Santa Comes Early!

A kind and generous Santa just dropped some presents for MIHOW off in my office and he says that I should reiterate what Rachel said–They need toys by December 7th, which is just a hop skip and a jump from now.

With Idiocy Like This, Who Can I Vote For?

A while back a bunch of Nashville bigwigs tried to live on food stamp levels of food for a week (I think they got like $21, but I am too lazy to look it up for something tangential to my larger point.  Let’s not get distracted here, folks!) and Coble and I were talking about [...]

Some Thoughts I Don’t Want to Lose in the Comments Because I Will Need to be Reminded of Them Again, I’m Sure

We’ve talked before about Angelou’s whole “change v. exchange” formulation in terms of power structures and I think there’s something more profound here than just that people don’t want change, they want exchange.  I think that it’s very easy to slip into believing that, when people are calling you on your bullshit, they are looking [...]

Nashville Cats, Some Kittens Need Some Help

World-famous women’s health blogger, Rachel, has the skinny at her place.  The short story is that some kids need some toys for Christmas and, knowing you, you’re probably going to Walmart today anyway.  Why not pick up a little something extra for a kid who’d love it?

Let the Funny Wash Over You

Exador sent me a link to a story which, in itself, is not funny.  However, it made me laugh so hard I have to share it with you.
Now, in order to get to the funny, you’re going to have to set aside the immediate urge to say “Bullshit, what about…” every five seconds.  Just roll [...]

The Thing I Hate Most

I hate that someone who was there through the shittiest time in my life will call me up to tell me how one of the people who helped make that time shitty is having such a wonderful life and isn’t it a grand coincidence how one of their friend’s wife knows that person’s spouse, especially [...]