Like many of us, I'm at the end of my rope with the behavior of the other folks who I share space with in this country. And I'm not choosing sides here, either--there's plenty of blame to get spread around.

 No one wants my take on the healthcare bill/debacle, because there… Read full post »

One of these days I'll learn to quit starting my mornings with half an hour or so of trolling the net to feed my news and infotainment addictions. On one pass through the Drudgereport (I usually stop by once a day or so to see what wackiness is going on in… Read full post »

When I sat down to write this part of the “Unsound Fundamentalists” thread, I found that I could not move beyond the story of my sister's death. For now, I've decided that I will leave that for another time. Even though it's been two years since she passed, I realized that… Read full post »

I hadn't planned on writing a posting on Obama, or the inauguration, but upon further reflection, I've changed my mind. Although I only was able to catch the last ten minutes or so of Obama's speech on Tuesday, I nevertheless found myself caught up in the enthusiasm, the sheer optimisim and… Read full post »

So... I was very, very tired.

 By the time I finally stopped attending church, I had long ago realized that my heart wasn't in it. In fact, this was starting to make me feel very, very guilty. In my church, Sunday morning and Wednesday evening meetings were considered "testimony" time. Each perso… Read full post »

It's been just under two years since I quit going to church. And I feel fine. Last Sunday morning, as I lay in bed with my girlfriend, I realized that on the other side of town, a group of people that I used to know fairly well were probably singing a… Read full post »

I found myself in a discount clothing retail outlet yesterday, looking for the basic necessities--socks and underwear--at a cheap price. I'd like to blame my increasingly Scrooge-like tendencies on the darkening economic horizon, but the fact of the matter is, I'm becoming more and more of a penny-pi… Read full post »

Well, I've finally done it. After years of poking fun of colleagues who admitted to weekends spent furtively locked in home offices blogging and tracking the musings and ramblings of online "friends" they had never met, playing the link-chasing game through fanblogs for sci-fi television shows and 19… Read full post »