I'm not going to write a whole lot about the horrible shooting in Aurora last week -- other people have done a stellar job of that already (including my friend over at DeBie Hive). But I feel like I can't move on to anything else until I've acknowledged it.So let me just say this: one [...]

Dear Boy Scouts of America, I'd just like to thank you for finalizing the deal on the whole, "We hate gay people" thing. I appreciate you being so -- in Boy Scouty terms -- "forthright" about it and coming straight out with your bigotry instead of continuing to hide behind some excuse about "Needing to [...]

So for whatever reason, I've gotten some bug in my bonnet and am suddenly unwilling to take any crap from anybody.Not the actual buffet, but you get the idea.The other night, we went to the Eldorado Hotel with my brother and his kids. Remember we live in Reno, so we have to do the buffet [...]

Dear Humane Society,You don't know us. Actually, you do know us because ten years ago, we got our first dog from you. I guess at the time I had no idea how lucky we were to have found him so easily because this go-around, it's like we're in some sort of dog hunt from hell.Obviously [...]

I just heard on the news (granted it was local news, so I'm taking this with a grain of salt) that two-thirds of Americans want to do away with the Affordable Care Act. I'm guessing this is probably inaccurate because if you break down the parts of "Obamacare" for people and then ask them about [...]

Today I ate a pot pie, berated an AT&T representative, got a present I've been wanting for years, and found out another one of my friends has cancer.I have no doubts that my blog is appropriately titled.The day started out well. Then I made the huge mistake of calling AT&T to try and clear up [...]

Happy Holidays one and all! Time for the yearly letter. For those of you who don't know, this is kind of how I got started with all the blogging stuff. Once a year, I'd send out a snarky little letter about the state of the world -- not much pressure, except for the fact that [...]

And I wonder why I'm never hungry.So you've probably already heard about this, but if you haven't, I'll just go ahead and be the bearer of bad news. You know all that canned food you bought to get through the apocalypse? Or maybe just so you could make a quick lunch when you forgot it [...]

The "Scream" TreeSo for about the last 14 hours or so, all I've heard is crap. And I'm just so done. So, so done.There comes a point where you start to wonder if there are any decent, reasonable people left in the world. If anyone's thinking about their actions and how they'll affect other people. [...]