Stone: Ten years after a space in time

“Once there was a time, I’d rob my mama For a good meal and a smoke. Once there was a time, I’d sell my brother For a dollar when I was broke.” Alvin Lee (born Dec. 19, 1944) This week we have arrived at a moment that is 10 years after a space in time.

Stone. I got the beach ball bowl blues

Dear Dawg Nation, I know you’re disappointed. But a trip to the Orange Bowl isn’t such a bad thing. Average temperatures in Miami this time of year range from a high of 76 degrees to a low of 65 degrees at night. So, get yourself a beach ball.

Stone: C’est la vie say the old folks

We do not accept the undesirable aspects of the human condition. We challenge natural and traditional limitations on our possibilities. We champion the use of science and technology to eradicate constraints on lifespan, intelligence, personal vitality, and freedom.

Stone: Do winning streaks mean anything?

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant’s life, she will choose to save the infant’s life without even considering if there is a man on base. – Dave Barry As of right now, the Tampa Bay Rays have won eight straight games to start the season.

Stone: And so it goes

I just deleted 1,221 words with the sweep of my mouse. I wish cleaning my kitchen was that easy. But the words I had chosen for this week’s column refused to cooperate with me and had to be expurgated. “Be gone, foul language,” I said as the words vanished.

Stone: That’s just the way it is

I’m ridin’ out on a Southbound train Just a Romeo in the pouring rain But hey baby, that’s the way it goes First your money, then your clothes -- Songwriters Jude Cole & George Michael Green Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred’s pitch clock has arrived, and it’s already had an impact on an Atlanta...

Stone: The 1965 project: Part 1

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. With our current writing rotation, I will only get one shot to write a column in the month of February this year. And since it’s Black History Month, let’s delve into that a bit.

STONE: The onomatological college of anthroponymic knowledge

Tis but thy name that is my enemy -- Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare Commence knowledge drop in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 . . . Drop! More than 27,000 men have played in the National Football League, but some were given names more interesting than others. Take Walter Achiu for instance.

SMITH: Intersection of Memory Lane and Recollection Road

You, who are on the road Must have a code that you can live by And so, become yourself Because the past is just a goodbye – Graham Nash The traffic light at the intersection of Memory Lane and Recollection Road is red, so I’ll crank out a column while we wait.

STONE: Abracadabra! Alakazam! And voila, magic!

“A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for thousands of years.