I’m Antsy

One weird side-effect of the whole house-hunting thing has been witnessing people’s weirdness about the Butcher.  And, honestly, I can’t decide if it’s weirdness about the Butcher or weirdness about money.  Maybe a little of both.
See, I’m waiting to make an offer on the house until after the Butcher sees it.  And, apparently, this is [...]

Songs that Sound Better in Summer

There are certain songs, I believe, that sound better when the weather is hot.  Two spring immediately to mind for me.  One is Madonna’s “Ray of Light” and the other is Sublime’s “Doin’ Time.”  Neither song is of any interest to me once the weather starts to turn cold.  But on days like today, when [...]

Resegregating Nashville Schools

Anyone who lives in Nashville can tell you that it’s still a pretty segregated city.  I wouldn’t say that it’s segregated with the same kind of brutality as northern cities.  For all our talk of bad neighborhoods that white people don’t go into, I’ve never met a black person in Nashville for whom I’m the [...]

In That Case, I Will Oppress the Mexicans, Chinese, and the Eastern Europeans!

Whew, I’ve got a big day ahead of me, if I’m going to prove myself to be a true-blue American with a righteous sense of history and the refusal to learn from the mistakes of my ancestors.  I’ll start by reading this book.  And then I’ll get on to repeating the exact same shit folks [...]

Signs and Portents

I had two dreams last night.  In one, I was putting a compost pile in my back yard and wondering if I could put dwarf lavender along the side fence.
In the other, I realized that Bridgett wasn’t just showing up to chat about the Civil War but that I was taking a class from her [...]