Well, Heck, If Everyone Else is Doing It…

Let me just state publicly that, after the November elections, I will have a place for Bill Clinton in my house as well.  He can do the dishes.
I mean, really.
Bill Clinton is not our president.  He is never going to be our president again.  Electing anyone–current Clinton, Edwards, someone from Clinton, Iowa, whoever–is not going [...]

A Better Reason than Most Not to Vote

The big news in Nashville is that, over the holidays, someone broke into the Davidson County Election Commission and stole laptops containing all registered Davidson County voters’ names, addresses, and social security numbers.
I have a bit of advice for the Davidson County Election Commission.  They have these portable drives that plug right into a computer’s [...]

More Blah, Blah, Blah

I would like to catch my troubles, like lightning bugs, in a jar and keep them with me, but apart from me, pulling them out and looking at them, from behind the safety of glass.
I am tired and grossed out by how all of my brother’s games with my nephew revolve around real or pretend [...]

Solutions to Ongoing Problems

You’ll be semi-shocked to learn that the second I put my mom to work helping me dye yarn, the boys had a mysterious, pressing play-date at the park.

Short Notes to Folks Who Need Them

1. 
Dear Yahoo,
My computer is old.  I’ll admit.  But why is it that I can read my emails but not send any?  If you weren’t going to work on a computer, wouldn’t you just not work completely instead of torturing me with emails I can’t return or send?
b.
2.
Dear Slarti,
This is tickling me so much I can’t [...]

Away, Away With Rum by Gum

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All This and She Pees in the Toilet

My Brother is a Nerdy Plumber

Dude from Disturbed, on Cribs:  I like this shower because it can fit two people.
Recalcitrant brother: Yeah, but if you don’t go ahead and install the rainforest shower head, one person’s not getting wet.

Important Observation

It’s very easy to spill Family Togetherness on the floor and, if you don’t hurry back with the towel, the dog will have gotten to it.
Remember, kids, family togetherness is bad for your dog’s liver.

Night Three–Pork Chops with Sweet Potatoes and Green Beans

The pork chops were a big hit.  My nephew ate two and a half of them, which made me feel very accomplished.  The dog had one and a half, which has made her have to sprawl out on the floor and snore loudly.
Among the chicken soup, enchilladas, and pork chops, I think the pork chops [...]

Oh, Right-Wing Blogosphere, How You Make Me Look Like a Genius!

Just last night, I was mulling over and trying to suss out for myself what exactly is going on with men, between men, over the bodies of raped women.  And this morning, I awake to a conservative blogosphere full of outrage over reports of a paper by Tal Nitzan that seems to argue that Israeli [...]

Enchilladas

I made enchilladas with Mexican rice for dinner.  They were delicious.  And my mom did the dishes!  Hurray.
They complained yet again about an unlocatable smell.
It finally occured to me what they’re smelling.
And why everyone grows more and more hungry for snack foods the longer they stay here.
And why they become easier to get along with.
Damn [...]

I Saw It With My Own Eyes!

The tiny cat can pee in the toilet!!!!!!
I was sitting here and I heard the sound of tinkling and I grabbed the phone and ran over to the bathroom door and tried to get the camera on the phone set up while getting the bathroom light on, but all the noise and light-flashing was not [...]

Counting The Awesomeness

1.  I made some great chicken soup yesterday.
2.  Mack threw crap at me twice on Sunday and twice I was able to throw it back at him and actually hit him.  And his primary wife announced that we–she and I–were going to Vegas.  I can’t wait to go to Vegas with Mack’s primary wife, if [...]

Fun with Feminism No Longer Fun

As an experiment, I’m giving up the feminist blogosphere.
Not feminism, of course.  I’m not stupid.
Just the feminist blogosphere.  For a while.  To see what it’s like.
See, here’s the thing.  I’m not a great mover and shaker.  Not in the feminist blogosphere.  Not in the world.  But what I do, the little I do, can sometimes [...]

Bah Humbug

I can’t go to sleep on that note.  I just can’t. 
Instead, imagine this with me.  We’re in a mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, sitting on a hard, wooden floor, looking at the sun rising over the water, out French doors.  The sun is hot on our faces and the house is still and quiet.
We don’t [...]

My Back Continues to Trouble Me

I was hoping to take the dog to the dog park today, but there wasn’t an empty one, so we ended up walking a trail.
Well, really, we ended up walking a little bit of the trail and then standing around waiting to see if my back was going to stop troubling me enough so that [...]

Merry Christmas, My Christian Friends!

When we were little, there’d always be that moment when we’d be waiting for our parents to wake up, and we’d sneak into the living room and sit quietly in the blinking lights, listening to the Christmas music…
Oh, hey!  I guess that means the parents weren’t that asleep, or hadn’t been asleep that long.
Anyway, that [...]

The Girl Can’t Help It

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Two Quick Hits from Tiny Pasture

1.  He reports that the Tennesseee Republican Party is violating copyright in order to show us the true meaning of Christmas.
2.  He reports that we’re just says away from the start date of the new Tennessee law that will fine businesses for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.  I have a couple of questions, all snarkiness aside.  [...]

Sad Happiness

I saw the whole Plimco family yesterday and it filled me with such sad happiness.  I love those guys so much and I feel like, in some parallel universe, we meet for coffee regularly and have meals at each others’ houses and dog-sit each others’ dogs.
In this one, though, we just have to make do [...]

The Cumberland

Last night, we were standing on the edge of the Cumberland River, looking towards downtown and it really struck me what a crappy, crappy job we’ve done as a city of utilizing one of our best assets–the river.
I guess the issue is that the river used to be (and, in some ways, still is) a major [...]

Holy Sh*t!

Y’all, I don’t know if it’s just residual crap from my ankle acting up the other day or sitting on the floor last night or what, but I have hurt my back so bad I about can’t stand it.
I was trying to clean the bathroom and just to lean over the little bit to scrub [...]

A Dead Man Not My Own

I wanted to drive up and down the empty streets and watch the yellow lights blink on and off and listen to Bob Dylan asking that his grave be kept clean. I wanted to cry.
I came home instead.
The solstice party was amazing. A good balance of ritual with free time.
I wrote my regrets [...]

Modranicht and Midvinterblót

 
It’s Mothers’ Night, which is, in general, when your female ancestors come back to make sure you’re doing your chores and, along with their friends, terrorize you if you’re not.  I plan on spending the evening screaming in horror as the Krampus whips me with a birch stick, because my house is a mess.
It’s not [...]