Saurly Yours

The only reason we met is because I had forgotten my cell phone. Again. Since I was only 5 minutes away from home, I turned around and went ...

I recently wrote a piece for Helium, and am sharing it with you here: It has been said that the only true reformation of the Catholic Churc...

Yesterday a story broke in the Seattle Times that once again reminds us that Big Brother is watching. Because the feds are concerned about ...

I just ran across a fantastic post defending atheism on Craig's List (of all places!). I've known such thoughtful and intelligent a...

Although business is tough right now, the economy's scary, and life's uncertain, my house is getting a makeover. It's a process ...

In the past, I've enjoyed celebrating St. Patty's Day because it meant eating corned beef and cabbage. I'm an extremely light d...

My friend Doozie and I were catching up recently. I emailed her a recent problem I've been having with my son and then I realized that p...

A bunch of us went to the The Strawberry Festival recently. I've written about it before. The Strawberry Festival is an annual event i...

Remember my faithless friend (Zen), the deadbeat tenant who left the premises a horrifying mess ? Well, today we went to court. My witnesses...

I've mentioned Rosie's Diner before. It's a great neighborhood hangout where many of us will go for a good, cheap meal before w...

Yesterday we were treated to the story and accompanying video of a Marine tossing a beautiful puppy over a cliff to its death . Some psychol...

I haven't written much on the candidates because, frankly, everyone else is. There is little left for us freelance hack journalists to w...

I have a number of people who work with me. If you drew up an organizational chart, you'd see more of us listed horizontally than vertic...

My car had to go back to the shop on Friday (I think my mechanic is having an affair with it, because there's really no reason that the ...

Today I decided to go grocery shopping at Sweetbay , which is the newest supermarket chain to pop up in this market. I only had a couple of ...

In May of 2006, I wrote an article on the FDA, and their inability to protect us in everything from our medicines to our meats. In March of...

From March 13th through the 16th, disenchanted veterans from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars will be in front of Congress, testifying to the a...

By now many of you have heard of the wheelchair-bound man that was abused by our local sheriffs. If you haven't, you can catch the story...

I was browsing in a Christian bookstore yesterday, as I had a little time to kill. They're going out of business, and I was hoping to pi...

First a little housecleaning: 1) If you participate in Ebay at all, please sign this petition and join the boycott. 2) I was quite surpris...