I Crack Myself Up

At Pith.

I Think This is How It Will Work

About the guest-blogging at Feministe, I’m going to assume that, if you’re not already reading, even my presence is not going to tempt you over there.  So, I’ll just cross-post everything I post over there here. If you want to go over, great. If not, fine. That makes sense, right?  I think so.

Eno Road

Writing about the Kingston Ash Spill reminded me of the whole Eno Road situation, which is another instance of environmental racism and the stupidity that results (I wrote about it last year, better than I am doing now). Here you have an instance of blatant racism, where white people were told of the dangers of [...]

Fallout from the Kingston Ash Spill

Last December 22, a retaining wall at the Kingston Fossil Plant (run by the TVA) gave way and dumped over a billion gallons of coal ash slurry across a great swath of Roane County, Tennessee. It was one of the worst, if not the worst, man-made environmental disasters in our country’s history.  People’s homes were [...]

I Love This Dog

So, I pull in my driveway and the Butcher and Mrs. Wigglebottom are running around in the front yard, playing a raucous game of “chase me, chase you” and I roll down my window to shout words of encouragement, “Get that boy! Get that boy!” and the dog looks up and snaps her head around [...]

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Did y’all know that Beth Slater Whitson, who wrote “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” and “Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland” lived in Nashville? If you have been down Granada towards Ellington Parkway, you’ve probably seen the house her husband gave her as a wedding present there on the left.  I know it was up for [...]

Starting…. NOW

My first guest post is up at Feministe.

Is this the second to the last episode of True Blood?

I give up.  I give up trying to even be remotely objective about this show. Bring on the world’s stupidest people! Doing the world’s stupidest stuff! All I ask is for more naked Eric. Bring it on. It would be more fun to have your period if that blood made cool plinking sounds when it [...]

Lowe Finney! Do This More!

Lowe Finney and Craig Fitzhugh should be hoisted on Democratic shoulders today and paraded around the state so that we can cheer.

Lookin’ at Things

Don’t Try This at Home, Folks

That dog is so patient. Ha.  Good dog, Mrs. Wigglebottom, good dog. In the video, it’s harder to tell that they’re both snoring, but trust me, they are both snoring.

Usually, It’s Not So Obvious

So, they’ve got this show on Discovery in which they have a set of hip scientists whose job it is is to build working prototypes of something in two weeks, called, appropriately enough, Prototype This. I’ve seen a few episodes and they do things like build robot ways of delivering pizzas or a waterslide that’s [...]

Busy, Busy

If I know you, you are either having a baby or getting married. I’m aware that this is bad news for a lot of you, but buck up and make the best of it.  Ha. Which means, of course, that I’ve been itching to throw together a bunch of baby afghans. But I’ve got to [...]

Passed Along Without Comment

I said this back then. He says this now.

Constitution Day

So, I told my dad I was heading east in a couple of weeks to speak about Constitution Day and we were trying to decide whether to focus on the second amendment or the tenth.  My dad’s all (and I’m sorry ahead of time to you gun nuts for what is about to come out [...]

Intuative Eating

I had a burger for lunch yesterday, from Wendy’s, and I’m sad to say that, if you were anywhere near me, you heard about it, one way or another (sorry to those of you near enough to smell my farts). And I was miserable with it clear through to bedtime. So, today, when lunch came, [...]

Political Pundits, Help!

Okay, so I’m reading this fine post by Tom Humphrey about the Lynn/McCall dust-up and I need some help reading the tea leaves here. 1. Isn’t it bullshit that these folks are claiming that they didn’t know Lynn was running? Doesn’t it seem like every time Beavers was like “I quit…” before she could get [...]

The Other Ty Cobb

So, it’s confusing because we have a Democratic Ty Cobb in the State House and now another Ty Cobb is running in a different district and so when someone says something like, “Oh my god, did you see Ty Cobb’s website?!” you have to discern which Ty Cobb it is. If I had my way, [...]

In Which I Say Something Very Uncharitable about the TNDP

Because the TNDP has every email address I own somehow, I have now received the following multiple times and I am growing more and more irritated: Just a quick reminder: bidding for the head table will end at 5:00pm Central today. Bid now for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Jackson Day at table with  Vice [...]

Ty Cobb, I Look Askance at You

Names that might properly be shortened to “Ty” when one’s last name is “Cobb,” without suspicion: Tyrone Tyrus Tyrel Tyresius Tylenol Tiberius Tiger Timmon Tyler Tybor Tyforth Tynoltenence Tyny Tympony Tyllian Railroad Tie Necktie and Bruce Names that cannot be shortened to “Ty” if your last name is “Cobb” without making a girl think you’re [...]

Level-Headed Conservatives, Your Country Needs You

You know how you’re at a church function, probably a potluck, and some old guy starts ranting about The War! (Meaning, probably, the Korean War, but Vietnam War veterans are now quickly reaching the age where some of them could be this guy) and how “they” are ruining the America that he fought for and [...]

I’m Getting Worse at This

It’s funny, but I feel like the longer I blog, the worse at it I get.  I don’t know if it’s because I’ve covered all the things I feel certain about, if I feel more like keeping more of my private self private, I don’t know.  But I look back on old posts and I [...]

Ahem

Have you voted in the Nashville Scene’s “Best of Nashville” poll? No pressure, but how many other local bloggers showed you how their tits illuminate with a flashlight and a dark bathroom?

Oh, South, What Have You Done to Me?

So, I’m coming up Clarksville Pike (terrific job on the resurfacing, by the way, Nashville) and there’s an accident blocking both north-bound lanes.  A police officer moves into the south bound lanes and starts waving people through. Did I wait to get into the southbound lane until the last possible minute so as to be [...]

Tuesday Rhymes with Bluesday

Ha, so today is majorly sucking balls.  I’ve spent the last 24 hours trying to fix a computer problem it turns out I CAUSED!  Yes, me. I fucked the whole thing up and then was too stupid to realize it for 24 hours!  If you work with me and you couldn’t do anything for the [...]