“In the 19th century, gentlemen were ‘requested’ to use the sidewalks; servants were ‘commanded’ to stay off the grass, while peers of the realm could frolic all over the turf. Now that the…

Skip the B.S. By Skip Eisiminger   “From the appearance of things on the Clemson campus, it seems that about half the student body is on the phone at any given time while…

Skip the B.S. By Skip Eisiminger “In nature’s eyes, humans are as expendable as any of the 8.7 million species on the planet. And yet, is there another mammal who can do a…

Skip the B.S. By Skip Eisiminger “The older my ‘Presbyterian’ eyes get, the more I realize that the world, including my reflection in the mirror, looks a lot better when I take my…

Skip the B.S. By Skip Eisiminger “Personally, I favor the example set by Charles Darwin who as a boy collected specimens of the Coleopteran order. Once, with a beetle in each hand and…

Skip the B.S. By Skip Eisiminger “The realm of student errors is a kaleidoscopic thicket where Mother Teresa achieves ‘St. Hood,’ bankers seek the ‘Notary Republic,’ Jesus is interrogated by ‘Poncho Pilate,’ and…

Skip the B.S. By Skip Eisiminger “One anonymous prisoner, who’d come to grips with spending the rest of his life behind bars, told his interviewer, ‘Well, at least in here you always have…

Skip the B.S. By Skip Eisiminger “Every time I take a walk or bike ride, I am thankful for the ‘body of God’ and man’s warm crease in it, but I gave up…

Skip the B.S. By Skip Eisiminger “Though gamblers will deny it, many are careless people. In 2007, when the Sands Casino in Atlantic City removed all the machines prior to demolishing the place,…

Skip the B.S. By Skip Eisiminger “. . . if you’ve ever learned ‘Jack be nimble, Jack be quick,’ you will doubtless recall that he ‘jumped over a candlestick.’ And if you ever…