Retrograde

They say Mercury is in retrograde and that’s the reason everything is a fumbling mess.  I say it probably has as much to do with this being the clear end to three incredibly stressful months.  But I’m feeling it, neverless. It’s funny the ways in which your own struggles blind you sometimes.  You’d think that [...]

The S Word

I heard a rumor that it’s snowing out.  This means, of course, that there will be no bread or milk in the whole city.  I remain convinced that even Nashvillians who don’t regularly consume bread or milk run out and buy it when it snows. Which makes me wonder if maybe the Tennessee Emergency Management’s [...]

One Thing that Stinks about Being a Dog

Everyone who has been to our house in the past couple of days has taken a moment, when eating one of the peanut butter cookies with the Hershey’s kiss on top, to say to the dog something along the lines of “Oh, you want this cookie, don’t you?  You cannot have this cookie.” By the [...]

A Discovery of Such Joyous Amazingness I Almost Can’t Type It

So, you remember my nerdy dream to someday take it clear from wool to afghan?  Well, today I had to run by the Haus of Yarn to pick up one more skein to finish my kool-aid afghan and I saw by the door a sign that said something like “Spinning classes start soon” and I [...]

I’m Sure You Understand

But this is why I had to run out at lunch and get pregnant.

In Which I Love Sean Braisted a Little Bit

As you know, Eric Crafton is all “I have to protect Nashville from what happened to California.” So, Sean makes a call and discovers that what Crafton says happened to California did not actually happen.

Some Girl Scout Leader Somewhere, Save Me From Myself

Oh my god, Burpee has got to be the most genius marketers in the world.  First, I’ve begun using their site as nerd-porn when I just need something to switch my brain to, like the question of “How many flowers could I plant in my yard if I had a budget of $5 million dollars?” [...]

Good-NESS, There’s a Lot Going on in Tennessee Politics

–Nathan Moore breaks down how much we’d save here in Nashville by enacting “English-only”–$495 per year.  And that’s only if you don’t factor in the cost of this special election. Let’s just be clear about what this election is really, at its core, about–can a powerful white man in Nashville still deliberately and publicly fuck [...]

One Thing I Did Not Know about the Car Industry

So I was talking to a source in the car industry.  He’s pissed and laughing at the Republican efforts to union bust on the back of the auto crisis.  He says that the unions are a problem for keeping GM viable, but not in the way everyone thinks.  He said it doesn’t matter if every [...]

Done List

Laundry?  Done Pine needles?  Moved around. Outside plants?  Scrutinized. Lunch?  Made and ate. Cookies?  Made and ate. Turkey?  Thawing. Crossbar of clothesline pole?  Liberated. Bottle tree?  Further bottled. Dog?  Spoiled. Um.  I guess that’s it.  Ha, well, I felt more accomplished than that, but I guess not.

I Go Back and Forth

–This poor rosemary plant seems to be struggling.  I don’t know if I was maybe underwatering it, but now I’ve soaked it and I’ll see if that helps. –I’m struggling to finish the Kool-aid afghan but this part is so boring and enough of it is put together that I can kind of use it, [...]

Perhaps a Different Definition of Good Gossip

My mom is so cute.  My dad never lets her get on the phone when he’s talking to us, which means that, if she’s going to gossip about family, she either has to call when he’s not around or, apparently, learn to email. So, yesterday, she sent me the cutest little bit of gossip, which [...]

I, Too, Was Deflowered by the Ghost of Rudolph Valentino

Some of these are hilarious and some I’m apparently too young to understand.

Um, Pie in the Sky Pizza? No

We had to work through lunch today so I ordered in from Pie in the Sky Pizza which is two blocks from here. And hour and a half later my food shows up and my delivery guy is so stoned that, when I held out my hand for the check, he shook it. I am [...]

A Trip Down Memory Lane

Oh, dear readers, do you remember the good ole days back in October when, on the heels of a large rate hike, the TVA gave its CEO a half a million dollar pay raise? Congressman Jimmy Duncan sent a letter to TVA Board Chairman Bill Sansom, saying he feels, “The raise is excessive and very unnecessary.” [...]

Eyebrow Raised Further… Farther… Anyway, It’s Up

Hmm.  Really?

Just When You Think that the Tennessee Republicans Can’t Be Any Worse than the Democrats…

I admit, when I saw Terry Frank pissing and moaning about Justin Wilson, who is the only person up for the position of State Comptroller, I thought, “Well, if she doesn’t like him, he must be all right.” Allow me to publicly apologize, in all seriousness, to Terry Frank. I know! But folks, Justin Wilson [...]

Oh, Williamson County, Just When I Got Done Saying Nice Things About You…

You have to go and be the home of this guy’s business.  Though, in all fairness, he could live here in Nashville. Sadly, I’m not sure what recourse his employees have.  I think he can just fire people for being gay.  What’s to stop him?

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 [...]

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.  [...]

Feel Like Shit or Shit Your Pants or Both! Why Choose?

I think it’s time to talk frankly about Wynonna’s “Alli” ads.  Wynonna is fucked up.  I don’t say that having some great insider knowledge, because I don’t.  I say that as someone who tries to pay as little attention to her as I can and even I can tell you all about her contentious relationship [...]

My Favorite Thing

The Butcher made me watch the whole episode last night, but this is the best part, I think.

For Those of You Who Did Get the OA’s 10th Anniversary Edition…

Answer me this.  Is it just me or does Vic Chestnut’s “Very Friendly Lighthouses” sound like Juice Newton to anyone else?