Smiley Anders (that's his real name) has been writing his light-hearted column in The Advocate in Baton Rouge, La., since 1979. The column appears six days a week, and has won numerous awards, including the Herb Caen Award for best items column by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists on five occasions. In 2011 Smiley was inducted into the Hall of Fame at LSU's Manship School of Mass Communications. A native of Natchez, Miss., he lives in Baton Rouge with his wife, the former Katherine Scales, who appears in his columns as "Lady Katherine." He has two children, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, plus three cats he shares with his spouse.