Flowers?!

Okay, I don’t know who all is responsible for the flowers that just showed up here, but, sincerely, thank you. You made me cry. In a very happy way. I love you guys.

A Bit of Happy, Weird News

I’ve been getting the map ready for the second collection of ghost stories, so I had to click over to the map of the first one to refresh my memory on what I’d done.  And, people, according to Google, that map has had 37,414 views. Dang! It’s a private map, so you have to have [...]

The Funniest Thing You Will Read in Tennessee Gubernatorial Politics Today

So, the state’s Angriest Gubernatorial Candidate went to talk to the executives at Eastman Chemical Co. In most places, executives at big corporations and the GOP go hand in hand. But after meeting with Wamp, Eastman CEO Jim Rogers says, “I’m guessing he’s never had a cup of decaf in his life.” Don’t get me [...]

The Monsters Receive Their Briefing on Millennium Park

Damn, I really like this poem, too. Nice poetic truth about Frankenstein, I think. I love beautiful words about ordinary things. Those are my favorite poems. Playful and beautiful about things I know about. Ha. That last sentence may, indeed, mark me as a true Midwesterner.

Bad Childhoods

The thing I find most frustrating is that bad childhoods are a dime a dozen. Everyone’s got stories and most of them are much worse than mine. But then, at least from the outside, most people seem to get to leave that shit in the past. Like, yes, things really sucked back then, but then [...]

They Ran Over My Flowers, the Photographic Evidence

They Ran Over My Flowers

I am not even kidding. There’s a huge tire track right down the middle of my motherfucking foxglove. The daisies and the mysterious yellow flowers look like they got tackled by the fucking Titans. Some are dead. I get it. You know. I get it. My shit isn’t shit. The things I love, my effort, [...]

Republicans Have Lost My Grandma

My grandma, bless her heart, has voted Republican her whole life.  Until now. She has become very concerned that she cannot prove that she’s a citizen of the United States, because she can’t find her birth certificate. My mom tried to assure her that there’s no problem with just ordering a copy from Cook County, [...]

Don Williams News

Not that I will have money to go, but still!

Scoring

If I had to say, on a scale of 1 to 10 how angrily irritated I am with my family, I would put me at a 5 for reasons I won’t go into for fear of getting to a 6 or 7. But I have just heard something that has put my irritation in perspective. [...]

Good Lord, It’s Hot

I honestly do not know how folks lived in the South before air conditioning. I mean, I get what the women did. We probably regularly soaked our bloomers in cold water and put them on under long dresses that focused airflow into our core. But how did people who wore pants do down here?! I [...]

Nephewligan

Well, I spent the evening with my nephew while the Butcher was at Bonnaroo. We had Oreos for dinner, because we ate lunch so late, and he played video games and we watched TV. I know other folks have organized activities for their family members when they get together. Hell, when my parents come, we [...]

True Blood, First Episode, Season Three

I expect stupidity, a shocking lack of black people, considering that it’s Louisiana, and Eric being all bad-ass. I predict I will not be disappointed! 7:58 Here we go! Do you remember when Kathy Tyson said “Fresh Blood” should be on True Blood? And here it is! Kathy is psychic! –Ha, I am excited for [...]

Sorry, Mrs. Wiggleboottom

People, here’s the thing about old bull dogs: they are notorious for having shitty skin. It is important to keep your old pit bull clean and flea free. Keeping any animal out here flea free is fairly difficult, but we keep her Frontlined and the places she sleeps washed and vacuumed.  I had been using [...]

Owen Bradley Park

Slip and Slide

Boy Vs. Food

My nephew ate an enormous rib-eye for dinner tonight. His father and I did a lot of standing around looking at my driveway and he’s under the impression that the quickest, easiest way to fill the hole is to just use concrete. I may be coming around to that opinion myself, but I don’t know. [...]

B.’s Bees

I just counted at least twenty bees out on the lavender. Here’s one.

Half a Rabbit

Ooo, the Library

They’re remodeling the library here at work and I had to go over there today to get a book. I really, really like when places make an effort to keep their old buildings, but to continue to make them useful and lively places for people to be. Anyway, the coolest part is that they have [...]

Nashville Tunnel Links

http://www.nashville.gov/des/ http://www.wlhailey.com/project_profiles/second_ave_tunnel_9819421.swf http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php/topic/16954-tunnels-in-dtown-nashville/ http://www.nashvilleflood.net/memories-of-downtown-nashville-historic-hotels.php http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/74706 So, yes, there are tunnels under Nashville. Are they anything more than utility tunnels? Probably not.

Saying “Yes”

They’re discussing “authenticity” over at Pandagon, in a way that should interest you people who love country music. (Weirdly enough, it was another Marcotte discussion about authenticity years ago that led me to conclude that women can’t be authentic, especially in country music, because femininity itself is always a performance, always already fake. We are [...]

What Do Tennessee Republicans and Quentin Tarantino Have In Common?

I don’t actually know the answer to that question, but I’m starting to suspect it’s “a foot fetish.” First there was Ramsey’s boot, which he was going to put in the ass of Washington, and now Mike Turner’s Republican opponent has made a campaign video seemingly designed to appeal to the small number of coprophiliac [...]

My “This Thing” is Blooming! And One Hollyhock is Finally About to!

Ooo, Speaking of Nashville Ghost Stories

Check out this one by Ambrose Bierce!