Growing up, there were … challenges to being poor, and having parents in denial. We didn’t celebrate holidays all that often, but when we did, we thought it would be awesome. The truth of the matter was that my parents only went through the motions of getting decorations and such when we were too poor
I came across a ruling that a Colorado judge ruled that a cake-maker was required to serve gay couples. Strangely enough, I’m bothered by this ruling. I believe strongly in a company’s ability to refuse service to anyone they please. It doesn’t matter if it’s discrimination. It’s Hobby Lobby all over again. What it boils down
A friend of mine (“George”) came over to play Magic: the Gathering with me and the Boy. Before we started playing, I set the expectations: He would most likely lose, and we would be “mean” to him, because that was how you win in Magic. I picked out my favorite three decks, and passed them
I’m a weird son of a bitch. Just saying. But even I didn’t expect my input to affect our Christmas decorations this much. This weekend, while we were getting out Christmas stuff, I opened a nice big bag which had three beautiful stockings in it. Each of them was handmade for the members of my
I might be diabetic. I have a range of symptoms that I’m not going to share here for now. Mostly because I don’t want you guys to post a bunch of comments telling me what other diseases I might have. I’m not a hypochondriac, but I am terrified of the possibility that I may be
I think it a hundred times a day. I obsess. When she talks to the kids, I stop what I’m doing and listen. Several times yesterday, I heard them talking about me and froze. “Is this it? Are they about to kick me out?” I just can’t get over this fear. It’s completely irrational. My
There is this big fucking thing in my house. I know where it came from, and who put it there. It’s the monster from my closet, and I put it there. It’s enormous, and covered in odd colored masses. It looks like Oscar the Grouch had a gay baby with Rainbow Brite, then planted the
Bonus points if you get my reference. We’ve spent the past day and a half with my family, and we’ll spend more time with them today. Thanksgiving is always a multi-day event with us these days, because some people come from out of town, and we like to do a bunch of things while everyone’s
So here’s the low-down Charlie Brown. I’m a crazy person, right? Right. When I was a teenager, I started hallucinating. Mostly just distracting shit, like spots and stuff. You know how, if you look at the light just right, you can see shit floating around in the air? Like dust and stuff? It was like
The second I think I’m on a roll, the Universe kicks me in the ass. As usual, we had our post-Girl Scouts game night with friends. Except this time it was “friend” as in, just one. I had no idea what to do, so I suggested that my friend build a deck of Magic cards.
