Yay For Birthdays!

Birthdays, celebrations of life and gathered wisdom, often conclude with the guest of honor wishing that he or she were dead due to the cumulative affects of the traditional overindulgence of celebratory liquids.

The Intracoastal Waterway Claims Another Victim

Reading the article about my cousin's death makes the entire situation feel real in a way that even attending the memorial service did not.

Stupid Hormones

In a word: PMS.

So Much For The Upstanding Morals Of The Good Old Days

I never realized just how skeevy the song "Baby It's Cold Outside" is until really listening to it today at work.

Insider Tips

In my experience, if someone is wearing a shirt that says "I'm With The Band" they aren't.

You Can't Have It Both Ways

Only in North Carolina can there be a severe drought and a flood warning at the same time.

I Somehow Doubt That Was Her Intention

Every time I see Ann Coulter's book How To Talk To A Liberal (If You Must) I get the song "How To Talk To An Angel" stuck in my head.

Newfound Respect For The Plight Of The "Hunt-and-Peck'ers"

What I wouldn't do for a standard numerical keypad right about now.

License Numbers And Their Affect On The Known World

How would my life change if my parents were never really married?

Why Is that?

Sometimes the words of others can more accurately describe one's feelings than one's own words.

Defeatest

I'm always afraid of getting excited about something for fear of it not working out.

Time Management

How ironic is it that I took a job at a bookshop so that I could have money to buy books that I now do not have time to read because of the job that I took to buy the books in the first place?

A Can Of Paint And A Straight Razor

Discussing renovation plans makes everything seem more permanent.

Heather's Funeral

I think that her passing was not nearly as painful as watching people that I've grown up with in such pain.