Harmony Grove
Well, the last post was kind of a downer, so I’d better put something up that leaves everyone on a cheery note, right?
Month: March 2008
Morphine Drip
My grandmother is dying. I spent a long weekend in West Virginia saying goodbye and watching my family quietly fall apart. It’s weird, really, to have inane family bullshit spin out of control around her deathbed. Weird because, well, we’re …
Arthur C. Clark Likes Little Boys
True! I wouldn’t bring it up except that I subscribe to hundreds of somewhat similar blogs on Google Reader and, when Clark died the other day, it was a bit much. Everything was: OMG Clark be ded! My friend used …
Smokes
I read today that a Phillip Morris-backed study has managed to “engineer” one of the big cancer causing agents out of tobacco.The article was preoccupied with informing us that smoking is bad and, even with this new GM tobacco, everyone …
Hookin’ Up 91 Style
Call me spoiled, but I like to take around six weeks off in a big block every year and just get my feet off of America. Typically I fly out and bedevil my friends in the UK. This summer, money …
Comcast
Good morning from your capitol city, America. I’m a big fan of how the DC bars get in the mood for St. Patrick’s Day. When else can I walk into any bar at 7:30am and get a beer? Well, there …
The Seven Social Sins
I read today that the Pope will announce seven new deadly sins when he visits DC next month. I learned all about the original sins in school but, really, the only thing I remember is from the movie. Which is …
Atomic Women
Sometimes I think it’d be nice to have a woman around. But then I think of the times a woman has been around, and that makes me think of how much toilet paper, Q-tips, and other essentials they consume. So …
God is in Charge
I was in line at the Post Office the other day, sending off my goddamned taxes, when a lady stepped in front of me. She said that the clerk told her to get to the front of the line and, …