The SIFTW signing last night was just lovely. It was cold and Gustav-y rainy, and I barely felt like going myself, as I'd fallen off my Walt Bodine adrenaline rush at 2 p.m., had a lot of deadlines at work...

Rain, have I mention that it’s raining?  92, 000 people in Arkansas are out of power, 21K of them here in our county.  Of course the schools are closed.  All the private schools, most preschools, the college, the beauty college, and all of the sc...

My apologies for the vulgar title, but I am sorry to say my typically trashy mouth virgin ears have been so corrupted it’s all I can do not to spew a string of obscenities as I type this. Really, be glad that’s the worst I came out with. I don...

So it turns out Gustav was no Katrina, thank God. Until our abrupt departure, we had a nice time with my parents and my little sister's family. My sister has a brand-new baby girl. Here is Bella making her cry. ********************* The funny thi...

...t;of biblican proportions" on the night Obama was scheduled to speak.The point of the ad, put out long before anyone knew Gustav would create havoc in Gulf, was to make people laugh and then push the idea of pro-life, anti-gay marriage. clipped from ...