The Cool Kid's has some more Tattered Shorts for y'all

It's been awhile since the last Cool Kid's Tattered Shorts. So as the Staple Singers aptly and smoothly sang: Let's do it again.

The opposite of opposite is pretty boring. It's the same old thing.

After a model is murdered in John Sandford's "Easy Prey," Lucas Davenport hunts down the killer -- whose name turns out to be Randy Waters.

What were the last two letters added to the English alphabet? The answer is at the bottom of the column.

A co-worker told me the other day that the Bible was the first book ever written. I thought "The Firm" was. But we're both wrong, because the first book ever written would have to be "How to Read a Book." Wouldn't it?

You want to make William Faulkner cry? Take away his commas.

Kindle Unlimited authors are paid based on the number of pages people actually read of their books. I don't like this. It's bad enough I feel responsible for my own mortgage.

I don't think taxi ads work.

Colleen McCullough's "First Man in Rome" was the first (of many, many) historical novels I've read about ancient Rome. It had a very long glossary of Latin terms used in the book. I flipped back to it often, trying to understand what was going on. Currently, I'm reading another historical novel about Rome titled "The Cyclops Case." It, too, has a long glossary. Haven't used it once. Now you know why I made diagonal As in college.

The last two letters added to the English alphabet were J and V.

To contact writer Randy Waters, call 744-4240 or email rwaters@macon.com.

This story was originally published April 9, 2016 at 7:58 PM with the headline "The Cool Kid's has some more Tattered Shorts for y'all ."