Category: 2001-2007

Rip Start My lawn mower (some would call it a grass cutter) has a priming problem. The priming bubble has a hole in it. It doesn’t make a lot of difference to me. I...

Tipping over In one part of the suburb without a city a man who speaks little English is stuffing guacamole and chimichangas into a plastic sack. Across town a woman with short hair is...

I was alone in a dirty little cabin somewhere in the middle of my home state. I was a college student and working for the middle-Missouri NBC affiliate. It was really dark. Everywhere. My...

From South Carolina to Texas… …the crazed 25 year-old drove with the eyes of technology following him the entire way. He drove his father’s car. His roommate drove the other family ride. Their long...

Shut up, shut up, shut up A quick confession before we begin…I am a sucker for talk radio. It’s a rabid conservative in the morning, a Libertarian in the afternoon, and a smart left...

Three Years Last night, I stepped into a smokeless room and saw the aging, pudgy man with glasses on stage. He had a Fender Strat strapped across his chest and a hitch in his...

Important changes A couple of things regular readers may want to pay attention to… One…I have changed my comments provider. I like this system better and it doesn’t crash as often. Take a look...

The Quest For Otis I am an idiot. Nicknames–especially those we give ourselves–mean nothing. They are quick pseudonyms that are only used to hide the fact you don’t know someone’s real name….or you don’t...

Stop and think… My dad has a lot of brothers. There’s the mysterious one that I have come to believe is either a CIA operative or an American connection to South American drug lords....

An Apology I owe all of my frequent readers an apology. You’ve been reading real tripe here for the last few weeks and I have no excuse (although i’m about to offer several). I...

A man who appreciates a porch I require a porch…or a deck…or a slab of concrete. I require a nearby fridge…a trusty cooler…or a big tub of ice. I require sunshine…soulshine…or moonshine. Spring is...

Just call me Ace Sometimes great ideas spring from a title. Something like a guy thinking, “You know, ‘War and Peace’ would be a great title for a book. Maybe I should write that.”...

The Drought Upstate South Carolina is a mass of red clay. The banks of our lakes are longer and wider than they used to be. Boat docks are now picnic tables, underwater forests are...

Your April Fool The Spring sun cut slyly through the mini-blinds, a voyeur before the internet made voyeurism a public pastime. It was an April Fools Day sun falling on the greatest April Fool...