I gave a speech for a public speaking class in undergrad about how it was cool to wear red ribbons and talk about supporting money for an incurable but preventable disease, while another disease killed more people and was much less preventable. I spoke of a Homecoming Queen from my hometown and delivered an argument [...]
Just like last year at this time, I took Maddie downtown to watch the Dragon*Con parade Saturday morning. And, as my Twitter followers know, somebody severely pissed me off, so I’m going to ask you, dear reader, if I’m overreacting or in the wrong here.
After driving around downtown for 30 minutes, I found a place [...]
When I get good and angry at someone whom I know well enough to have access to his house, I like to give him an “upper decker.” No, that doesn’t mean I take said bastard to Turner Field with a fistful of $5 tickets that damage nasal linings. It means I take a shit in [...]
I found a post from Immoral Matriarch that inspired me to, like she did, list some of my favorite Muskrat moments from last year:
May: Muskrat is invited to speak at a local elementary school and posts the questions the children ask in Answers to the Children’s Questions. He is unlikely to be asked to return.
June: [...]
Just the other day, I received the following “direct message” via Twitter from a tweeter named Cary:
“Any particular reason you don’t follow Lisa? I know, this is weird.”
To which I replied:
“Nope. Sometimes I just don’t take the time to think about whether I’ll reciprocate or not.”
And I went back to working.
At the end of the [...]
