No Depression Depresses Me

Okay, I want to subscribe to the RSS feed for No Depression, but when I add it to my feed reader, the feed I get is Lift Off News.  What the fuck?  I am virus free, supposedly.  Is it me?  Is it not working?  What?
Anyway, Barry Mazor, who is perhaps the most brilliant writer ever [...]

Questions I Have

1.  If McCain taxes our healthcare benefits, but gives us a $5,000 tax credit, what does that mean?  Is he going to tax the whole value of our benefits or just what we pay per month or what our employer puts in per month or what?  And how will giving everyone a $5,000 tax credit [...]

A Head’s Up for Nashville Dog Owners

I just got an email from a friend of mine reporting that her friend’s Husky had its tail cut off by some jackass with something probably like hedge trimmers and left to bleed to death in its own fenced in back yard.
Luckily the dog did not die, but it is now sitting in the hospital [...]

All This Fresh Air

It’s raining here, finally, after weeks of no rain.  I was standing at the kitchen window wondering “What is that fabulous smell?” when I realized it’s the air here.

Yesterday in Politics

–Well, actually, I want to start with this weekend.  This weekend, we could have lost the election.
Imagine this scenario.  Say that either McCain or Palin had not just paused after shouts of “terrorist” or “kill him” but stopped and said, “Hold on.  That’s no an appropriate comment.  Accusing someone of treason or advocating for his [...]