Trueblood, Revisited

I still can’t decide if it’s a good show or not, but I like it.  I watched two episodes back to back last night because I’d forgotten it was on (not a good sign) but squealed with delight over and over while watching (a good sign).
I think, to Alan Ball’s credit, he’s managed to capture [...]

Help Me, Internets!

Okay, so I noticed Sunday that when I started up my computer, the firewall wasn’t on.  I thought the Butcher had turned it off, so I turned it back on.  Yesterday, though, same thing.  Started the computer, it took forever to start, and the firewall was off.  Turned it back on.  Tried to run spy [...]

Brief Bit of Clarity

I just noticed this again over at S-Town Mike’s (not saying he’s done it before, just saying that I’ve seen it before and seeing him do it just reminded me that I wanted to say something about it):
Why is this even getting play at “Taxing Tennessee”? Just because pastors may have to pay taxes if [...]

Well, Damn It. That Made Me Cry.

I started my long slide out of Christianity when I realized that, unless God were incredibly cruel to people who didn’t deserve it, there could be no Hell, or at least no one in it.  After all, everyone I know has someone whose life is a little better because that first person is in it, [...]

Going to a Prayer Meeting

Yeah, I know all the cool slang the young kids use and throw it around just to ruin it for you!  That’s right, just like I’ve ruined pit bulls and rap music with my driving around with both of them coming out of my car, and you hoping to see somebody worth seeing and ending [...]

Quick Thoughts

–I am tired of being sick.  When I finally unsicken up, I’m laminating myself to prevent the incursion of any other crap.
–Is even floating the idea of having a great big show wedding for your kid so that your boss can score some political points really that cool?  I don’t know.  I don’t like it, [...]

Liveblogging the Front Yard

I was going to sit out on my front porch and liveblog my front yard, but it’s very, very sunny there and I, luckily, have an abundance of shade just a few feet away from said front porch, so I am in a plastic chair, listening to the neighbor kids set off their car alarm [...]

Like Waking Up in a Park

Oh, People of Earth, there’s much to complain about, much to stress about, much to mull over in order to try to figure out how to quickly fix.
But how can I help but be distracted by joy over my first night in the house?
Every time I step into the bathroom and look into my back [...]

Brief Update

The cats are here.  The orange cat is hollering.  The tiny cat walked in. I said, “Hello, Tiny Cat” and she said “meow” and then she scampered off to explore the house.
Now that the cats are here, it feels like home.
More later.  I’m having some issues and sitting upright is not that pleasant.
Oh, p.s. check [...]

Our House, In the Middle of Our Street

Okay, folks, I’m diving off the internet and into the cold waters of moving all our crap.  When I come back up for air, I will be sleeping in my bed under a different roof.
Have I mentioned how it gives me the shivers to think that I’ll be able to ’sit out’ on my own [...]

Reading the Republican Landscape

Sometimes, from the outside, it’s hard to understand if you’re misunderstanding what’s going on in the Republican party, and I have been in the middle of my own panic, so I may have missed this.  But doesn’t it seem like we’re witnessing something very, very important just below the surface?
I start by saying two things [...]

House Updates Galor

So, I think that we have the whole moving thing covered, especially if Kathy T. and the Professor show up on Friday.  The Butcher has actually gotten some folks together, large able-bodied folks who are not having some kind of emotional and physical breakdown.
The second cable guy was much more competent than the first and [...]

The Butcher and His Girl

The Butcher was dogsitting this weekend and so he taught the dog to sit on his shoulder and ride around.  This is so cute I about can’t stand it.

Oooh, Call Me, Ben & Jerry’s

Last night, my dad invented an ice cream–chocolate with bits of pretzel throughout.  But, no, we thought, the pretzel would get soggy and no good.
My solution?
Coat the pretzel bits in chocolate and then put them in the ice cream.
I know!  How yummy does that sound?

What About “Smarts First; English Second”?

I’m just trying to help the “English First” or “English Only” crowd come up with some slogans that might better fit their needs.
Thanks to Tiny Pasture, we learn that only five folks showed up at the scheduled English First protest and that, better yet, the folks were targeting a fund-raising breakfast for a Goodlettsville state [...]

I’ll Buy Beer and Pizza

Nashville, it’s not that I don’t believe the Butcher’s friends are going to show up on Saturday, it’s just that… well, I don’t believe the Butcher’s friends are going to show up on Saturday.  He says “So what?  I’ll just move everything myself.  I can do it.”
This seems to me so dumb.  Why would we [...]

Barr and Nader

I am not psychic, nor do I play a guy who is pretending to be a psychic so he can work for the Santa Barbara police for laughs nor a guy who is through pretending to be a psychic so that he can work for the California Bureau of Investigation for serious, but I swear [...]

Gentlemen, May I Have a Word With You?

And that word would be “rape.”
Just so we’re clear: when you hold someone down and force a broomstick inside of them against their will, you are raping them.  If you open a door into a room and see a group of boys holding someone down and looking like they’re on the verge of sticking a [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Mayor Karl Dean Responds to the Gas Crisis

I’m not sure who did this, but it’s pretty dang funny.

My Body and Me

I just want to state my biases up front.  I believe that dieting is an incredible waste of time, even if it leads to weight-loss.  I think that sitting around obsessing about calories and fat grams and so on is ridiculous and a way of getting women to accept a useless, but time-consuming task with [...]

Is It Just Me?

Or is Steve Earle looking more and more like a Muppet every day?
I have to admit, I kind of like the idea of men hitting a certain age and coming to resemble the puppets of my youth, but I watched a lot of public television, so I wonder if it bothers other folks.

I Kick My To-Do List’s Butt and Take Names

1.  Cable guy?  To the house but then denied the ability to DRILL HOLES IN MY FLOOR!!!!!!!!  Jesus Christ, of course I want you to reschedule and send someone who can fish a line down a wall.
2.  Cleaning crew?  Scheduled and will walk through the apartment tomorrow and give me an estimate.
3.  Truck?  Scheduled.
4.  Dad?  [...]

Well, I’ve Vastly Revised Down My List of Things To Do Today

I’m laying here waiting for the doctor to call me back since, due to girly problems the likes of which I hope to never, ever experience again, I can’t really manage much but bed and bathroom.  And a good self-pity cry.
Here is my new list for today:
1.  Rent a truck.
2.  Arrange for someone to clean [...]

We’re Only a Day Away

So I was all primed to come and write a great post on the fourth anniversary of Tiny Cat Pants when I went to look at my first post, just to take stock of how far I’d come (or not), I see that I actually started blogging on the 23rd of September, not the 22nd.
Oops.
Still, [...]

Why You Might Want to Ask a Few People What They Think of Your Potential Baby Name

At the park today I met a little girl who I thought at first was named Cheryl.  Cheryl, I thought, there’s a name you don’t hear very often, especially not on two year olds.
But then, as her parents extolled the virtues of their preschool and how glad they were that the two year old class [...]