Perp or Victim? What’s this all about? I just love my sister. Our recent e-mail exchange went like this: Hello Bro’ I am in Dubai at an international conference—it is very interesting! I arrive back in Raleigh on Sat. April 21st at 6:45 pm. I may be totally wiped out, as I was when I … Read more
Thirteen years ago today, I stopped living a life of deceit and began living my life authentically. I’m so much better for it. I love my life now. It’s been a while since stripedtiger has had a post that’s cracked me up. It’s about being cruised in the gym. I particularly like the ending. I … Read more
Three out of the four Prudie responses this week are finger-snappers: Dear Prudence, I am a 47-year-old divorced man. I have been through three (yes, three) bad to very bad marriages and have become very cautious about talking to, meeting, and dating women. I am not one of those older guys who goes out looking … Read more
It happens! Little girl: Mommy, I’m going to marry Daddy. Mom: Sorry, honey, turns out Daddy doesn’t like girls. Daddy likes other daddies. —A train via Overheard in New York, Apr 10, 2007 I met Joe for lunch at Red Lobster, where I was thrilled to find the item on their lunch menu that I … Read more
Evidently, even women dream about me… John Martin, you were in my dreams last night… Hey! Hope you are doing well. It’s been too long since I’ve seen your smiling face. Speaking of you smiling, I had a dream last night in which Milton and Bianca hosted a senior citizen square dancing festival. Will and I … Read more
I rode the bus down to the Bell Tower area on Hillsborough Street, and while riding overheard a cell conversation of this 18- or 19-ish year old. “Yes sir, I got it taken care of. It was only like $12.00.” I thought it sounded like maybe he was talking to his father, but wasn’t sure. … Read more
This is my favorite PostSecret from this week’s collection: What I wonder about it is, “Does the disappointment stem from what it couldn’t produce or from what it did?” And from overheardinnewyork.com, this gem: The Penthouse Belongs to His Brother Who Bought into the Lie Little nephew: The kids who celebrate Kwanzaa at my school … Read more
It’s postings like this one that made me first start reading RLP (the Real Live Preacher). Over the past couple of years, he’s drifted a little trying to find his place in the blogosphere, but every now and again he puts the real back in real life preacher. I mean do you know any other … Read more
Save the children. A seventh grader comes out. And the reaction is: as it should be; world without end, amen.
I’ll give you a topic. Baby Swiss Cheese. It’s neither infant-acting nor younger-looking. Discuss. So what puts the “baby” in Baby Swiss Cheese? Don’t answer that! Just think about it. And once you have…