In Which I Needlessly Pick a Fight

You’ll have to excuse what I’m about to write.  But under the present circumstances, when I want my doctor to avail herself of the most effective and efficient course of action to return me to the land of the pain-free, I am short of patience for anti-abortion men.
Here’s the sentence all you dudes need to [...]

A Review of a Book I’m Reading

Ivy gave me Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the Forgotten Man edited by Robert McEleaine to read a while back and I have been slowly working through it.  I can only read little bits at a time because it’s bad form, I believe, to sit in the bathroom and sob.
But holy [...]

Is John Rich Nashville’s Most Visible Douchebag?

It’s not like I even go looking for stories about John Rich.  I’d like nothing better than to know nothing about John Rich, so that I can just listen to Big and Rich when they come on the radio and enjoy their music without having to think about it too hard and without feeling gross [...]

Who’s Taking Care of Whom Here?

So, my dad is coming down on Wednesday so that I can go to the doctor Thursday and not have to fret about whether I’ll be done in time to go to the inspection Thursday afternoon.
I’m really glad.  It’s a load off my mind.
I half-heartedly tried to talk him out of it, but he said [...]

Well, well, well, well

So, there’s this small white building over at the house I’m trying to buy and in it is what looked to me like a small water heater and I was all “Why would a place need a water heater in the middle of the yard?”
But it turns out that that’s a pump for a well.
So, [...]

Semi-Live-Blogging the State of My Innards

A month ago: Innards decide to do their thing a hair early. Fair enough.
Throughout the month: Innards don’t bother to stop. Fine. My innards are overachievers.
Friday: I’m sitting at my desk and it’s like someone reached right inside my left hip, pinched as hard as he could and twisted. I about [...]

Bredesen the Blogger

Our Governor literally has a blog (if one can “have” a blog if one only blogs, on average, twice a year), but I want to talk more about Bredesen’s blogger-like self-presentation.  Am I the only one who has noticed that Bredesen runs around the real world acting like it’s his own personal blogosphere?  I’m just [...]