Witches in Cornwall

The kind of ongoing debate in European-religion-based pagan circles goes something like this “We are a part of a long, unbroken chain stretching back to pre-Christian times, the latest in a line of persecuted people who practice the old ways.  We are Witches like they were Witches”  “But Gerald Gardner made your religion up fifty [...]

We Should All Be So Lucky as to Be So Well-Regarded After We’re Dead

Courtesy of The 9513 (who I assumed were all crusty 50 year olds, but I hear through the grapevine are actually all child-prodigy bloggers) we learn: A book released at the beginning of December, Pure Country: The Leon Kagarise Archives: 1961-1971, showcases rare photographs of classic country and bluegrass artists on the small backwoods stages [...]

In Which Our Hero Raises an Eyebrow

Me, yesterday. Pith, today. Two things.  One, if you got the idea from me, give me credit.  Two, if you didn’t get the idea from me, doesn’t this whole thing just prove you ought to be paying more attention to me? Ha. Or three… Maybe I’m psychic.  Ooo.  Spooky!

My Lakefront Property

Well, the neverending rain has made it abundantly clear that I have to reslope part of my front yard, and probably sooner rather than later.  I don’t know how soon, but I know you don’t want water pooling up by the house and right now, the only thing standing between me and the small pond [...]

A Spoilery Question about The Mentalist

Is the big CBI boss Red John?!

The Joker Solution

In the movie. The Joker is not a person, but a position. Batman goes to Arkham and finds that the Joker he met in the last movie is escaped.  A new Joker (and my dream is Joseph Gordon-Levitt) shows up.  Batman, in fact, everyone can plainly see that that is not the same man who [...]

A Little Bit More about What’s Going on in Memphis

I see people joking (morbidly, of course) about how transgendered women should run for their lives from Memphis and I just want to again reiterate a couple of things.  One, trangendered women who work as prostitues in Memphis are obviously in pretty dire straits.  Most people, if they had their choice, would not be working [...]

Two Quickies

1.  I laughed so hard at this I think I ruptured something.  This is exactly what would happen at my house. 2.  If you are not reading Cabbage Babble’s lunchtime lists, you are sorely missing out.  Every day there’s something great there.  Weirdly enough, I also play the drums and sing in The Joiners and [...]

Doing The Work of Racists

Both Southern Beale and Sean Braisted are talking about how the guy who has donated $20,000 to helping pass English-only here in Nashville is a white nationalist. To which I can only say “Surprise, surprise, surprise.”  Of course.  If this whole thing doesn’t have the stink of “The whole world must accomodate me, but I [...]

This Should Go Without Saying

But one reason it’s a bad idea to negatively engage your consumers on the internet by, say, insulting the readers you’re counting on to buy your magazine, is that even if the consumer you decide to show your ass to is just me, it doesn’t mean the whole dang internet isn’t going to find out [...]

So, What is the Mysterious Message that Both Doesn’t and Does Exist?

Berke wastes no time in revealing what message will transcend the insurmountable barriers of race, region, and the urban/rural divide of the state.  I don’t know how long it took Senator Berke to come up with said message, but I still laugh that even as late as last week we were being told that such [...]

Truth in Advertising

I don’t think I’ve ever regretted linking to a story more than I regret at this moment linking to the story over at Pith where the comments are full of people pissing and moaning because The Scene doesn’t call Leeneshia Edwards “he” or “it.”  God damn.  I am sorry to have even turned your eyes [...]

Three Stories from Tennessee

1.  Andy Berke is considering a run for Governor.  I’ll be watching to see what message he’s running on.  I find it amusing that the Party is all “Oh, you don’t understand how hard it is for us to craft a message that appeals across the state!  Oh, boo hoo, there isn’t just one thing [...]

Just Saying

I would read a whole newspaper that had the guts to editorialize like that.

Diary of the Dead

Have y’all seen this?  We were watching it the other day in that half-assed way you watch movies you don’t think are going to be very good.  People wandered around pooping and fixing popcorn and taking the dog out and checking their email only to come back to the movie and demand to know what’s [...]

Knowing Where to Look

The dog and I spent a good portion of the morning out in the yard checking on everything.    There appear to be more irises in my yard than there are stars in the night sky.  Every time I turn around, an iris seems to be pushing up from some flower bed.  It’s going to be [...]

Kool-Aid Afghan Confessions!

I was flipping through Plimco’s flickr pool and saw, multiple times, on the back of her couch, her koolaid afghan and it’s got me so excited about finishing mine, I just about can’t even express it. I started piecing it together yesterday and it seems to be going fairly quickly. I also had a long, [...]

A Kid is Sick, but Everything is Safe.

Christian reports that Roane County Emergency Management’s William Rose says: Well, I’m telling you what to believe. You believe what these people [meaning the State] down here are telling you to believe because I’m seeing the data just like everybody else is. I don’t understand it all, but they explain it to me, and I [...]

A Friday Spent Feeling Good

Really, is there any more I can tell you about my day?  Can you believe I get to live like this?

Doing the Same Things Over and Over

Today is the first day of early voting on the referendum to make Nashville “English-only.” Here’s something that y’all may not know.  English is already the official language of Tennessee. I’ve been thinking some about this tendency in Tennessee–to make things double and triple illegal.  Like gay marriage.  It’s now, I believe, triple illegal, but [...]

Random Things that Let You Know that The Woman I Love had Great Long Curly Hair

–Look upon this photo and have no doubts as to why I must at least put Lindsay and the Butcher in the same room once in 2009. ==Newscoma, I can’t believe you don’t have a mohawk already.  Stacy Campfield tells me that your part of the state is so liberal I assume y’all are rocking [...]

Hoppin John

According to the internet, the recipe for Hoppin’ John is just ham, onion, black eyed peas, water, salt, pepper, and chili powder. Shoot, I thought.  I’ve got that hambone left over from Christmas.  I can do that. I cannot even begin to tell you how good my house smells right now. If it tastes even [...]

My Parents are Easily Scandalized

1.  The Butcher didn’t get home until six in the morning.  They were scandalized. 2.  My nephew has reappeared, with earrings.  They were also scandalized.  But I have always wanted to be related to a tiny pirate, so I say “earrings ahoy!”