Kelly sent me a link yesterday to a brilliant list titled How to Tell If You’re In a Flannery O’Connor Story was posted on a web site called The Toast. Some of my favorites from virtually all the great items on the list are:

  • You are being horrible to a blood relative. They drop dead.
  • You suspect a Baptist is lying to you.
  • You are lying about where your Bible is.
  • Someone’s hatlessness merits explicit reference.

The funny deal is the web site had come onto my radar earlier in the day due to an interesting article I read about one of the co-founders of the site. I looked at it and it really was not my cup of tea, so I was quite pleased with the O’Connor that came from Kelly in the afternoon. That all lead me on to a story about the amazing writing career and short, interesting life of Flannery O’Connor at New Georgia Encyclopedia. It is also, well worth the read.