There’s a thin line between normal and insane. I think I’m standing on it… which would explain the big blob of crazy on my shoe.
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 17th, 2008
Stacey Campfield recently introduced a piece of legislation to prohibit discussion of homosexuality in Tennessee elementary and middle schools. The bill landed in the sub-committee of a committee of some other committee, you know – the one which meets in a dark secret room in the basement of some state building, where these bills [...]
Posted in Tennessee on Mar 1st, 2008
This morning I stopped at the local beer joint to grab a cup of coffee. (I know it sounds funny, but the beer joint is one of the few places in town brewing JFG. Consequently, they get just as many of the local coffee drinkers as they do alcoholics.)
Anyway, I bumped into Backwoods Bob [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 24th, 2008
When the issue of race pops up in politics or entertainment, I’m usually notified. I dunno why. Perhaps people wish to use my reaction to gauge the gravity of any given situation or measure level of offensiveness – but seriously, making me to racial references in the media what Mikey was to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 11th, 2008
Jonah Goldberg and Glenn Reynolds have previously warned of the “social unrest” among “certain segments” of our population should Obama lose either the nomination or the election.
(If you happen to live under a rock and missed this, catch up @ TennViews where the Goldberg/Reynolds musings are dubbed “the newest bit of pus [...]
Posted in Local Characters, The South on Jan 4th, 2008
In regards to Morristown City Council’s recent dickering over the fair price for a police-escort during funeral processions, it seems clear to me that some folks get it:
Hamblen County Sheriff Esco Jarnigan:
“The Hamblen County Sheriff’s Office is not and will not be included in the new policy of charging for a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 3rd, 2008
… but is anyone else slightly freaked out by the fact that the Hannah Montana Barbie Doll is wearing a painted-on thong?
… and should I not find it disturbing that my 5 year-old daughter just requested her very own pair of pink “crack panties.”
I gave her a wedgie.
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 10th, 2007
Ray Snader at Citizen Tribune reports:
The judge (John Bell) who placed 16-year-old Jordan Kaleb Shelton in state custody told the late boy’s mother she should exercise her rights against the state to the fullest extent of the law.
Kaleb Shelton had been removed from his mother’s home earlier this year due to truancy. The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 15th, 2007
Today, I noticed this comment attached to an old blog post about Ron Paul:
Get your facts straight. Ron Paul has never appeared on the Political Cesspool. Though we support him wholeheartedly, he has never been on our program. Why would you use falsehood to discredit an honorable man?
Aside from being tickled that the commenter concedes [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 9th, 2007
Today, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Marvel Toys announced a voluntary recall of Curious George Plush Dolls Apparently, the surface paint on the toy’s plastic face and construction hat contain excessive levels of lead, which violates the federal lead paint standard.
Yesterday, there was another recall of Chinese-made toys, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 22nd, 2007
A trip to the zoo always inspires me to race home and mastermind an elaborate plan to liberate the long-faced chimps. My plan invariably fails when I am unable to convince potential abettors raiding the Knoxville Zoo is a good and necessary crime.
So, given my distaste for seeing animals held in captivity, what the [...]
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