“Curtains are a piece of cake now compared with my childhood.”

I fully expect a community columnist to serve light fare, but I also expect her columns to focus on, I dunno, the community. Enter Winona (Minn.) Daily News columnist Katie Buck, house cleaner:
I think I have a genetic disorder. I know my family thinks so. Every January I get the urge to clean closets and [...]

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We, the fine gentlemen who bring you SmallTimeHacks (sorry, ladies, it’s a closed club as sometimes men just enjoy the company of other men named after 19th century homosexuals), do not hate local newspaper columnists. Indeed, we are on their side. We want them to be better people.
Well, we probably care less about them as [...]

Dear Diary

For some reason The Daily Sentinel (Ala.) thinks it’s ok to publish Candi Atkinson’s diary.  These are from her last few columns:
Saturday I went with my best friend for her bridal session at a local portrait studio.
Last week I had to opportunity to teach Vacation Bible School at my church, Trinity Baptist.
All I can think [...]