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My weatherman is awesome.  He’s on twitter and Facebook.  He’s even got his own, very interesting blog. During a weather emergency like the recent tornado’s that leveled the south and the ones just before that which destroyed much of North

I work.  A lot.  Usually between 60 and 90 hours a week.  My boss is cool and doesn’t require those hours he just gives me enough to fill 40 or 50 hours and leaves me alone.  Along the way I

I kiss her lightly on the cheek and she doesn’t respond so I follow it up with a quiet caress and a gentle hug. I snuggle with her under the thick, heavy blanket topped by a down comforter and whisper

  Food for thought: Until we stop expecting politicians to "bring money home" and start expecting them to "leave the money alone" we are screwed.   I’m sure it’s been said before.  I have no idea by who.

Yesterday my first cousin got married in my home town.  We really wanted to go but, well, it’s 900 miles away.  Sometimes I don’t mind that distance; sometimes I do. You hear stories about small towns and how, “everyone knows

I’ve seen a lot of rhetoric out of right wingers about Obama “not doing anything”.  I watch the news as it scrolls by on my screen all day long so I can attest to the fact that this is completely

I’ve watched this little girl grow up.  She’s spent half of her weekends over the last 10 years at my house.  She’s not related to me but she calls me Uncle.  She was just a wee little thing when our

I’m a nerd or, more correctly, I’m a geek.  We won’t dig into the differences here but there’s a related story that I want to share so the point is valid.  This week while working with someone over wording for

Digi-cousin, The Nerdy Redneck has posted a couple of interview stories the last few days.  Good stories.  Check both of them out. Failing a test and Passing a test Giving a test and failing a test A reply to the

"I,  , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will