Well, Happy Thanksgiving everybody! We’re celebrating with a pretty big group–almost 30 at my SGC’s house. (That’s sister-girlfriend-cousin). We’ll be doin’ the traditional meal wearing our matching Paula Deen aprons. I love Thanksgiving ’cause it’s all about the food. (Also my SGC is actually Daryl’s cousin, but I love her so much that I claim [...]

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Hey! This is Part 2 of one of those two part thingies I do. Part 1 is A Heart of Stone. You might want to read that one first. You know…so it all makes sense. So, for reasons I couldn’t explain or understand back then, after I broke into the doc’s car I went home [...]

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I had an empty Dr. Pepper can in one hand, using it as an ashtray, and a half-smoked cigarette in the other. I was sitting in a big leather wingback chair Indian style staring at a sign on the desk that read, “No Smoking Please.” Whatever. I was stoned. It wasn’t even noon yet. The [...]

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There is nothing more frustrating or discouraging when tragedy strikes than hearing folks say, “Well, it must have been God’s will. He allowed it to happen.” What?!? Wait a minute! Put on the brakes! I’m a Calvinist and I don’t even believe that. The truth of the matter is God’s will is not being done [...]

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In 1991 the average Muscovite woman had 18 abortions in a lifetime. (The national average for women across Russia at that time was six). The procedure became so common and such an everyday occurrence that most Muscovite women ceased calling it an abortion and decided to call it douche or a cleansing. It was a [...]

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