The Impending Rain Can’t Stop Me from Gardening!

So, Now Kirkland and Smith Say They Lied at the Debate Last Night

They say they never personally gay-bashed anyone. Smith goes so far as to say the following: “I heard guys that said, ‘If there was a gay dude I knew about, he’d fall down the line or get pushed over’ … but I haven’t actually seen anything like that or seen a blanket party or anything [...]

You Know I’m Totally Practicing This in My Office

A big ole hat tip to my friend, Matt, who introduced me to this song.

8th District Republican Candidates Brag about Gay Bashing

I’d like to assume this and this are mostly bravado, but who knows? Even if it is bravado, it’s disgusting–grown men, who want to make the laws that govern us bragging about committing violent crimes? Tennessee, I ask you, even if you are uncomfortable about gay people, why would you elect anyone who wants to [...]

Speaking of Sunflowers…

I have just learned that some of the oldest domesticated sunflowers ever found were found in Middle Tennessee and that there’s a great archaeological debate about whether sunflowers were independently domesticated in Tennessee and Central America or if people from Mexico brought or traded them until they finally ended up here. That would have been [...]

Words I Never Thought I’d Say

I had the most pleasant trip to the gynecologist, today. It was so fast. And, yes, painful, but not too bad. For you, gentlemen, imagine a diarrhea cramp coupled with a poking sensation and that will get you pretty close. And the woman who took my blood was a genius. I don’t think I’ve ever [...]

Ooooo, Five Dollars!

The Joiners’s’s…’s…’s new album is available! And look at the cover! It’s like five people showed up at your house to tell you that you’re unexpectedly going to Utah and they will be using your bedroom to spy on the Russians. Regrettably. Now please step into this sack so that no one has to get [...]

The TNDP is Trying to Kill Me!

Not one week ago, I daydreamed about a day when we would get a press release from the TNDP featuring supportive words about Democrats and nothing about Chip Forrester’s negative feelings about Republicans. Today, which is NOT A FRIDAY! I received a press release from the TNDP with supportive words about Joe Towns (D – [...]

Contemplating Sunflowers

I told y’all that we had decided not to do a big garden this year, but instead fill those back beds into sunflowers. I also am not renting a tiller this year, as our financial situation is a bit more modest, since the Butcher doesn’t have a job. Though, thinking back, maybe the Butcher didn’t [...]

And Gary Mann is Running for Office

Kind of leaves you speechless, doesn’t it? (I guess I should NSFW this for people with any Biblical knowledge. Not that it’s dirty, but that you might fall over and hurt yourself upon reading this.) Vote for Gary Mann. He thinks we have a king.

Only So Much You Can Do

I was talking with a new mom the other day who is all anxious about doing exactly the right things so that her baby grows up to be a happy and healthy person, not too selfish, not too wishy-washy, not a quitter, but not trapped into doing things he doesn’t like because he doesn’t want [...]

More Evidence of Non-Black-Eyed Susan-ness

Roy Herron for Us!

As long as “us” can speak English… or not… Okay, scratch “Roy Herron for Us!” Let’s go with “Roy Herron: I will fuck up fucking over the most vulnerable members of society!” Hmm, maybe a little too vulgar. “Roy Herron: I think WWJD and then I do the opposite!” No, no, that’s not going to [...]

Black-eyed Susans, My Fat Fanny!

This is not a black-eyed susan. The petals are obviously going to be white. So, what the fuck is this and how did it get in my garden? Was there a mix-up in the black-eyed susan seed packing plant? Is there still hope for some black-eyed susans later in the summer? Will this turn out [...]

Hidden Rivers

The other day Brittney Gilbert linked to a post about the hidden rivers of San Francisco.  And I’ll admit, it’s been on my mind, in terms of Nashville. There’s the now-underground creek that runs north of the Capitol. Are there others? But more than that, I’m curious about the springs. You see all these signs [...]

Who Are These People Who Learn Life Lessons from Gardening?!

I learn nothing profound from gardening. I think gardening makes me stupider. Things go on all the time and you don’t know why, exactly. That plant does this. That plant does that. The tiny lilac remains tiny. You think that thing is dying, but it’s really just about to send something skyward. Who knows? Gardening [...]

God, What if McCain Had Won?

The President is supposed to uphold the Constitution. And yet, McCain seems to have given up on the Constitution and switched, instead, to the abuser’s lament–”You made me do this.” See, Arizona simply had to enact legislation singling people who look too freshly Mexican out for discrimination because Obama didn’t act swiftly enough. I don’t [...]

Flowers in the Dark!

I finished up taking the pictures I wanted to take yesterday! Thanks to the Butcher.

State Employees, Go Check out My Pith Post

It’s what I told you it’d be.

Too Fat to Fight a Lie?!

I’m about ready to divorce Diet Dr. Pepper and marry this article. I quote the part that made me smile, but you should read the whole thing. According to the report, hundreds of first-term enlistees are discharged every year for being unable to control their weight. (The retired generals blame this rate of attrition for [...]

An Open Letter to Stephen George

Dear Mr. George, “This is not a hit piece.”? Really? I would hope it was a hit piece because if this is how you write about female politicians in general, I’m going to have a lot of open letters to you to write. Let’s consider who, aside from Evans, gets quoted in your story: Mike [...]

Ticks & Me

In the olden days, I never, ever got ticks. Since moving to Whites Creek, I get ticks all the time. I get at least a tick, but usually two or three, when I go out to Bells Bend. My one day high is 12, which was, until that day, twice the amount of ticks I’d [...]

Too Bad the Battery Died, My Front Irises Look Awesome

We went to a park this morning (though not the park I was trying to find) and I took these pictures. And the Professor came over and we got two of the beds that will be full of sunflowers planted, which was awesome. I have blisters, now, so it’s going to have to wait until [...]

Oh, Vegetables! I’m sorry.

I took the Butcher out to look at our tomato and pepper seedlings. When I planted them, yesterday, they each had four leaves. This morning, when we looked at them, some of them already had six leaves and were noticeably larger. Those poor vegetables were just as ready as can be to get in the [...]

The Vegetables are In!

With the exception of the corn, I busted my butt when I got home from work and got the bed ready and the plants and seeds in. I even scattered the wildflower seeds. So, you know what this means. Bring on the rain! Tornadoes skip us!