Thirtieth birthdays usually carry a bit of anxious reflection with them. They spur a need to reevaluate what has come before and glean from the past a new direction forward. Last Friday, when Corey Smith hit the big 3-0, his outlook for the day bore no such grandiose introspection, nor any big plans for his concert that night at The Alley in Rome, Ga. Instead, Smith was keeping it simple: “Any special plans? No. I may drink a little more than normal.”
