Since Congress apparently only listens to us for one big vote and then swaps pork favors for votes a few days later to give the American public its middle finger, I’m advocating a return to the era of civil disobedience. If our coin is going to be commandeered every couple weeks and then pissed away [...]
Encouraged by a barrage of request-filled emails and comments wanting more, below are additional highly-recommended sources of “teaching moments” for you and your progeny, compliments of the Muskrat library: 1) He Don’t Mean Nothin’ By It: My First Book on Domestic Violence. Learn what Daddy means when he says, “I done told you twice!” as [...]
Last night, I had an appointment to show my rental property to a 20-something medical student named Suleman. We’d spoken on the phone, and I guess I thought he was Indian perhaps. When he got out of the car, however, he looked like the grown version of the male rapist from The Kite Runner (which [...]
Today I received an email from my uncle, who lives in Birmingham, Alabama; he quit IT consulting not too long ago to pursue a new career in teaching (a benefit of living in a paid off house): Just thought I would relate a funny thing I noticed yesterday. As you know, many of my education [...]
Recently at an event at our church, the band played a song in which “lift up your heads” was part of the lyrics. I thought, “no problem–the screen on which the words are shown is above my head. I have to lift my head to read the words. I am good at Christian ‘Simon Says’ [...]
