10 Facts About Oil
…from the Environmental Defense Fund. 96 Percent of the world’s transportation energy currently supplied by oil.$75 Cost of barrel of oil on July 18th, 2007.$131 Cost of barrel of oil on July 18th, 2008.9.6 billion Number of fewer miles Americans drove in May 2008 compared to May 2007.10.3 billion Number of trips taken via the [...]
Tart. Like Me.
You ever have one of those days? One of those months? Husband is away and to say we miss him is an understatement. The boys take turns sleeping with me and I spend most nights curled up in one corner of the bed hoping the kid, whoever it is, doesn’t kick out my kidney. In [...]
Theology With an Eight Year-Old
Putting my children to bed is always interesting. They ask wacky questions (“Will you come to my NBA draft even if it’s on a Friday night?”) or ask for stories about when I was a kid (“Tell us again about the time you sold everything in your toy box and got in trouble!”) Anything to [...]
Say It Ain’t So, Lee Stranahan? To A Question You Shouldn’t Even Be Asking?
Okay, I’m game. This business about John Edwards, well, it doesn’t bother me so much. Anyone who reads this site can’t possibly be surprised by my response. For those in the cheap seats, I will repeat what has become all too painfully clear: When or if a man cheats on his wife – it is [...]
Don’t Get Me Started
I’m afraid Husband and I are becoming more like those old people who lived through the Great Depression. “You’re going through hard times? This ain’t nothin’! I once had to flick maggots off a steak I found in the garbage so I could eat something after nearly starving to death. In the winter. While only [...]
What’s Wrong with People?
At my old school in Tampa, I worked with a guy, we’ll call him Sam. Sam was slightly annoying. He would lecture me on my use of profanity when I write and the importance of appearing in modest clothing online. Sorta like my mom with a penis. But Sam’s heart was in the right place [...]
Where Were the Parents At?
Lawrence King is abandoned at birth. Grows up with all kinds of problems. His adoptive parents allow him to go to middle school in full drag sometimes – with makeup. Brandon McInerney comes from a broken home. Mom’s addicted to meth and Dad likes to beat the sh*t out of her from time to time. [...]
A Modern American Family
Back in the day, when my great-grandparents took the boat over to America from Ireland, they also took an incredible chance. They risked their lives to make a better one for their children and grandchildren. For all of us. When they first arrived, my ancestors settled near Scranton, Pennsylvania with other Irish Catholics. They married [...]
What or Who is Younger Than John McCain?
You’d be surprised. Bugs Bunny, computers, the reverse cowgirl position, birth control pills, and my grumpy father-in-law are all younger than John McCain. So is my new favorite website – with many more examples. Enjoy.
Perhaps He Gets It?
Is there a marker you would lay down at the end of your first term where you say, “If this has happened or not happened, I would consider it a negative mark on my governance”? If I haven’t gotten combat troops out of Iraq, passed universal health care and created a new energy policy that [...]
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