Editorials – Mental Defecation

I Tried to Ignore It

September 26, 2017 // 34 Comments

I really did. I thought to myself, “Self, I’m not gonna say anything about it. There’s no sense wading into political waters because you’ll just drown [...]

I’m Just Gonna Leave This Right Here…

May 31, 2016 // 21 Comments

About five years ago when Baby C was just a few months old he was chillin’ in his walker one night while I sat at the computer doing…something I don’t even [...]

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

May 25, 2016 // 29 Comments

Someone vastly wiser than I (which is a VERY large crowd) once said: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Or [...]

I Didn’t Want To Talk About This

November 17, 2015 // 19 Comments

I didn’t want to talk about this, but as you are all undoubtedly aware, another major terrorist attack rocked the world this Friday past. At last count I saw about 130 [...]

My Children Trump You

November 16, 2015 // 16 Comments

On a cold, dreary December morning in 1999, my life was drastically and irrevocably changed. I was blessed with not one, but two children within a span of 60 seconds. It [...]

Through The Eyes of a Child

October 21, 2015 // 19 Comments

My four-year-old son has an unquenchable zest for life that has long since eluded me. If I ever had such a thing. He’s so easily excited. Everything is a cause for [...]

Longing for a Solution

October 9, 2015 // 19 Comments

There has been a lot of discussion (again) regarding gun control in the wake of the latest mass shooting (again?) in this insipid country. We have a crowd on the left [...]

In The Heat of the Moment

August 18, 2015 // 40 Comments

I first heard that quote (okay, I first read that quote) a couple of months ago. It was recited by Jaime Lee Curtis in an anti-bullying ad. Evidently, that phrase has been [...]

So Long, Dixie

June 23, 2015 // 42 Comments

It was just past midnight. I had worked well past my scheduled time, and as gratitude for that my boss offered me a ride home. I accepted. We approached his car, a teal [...]

Can everyone just STFU?

May 5, 2015 // 36 Comments

Something that’s becoming increasing clearer the older I get is that the world is full of self-righteous assholes, and none of them are ever wrong. Every self-righteous [...]