I’ve actually dreaded tonight for the past 2 months, because of this conversation prohibiting my going out of town Friday. The one where I got dressed down in front of 2 of my peers by a little man who seems to lack authority in real life, so he must exert […]
I just found the following sentences sitting in my “drafts” folder as part of a post I wrote in late January 2012; I obviously didn’t finish it: I’m normally excited about a new year: new goals; new resolutions; new chance to see Alabama play for a national championship. But this […]
In my nearly 16 years as a Reservist, I’ve only done something really crazy—like sneak off base, hop on a plane, and leave the time zone—twice. The first time was in March 1999. My friend Chad was getting married, and I was to be a groomsman. I’d known Chad since […]
After bbq with Heather and 2+ hours of catching up while standing in line, we got to see Jenny during her Atlanta book signing! Everyone in line had sticky “post it” notes of varying colors inside their books to signify tiers of early signing, but we didn’t get there early […]
I started blogging in ’05 but started this site in ’08, and at that time, there were a bunch of memes going around, wherein one blogger would “tag” a bunch of others with an award or a series of questions to answer. Here are some of those old posts, in […]
