OK, first 100,000 fish turn up dead along an Arkansas River. Then 5,000 birds drop out of the sky in Arkansas. Or vice versa. Either way they happened about 100 miles apart. In both cases, only one or mainly one … Continue reading →

I would just like to say that as a southerner it is both against my nature and my religion to leave my house under the current weather conditions. Nonetheless, despite a cracked rail on the Metro, I made it to … Continue reading →

Dancing With The Stars is neither about dancing nor stars. Discuss.

Parker recently learned the word “overprotective” and now sometimes jokingly says I’m, well, overprotective. Whatever, but if I can keep my kids from getting hurt I’m gonna do it. Case in point: the shredder. I read a while back about … Continue reading →

Great. The plugin I rely upon to create digest posts when I don’t have time to write anything seems to be on the fritz. And like most things that break in my life, I have no time to try and … Continue reading →

I was wondering why my face hurts and why I have a splitting headache. Then I realized, I’ve been clenching my teeth all day. Probably because of the morning I’ve had, and because Pepco’s outage map indicates that my journey … Continue reading →

Just keeps getting stranger and stranger. “Triple Murder Suicide Plot”?

Ooops. So much for teaching kids to “always tell the truth.” Apparently, toddlers who tell lies make for more successful adults. I’m not sure if that says something important about child development, or something sad about the kind of society … Continue reading →

I’m chaperoning the first grade field trip to the national zoo this morning. Wish me luck!

I can honestly say, I didn’t know any of these things.

Speaking of bearing grudges, while Wall Street bonuses were up 17% in 2009, nearly 25% of mortgages are “underwater.”

OK. I realize it’s just a statement about proposed legislation another country, but George W. Bush would never have condemned the Uganda anti-gay bill as ‘odious’. Let alone as a prayer breakfast.

This is rich. Sarah Paling wants President Obama to fire White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for referring to colleagues in a closed-door meeting as “f—ing retarded.” Please, lady. Look Rahm’s an asshole, granted. But when did you renounced … Continue reading →

How many of those extinct mammals lived in the rainforest?

Mammals may be nearly half way toward mass extinction? Like, doesn’t that include us?

I don’t mind jury service. Really, I don’t. (I’ve yet to be on a jury, though.) But if you’re going to make me sit in one place most of the day, at least have wi-fi that doesn’t suck. Ok?

Lemme see… I’m not (a) married to Tiger Woods, (b) sleeping with Tiger Woods, (c) even remotly a part of Tiger Woods’ universe. Thus, I don’t care whether he had an affair or not. It only makes it more apparent … Continue reading →

Color me “not surprised.” For some odd reason, people would occasionally ask me if Meridith Baxter was gay. Like, I was supposed to know? I always said that as far as I knew, she wasn’t. But I always got a … Continue reading →

I’ve got about three different posts in the works. So, if I’m not posting, it’s because I’m writing. However, I wanted to come up for air and recommend this great column on religion and economics. It’s so full of ideas … Continue reading →