A Blue Blanket

They say that sleeping beneath a blue blanket will bring you prophetic dreams. I’m working on a blue afghan as we speak. I haven’t fallen asleep under the little bit I have done, so I haven’t been able to judge whether it yet gives off even mildly prescient visions. I think it’s hard to know [...]

Oh, Christians, I Welcome You to Weird Beliefs with Open Arms!

On a happier and more interesting note, Yahoo is reporting that 18% of us have seen or been in the presence of a ghost and that y’all are mixing and matching religious beliefs as it suits you. You can read more about it here. I admit to being still unclear about what the evil eye [...]

An Open Letter to a Person Who Needs It

Dear Lawbreaker, So, let’s say a person, in this case you, breaks the law. Maybe she steals a cookie. She is arrested, but the baker feels bad. Maybe the thief didn’t mean it. Maybe the thief thought she had permission to steal the cookie. Maybe the thief was starving. Who knows? Whatever it was, there [...]

Breakfast Detante

The girl cats ate together. Not from the same plate, and there was a lot of pausing and looking at each other suspiciously, but close enough to touch each other.  The orange cat refused to participate. The new kitty, when compared side to side with the tiny cat appears to be almost the same length, [...]

Hey, I’m Cute, Too!

Over at Jezebel, they’re having this discussion about Ellen von Unwerth’s photos. In fact, her whole book of photos of women is available for free on the internet. It is completely not safe for work. Not even a little bit. Boobs, gals comparing pubic hair, touching themselves, touching each other, bending over so you can [...]

Whew, Things Got Ugly at the Convention Center Forum

At Steve Gill’s convention center thing, Liz Garrigan reports that restaurateur Randy Rayburn attacked Metro Councilperson Emily Evans. He called out another panelist, project skeptic and Metro Council member Emily Evans, saying that while his businesses create jobs, “Council Lady Evans has not created any jobs in the marketplace that I’m aware of.” So, that’s [...]

The 11th Annual Southern Music Issue of the Oxford American

A wiser woman than me would not court controversy two years in a row. But I can be nothing other than myself. I’m not going to repeat myself about the music. This is as true this year as it was last year– The music is always so damn interesting.  It’s not always good, but it’s [...]

Hot Tamales

I was nerding up on Robert Johnson when I discovered this site about hot tamales in Mississippi. I especially love the speculative history about how tamales caught on–”Hey, your food is still hot? No fair!” I also love it because a century of tamales in the Mississippi Delta is just proof that all our pissing [...]

Fair Warning

I have my hands on the new music issue of the Oxford American. I believe we all remember what happened last time.

Zombie Kitty!

Over at Pith, I complained about people who drop their animals off in the country.

The Swedes Introduce Cooter Beer!

Okay, not really, but I learned today that the Swedes are making an effort I believe everyone should support to replace the word “hymen” with the term “vaginal corona.” The goal seems to be to make sure that people living in Sweden understand what this body part is and how it functions and part of [...]

Mrs. Wigglebottom is Thorough, I’ll Give Her That

Bless Mrs. Wigglebottom’s heart. She has a hard time seeing in indoor light. She can see things when they move, but if, say, a treat drops on the floor, it is all but invisible to her and she has to spend ten minutes sniffing for it. So, she’s clearly sussed out that there is a [...]

The New Convention Center

Here’s the thing. It’s not that I don’t have sympathy for the arguments. Clearly, the old convention center is inadequate. And, yes, people are always going to want to go someplace where they can see all the new boats or all the new RVs or what-have-you. But, as I said this morning, I’m just not [...]

Hurray For the Robert Johnson Post

Oh, lordy, people, I have all kinds of nerdy nits to pick with this post, but I’m not going to. Instead, I’m just going to enjoy reading someone writing about music he loves. (I will say that I’m on the side of the graveyard north of town.)

My Trip to Liberadio!

So, I got up this morning and rushed almost completely soaking wet over to the WRVU studio to be on Liberadio. It was awesome. First, they gave me these giant headphones, which were too big for me. Now, I mention this because, as you know, I had been living under the assumption that I had [...]

Chaos in the Kitchen!

I had been feeding the two big cats in the kitchen and the new kitty in the Butcher’s room, in part to make sure that the new kitty would take her medicine. But today she came galloping into the kitchen to eat with the other cats. So, I put her at one plate and them [...]

Hey, Listen Up!

I’m going to be on Liberadio tomorrow morning at 8:10. That should be awesome good fun.

Sunday Stuff

I Watch the Cats with More Scrutiny

Ever since Saraclark mentioned that cats’ relative height in a room tells you about their place in the hierarchy, I have been watching the cats. Ha remember when Tiny Cat Pants had nary a mention of cats on it?  When it was a place where you could read my theories on how, say, entrenched homophobia [...]

Sadly, I Will Not Be Going on a Cruise

In spite of the monumental efforts of the city of Knoxville (you know who you are) and folks from across the whole state, I am not in the final five. Which, yes, sucks, but how cool is it to have come that close? I love you guys.

The Heat is On

Well, one drawback to the new kitty is that the rest of the animals are out of sorts and, apparently, how you get into sorts, if you are an animal, is by smothering me. People, we keep our house at 69 degrees. And about 5:30, I woke up because I was so hot. I had [...]

Oh Drama!

The Butcher has left the bedroom door open, though the new kitty seems to prefer to stay on his bed. When I came home, she came out to see me. She hissed at the dog.  The dog hid behind me. The two older cats sat on the counter, paws tucked under their bodies, watching intently. [...]

Oh, Please, Tim Rudd

So, Grantham went and asked Rudd about this ridiculousness. Rudd says– “This wasn’t about Jason Mumpower as much as it was about the entire caucus and party,” Rudd told NIT. “Anyone making statements like that is ridiculous and trying to change the subject. He lied to us. He betrayed us. He decieved us. If a [...]

It’s As If She Wrote It For Me

A story all about Nashville’s past and our sorry relationship to it. I should also note that there’s a small but significant chance that Timothy Demonbreun is buried behind this building.

In Which I Feel Bad Again for Tennessee Christians

When a Tennessee Christian votes for a politician who has assured said voter that said politician is a good Christian, sure, that voter might assume that he or she is voting for a politician who puts Christian values into state politics. But does this Christian voter realize that she is voting for people who think [...]