Because it’s October…

Been slammed this term. A lot of administrative tasks and all of the insanity and inanity that go with it, student dilemmas, classroom issues, lots of interruptions, and so on. Even still, we managed to get the Clothesline Project started on campus, and it was probably one of the most therapeutic events I’ve ever put … Continue reading →

Christmas Gifts I Won’t Buy My Nephews (2016 edition)

Once again, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. A time in which wallets are completely emptied of cash and credit cards have negative balances. A time in which some of us realize, often too late, that a savings account specifically for Christmas would’ve been a Really Good Idea.  I’ve informed most of the … Continue reading →

Too Much Too Soon

This time of year means stress upon stress. This time of year can take it the hell back. So many things happening all around that I can’t concentrate, can’t think about what comes next or how to get through it. My grandfather always said that things can only get better after they hit the breaking point (how … Continue reading →

Terrible Thoughts from the Past 24 hours

1. I graded 32 papers last night while I had John Carpenter’s The Thing on television as background noise. Of course, the movie distracted me in all of its nailbiting gory suspense. However, all I could think of at the moment was the fact that Keith David was in it, and I STILL have yet … Continue reading →

Going…Going…GONE. (Girl.)

     When the general populace finds something so intriguing, so presumably thought-provoking and even a bit shocking, jaw-dropping, I have to see for myself. I have it in me to WANT to see what it is that makes people twist around in their seats. It’s like that with books, TV shows, films, videos, op/ed pieces, … Continue reading →

Same Booth, Once a Year.

     Him again.       It wasn’t as if Shar hadn’t been prepared for his arrival this time. The minute she saw him lumbering across the parking lot, she’d already had the menu in hand and had waved the antsy, little hostess away. He’d sit in the same spot, as ever, a booth overlooking the street, … Continue reading →

25 Reasons Why Our Culture Is Already Dead

I hang my head in shame at it all. Still, there are plenty of people who feel just as ashamed about this mess: 1. The 50 Shades of Grey phenomenon (Have ANY women who’ve “enjoyed” the book taken into account that Christian Grey is a flat-out misogynist, and Anastasia Steele is the most idiotic, cringe-worthy female protagonist … Continue reading →

But Natural News Says It’s TRUE!

     Invincible ignorance shall be deemed the eighth sin.      The term “invincible ignorance” stems from 19th century Catholic theology. I am hardly a Catholic, but I first learned the term from my father whose Catholic upbringing obviously left its mark with him.  It is a term that is aptly applied to my area of U.S. where so … Continue reading →

Kicks on 66.

(just outside of Sedona, AZ, Summer 2011)      Back in the summer of 2011, my mom and I hit the road from Santa Fe to the Grand Canyon, making a few overnight stops along the way. She had been before, but I hardly knew the West as she did. During our trip, we had to … Continue reading →

My Mister Sisters.

     I’m baffled by the term “best friend,” as if true friendship could be measured or compared. Friends, to me, are those whose company we genuinely enjoy, whose interests match our own, but they are also the people we find absolutely loyal.  As it is, I have a number of friends whom I adore and would do virtually anything … Continue reading →