Same difference

Everyone keeps saying that Sarah Palin is just like you and me and that somehow this supposed similarity is a qualification to run the United States of America.  I disagree.  On both points.  Nonetheless, I made a list of similarities and differences between Sarah Palin and me.
SIMILARITY:  Both of us are terrible at interviews.
DIFFERENCE:  I’m [...]

WTF?

Me:  What are you doing?
Big D:  (Looking under the couch as if he’s hunting for a lost toy.)  Nothing.
Me:  Are you sure?  What are you doing?
Big D:  I guess you’re right.
Me:  What do you mean?  Right about what?
Big D:  Cats really do have nine lives.

The Big Ten

Dear Kelly,
Can you believe we’ve been married for ten whole years today?  How crazy is that?  Ten years ago, if someone had told me that a decade in the future, I’d be sitting here blogging about being married for ten years, I would have asked them what the hell “blogging” is.  [...]

A slightly shinier turd

See, this is why I’m jealous of the wife.  She can take a simple thing like somebody dropping a dime in the drive-thru and turn it into a whole blog post.  And I bet she wrote that in about a minute and a half.  I just can’t do that.  I’m lucky if I can squeeze [...]

Porcine lipstick and crocodile tears

Okay, yeah, I do enjoy politics.  And with Sarah Palin officially on the Republican ticket, this is finally getting interesting.  But seriously, even I am a little tired of how both campaigns feign outrage over every little perceived insult or slight.  Yes, I know twisting your opponent’s words is what politics is [...]

Fact and Opinion

1. This? This is quite possibly the most perfect ice cream ever. The Turtle Sundae has stupid caramel. That’s what you call it when they put so much caramel in there that it’s just kinda stupid. I probably didn’t need to explain that.
2. Whenever I give the kids [...]

I heart politics

I love politics.  I love how pretty much every politician is completely full of shit.  I love how they can dodge any question they’re ever asked.  I love how they spin everything.  It’s a beautiful and impressive thing to behold and this is turning out to be one of the most fun presidential campaigns ever.
I [...]