I sorta feel like a crusader these days when it comes to alcohol, which is bizarre for many reasons, not the least of which being that I rarely drink and have only been drunk once. (Thank you AnnaLisa!) It all started last week. Two things happened that got me talking about alcohol, and since then …

We’re talking about Thanksgiving and Christmas plans, I’ve got less than a month to write three major papers plus make major revisions/additions to a fourth, and need to grade a stack of exams. It must be (almost) November! School is racheting up for the final push, due in large part to the fact that UTD …

My mom was on KTLO radio last night participating in the candidate forum. You can listen here. Her opponent was supposed to be there as well, but didn’t show up — and has offered no explanation, even though they saw one another this morning. Weird! Also, my dad was on the 7 a.m. news today, …

I got an e-mail from Linens N Things today that, I kid you not, had this as its headline: Breaking News in Dinnerware & Stemware The point was that they have a new line of dinnerware that is supposed to be break/chip resistant. Still, I just thought it was very funny. Maybe that tells you …

I’m currently in a phase of the semester where I’m moments away, at any given time, of a major freak-out meltdown. While I have *adored* teaching the undergrads I normally just TA (read: grade exams), I’m now in my third week of filling in as the teacher, and it’s a struggle twice a week to …

I swear, I *couldn’t* make this shit up — in this case, literally! Mayor wants horse manure off city streets from The Baxter Bulletin Thursday, Sept. 21 The Mountain Home City Council will consider an ordinance to regulate the use of horses, mules, oxen, ponies and donkeys on city streets when it meets at 6 …

What Kind of American English Do You Speak? My Linguistic Profile: 65% General American English 15% Dixie 15% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern

At the football game last Friday, Tracy, Herb and I spent a great deal of time talking about how things were back in the day when Mr. Nelson was band director — musing about how he would have done things were he still band director, reminiscing about his very particular way of doing things, and …

I have one helluva week ahead… and unfortunately, the semi-regular sinus infection has arrived, despite my best efforts (1000 mg of Vitamin C daily for the last couple of weeks) to ward it off. This weekend Daniel and I made a very quick trip up to visit my parents in Arkansas. Even though he makes …

{excerpted from the Baxter Bulletin} New planning commissioners to be appointed The Mountain Home Planning Commission, with only four remaining members, met to approve two items on an agenda Monday, its first meeting since nearly half the panel resigned last week. Three commissioners, including the chairman, resigned Friday following questions about their residency qualifications. Present …