There’s a meme going around the blogosphere right now that has bloggers interviewing each other. (According to Answers.com, a meme is, “A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.”) I decided to throw my hat into the ring, and as a result have been interviewed by blogger, writer, and artist Thom Gladhill: (more…)

Just minutes ago on on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” U.S. Sen. Joe Biden (D-Delaware) claimed his vote for the 2002 “Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq” was actually a vote to prevent a war rather than to start one. I have to give Biden some credit: his composure was amazing. I couldn’t have said something like that with a straight face.

A comic-book artist named Tom Artis has died far too young at the age of 51, following a year-long battle with severe illness. As a result his family is in dire straits. You can help. (more…)

You’ve probably noticed this blog has undergone something of a dry spell of late. Business is demanding more busy-ness on my part. (more…)

Yeah, it’s been, what, a little over two weeks since my last post? Well, I’ve been sick that entire time. A cold-turned-sinus-infection that kept me out of work for three-and-a-half days last week.

But… I’m back. (more…)

This afternoon I put up a post angrily criticizing a woman in my area for certain remarks she made to the local media. Earlier this week she narrowly escaped being killed in a terrible car crash that claimed the lives of two others. She believes she survived the accident because God has a special plan for her. My initial reaction was one of anger, because her remarks implied that the people who died in the accident were less special than she. Jerry Chandler responded to my diatribe in a very thoughtful way and led me to reconsider. I decided I could not, in good conscience, leave the post up. In its place, I’d like to post what Jerry wrote. Take it away, Jerry: (more…)

I’m going to do something with my blog I haven’t done yet — I’m just going to blow off steam.

The week of Feb. 25 will forever be known to me as the Week Full of Suckage. (more…)

A long overdue tribute to my grandfather.

Legendary songwriter Ray Evans has died. Evans, together with his longtime songwriting partner Jay Livingston, composed enduring tunes including “Silver Bells,” “Mona Lisa,” and “Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera).”

Oh, yeah, and he graduated from high school with my late grandfather. (more…)

Well, Jeannie and I have been able to coax our new cats, Zeke and Zack, out of hiding for two nights in a row. (more…)