourself. There is a lot of wealthy people in Mississippi. They don't advertise it either.
And? It still has the lowest median income
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:14 pm to Swoopin
LINK /
Mississippi: Believe It! ad campaign will tell you all you need to know and more.
actors, writers, musicians, physicians, athletes, entrepreneurs, dance
William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, John Grisham, Elvis Presley, Faith Hill, Brett Favre, Jerry Rice, Sela Ward, Viking, Peavey, etc.
Mississippi: Believe It! ad campaign will tell you all you need to know and more.
actors, writers, musicians, physicians, athletes, entrepreneurs, dance
William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, John Grisham, Elvis Presley, Faith Hill, Brett Favre, Jerry Rice, Sela Ward, Viking, Peavey, etc.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:15 pm to walusl
Cured infant HIV
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:16 pm to deltaland
I think MS BBQ is a bit underrated. I dated a girl from Decatur, AL and she raved about their bbq but when I tried it I thought it was just ok. White sauce is pretty good though.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:18 pm to Swoopin
Several amazing authors
Ace Atkins
Larry Brown
William Faulkner
Shelby Foote
Tom Franklin
John Grisham
Barry Hannah
Willie Morris
Walker Percy
Eudora Welty
Tennessee Williams
Ace Atkins
Larry Brown
William Faulkner
Shelby Foote
Tom Franklin
John Grisham
Barry Hannah
Willie Morris
Walker Percy
Eudora Welty
Tennessee Williams
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:27 pm to Mstate
quote:
How you figure
No other state has as large and effective private school association. Hell even some of Louisiana's and Arkansas private schools joined the MAIS (former MPSA)
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:29 pm to Topwater Trout
quote:
And? It still has the lowest median income
And lowest cost of living.
You can make 200k a year in California and your standard of living is average. You can make 200k in MS and live like a millionaire.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:36 pm to JMnola
quote:
Walker Percy
This is nitpicking but he wasn't from Mississippi and his writing was far more centered in Louisiana than Mississippi.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:41 pm to REG861
quote:I always thought Percy was from Greenville but his Wiki article says he moved around quite a bit as a child
This is nitpicking but he wasn't from Mississippi
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:42 pm to Swoopin
partying duh
This post was edited on 1/29/14 at 11:43 pm
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:42 pm to Swoopin
quote:being obese
What is Mississippi good at?
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:47 pm to Kafka
He did live in Greenville-and yeah he lived all over the south. His best book, in my opinion, The Moviegoer, was set in NO.
But he spent many years in MS, had family there, and is widely regarded as being from the state.
MS is a very rich literary treasure, especially Oxford.
Lots of badass musicians too.
But he spent many years in MS, had family there, and is widely regarded as being from the state.
MS is a very rich literary treasure, especially Oxford.
Lots of badass musicians too.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:48 pm to JMnola
quote:God I couldn't stand that shite. There were about a million and one places I'd rather read about than Yoknapatawpha County.
William Faulkner
This post was edited on 1/29/14 at 11:50 pm
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:49 pm to deltaland
quote:
You can make 200k in MS and live like a millionaire.
Yep
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:49 pm to Macphisto
quote:
I don't care if your mother's a fish.
haha!!
Solider's Pay is an awesome book!
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:53 pm to Kafka
If I recall correctly, Percy is originally from Birmingham. Moved to Greenville, MS after a family tragedy and was raised by William Alexander Percy, an outstanding author in his own right.
Though much of his work is set in LA, and Percy lived in Covington during his later years, his chief influences were W.A. Percy and his boyhood friend Shelby Foote, both Mississippians.
Though much of his work is set in LA, and Percy lived in Covington during his later years, his chief influences were W.A. Percy and his boyhood friend Shelby Foote, both Mississippians.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:58 pm to Swoopin
As far as literature goes, Stark Young merits inclusion. His So Red the Rose was Gone with the Wind before Gone with the Wind.
Also notable for being one of the "12 Southerners" / Southern Agrarians who contributed to I'll Take My Stand. Sadly, even people who "know" southern literature seem to have forgotten him.
Also notable for being one of the "12 Southerners" / Southern Agrarians who contributed to I'll Take My Stand. Sadly, even people who "know" southern literature seem to have forgotten him.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 12:06 am to Swoopin
Rock and roll: Elvis
Blues: Robert Johnson(and every great blues/guitar player)
Country: Jimmy Rodgers
/thread
+writers and sports stars
Blues: Robert Johnson(and every great blues/guitar player)
Country: Jimmy Rodgers
/thread
+writers and sports stars
Posted on 1/30/14 at 12:28 am to lsut2005
It keeps La. and Alabama from being neighbors.
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