Cash For Crap
The era of the bailout has enshrouded our mindset as of late. In a last, desperate gasp, personal accountability has finally croaked, and we are now rewarding unethical and downright greedy behavior by...
View ArticleTime To Man It Up
For the last five months, I’ve endeavored to bring you glimpses of my convoluted thought process and the subsequent chaotic results. This is not an issue of happenstance; I had recently sold off my...
View Article5 Things I’d Like For Christmas
Every year, around this time of year, pundits ’round the world remind us to be thankful of the simple things in our lives. That’s great. It soothes the guilt of conspicuous consumption and makes us...
View ArticleWhite Line Fever
Living the Dream in Missouri Spring is busy trying to spring. Last night marked the beginning of the season with our first tornado-watch/panic-fest that local meteorologists seem to drool over. We had...
View ArticleCountdown Is ON!
Nan, Chewie, Oma, Amanda & Barbara One week from today, the entire Missouri wing of our clan is rolling west to California, road tripping in what will surely be come to known as...
View ArticleFrugal Rock
The Latest Member Of The Gang Yesterday another step towards motorcycular freedom was achieved: I took the written exam for a license and am now the proud owner of a permit. It’s been a generation or...
View ArticleTail Dragging Top Ten
Old Friends Picking Old Tunes “CALIFORNIA WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE IF IT WEREN’T FOR THE CALIFORNIANS.“ -Dirtbag (a native of the S.F. Bay area and current resident of Washington State) Top 10...
View ArticleIt’s The Heat. It’s The Humidity, Too.
Mississippi John Hurt: bluesman, fellow hater of humidity (I think) “I believe I’ll get drunk, tear this barrel house down.” —’Drunken Barrel House Blues’, Memphis Minnie. Time to bitch about the...
View ArticleDear Chaos, Please Come Home Soon.
I'm So Over Waldo Chaos is absent right now. My kids are healthy and full of piss and vinegar. The Wife has a birthday of indeterminate origin tomorrow. Good and decent people came to our house tonight...
View ArticleSee You Down The Road
James Dean Burton, RIP Tragedy can be beautiful, but it rarely seems so while it occurs, or to those who endure it. Last week I witnessed a co-worker say goodbye to his father, a life cut short at 55...
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