All Clear!

We just got back from the vet (and dinner) and Mrs. Wigglebottom is now free to move around however she wants.
Also, the Chicago-style Gyro place on Dickerson pike has this dish called chicke and rice and bread which is… yes… and it is so good.  Oh god.  My stomach is so happy.

Squabbling Over Crumbs of the Patriarchy!

I was slipped these two stories, which are two different takes on an incident over in Blount County (local and FoxNews).  And I bring it up because it’s one of those stories that gets more interesting when you take a second to consider it.
The short form (from Fox):

Sabrina Steele, 28, says that when she applied [...]

Preach, Sister Beale, Preach

Read this.
The TVA spills crap all over Tennessee and Tennesseans will get to pay to clean it up.  TVA execs still have jobs.  Aunt B. is reduced to terse sentences.  And speaking of myself in the third person.
So you know it’s bad.

Tennessee: Protecting You from Lying Bitches

There’s a whole swath of legislation this year designed to prortect you from lying bitches, but the best is Representative Hardaway’s return effort to require genetic testing (which you would pay for) before a father is placed on a child’s birth certificate (HB0025).
Oh, I know, many of you think this is a great idea.  Why [...]