Groundhog Day
"This is pitiful: a thousand people freezin' their butts off to worship a rat." It’s Groundhog Day. I wish I could say this was the stupidest holiday ever invented, however it’s not. Here’s an...
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Monday, August 13 is National Left-Handers Day, so I figured that gives me license to write about being a card-carrying member of an overlooked often-discriminated-against group of visionaries. (Oh I...
View ArticleRodalena Recipes: Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie
“The End is Nigh!” the man shouted. “Is there still time for hot chocolate?” Riley asked. The-End-is-Nigh guy blinked. “Ah, maybe, I don’t know.” ~Jane Oliver, “Forbidden” Well, kids, according to...
View ArticleGettysburg at 150
On a sacred Pennsylvania hillside, the masses gathered, again, with their picnic baskets and their binoculars. They wore hats and their finest Company Clothes, and their faces betrayed their...
View ArticleGush Gently
Christmas is in three days. If one believes what they see on the interwebs, most people’s homes smell of sugar cookies and look like a Hallmark card: trees (yeah-”trees”, plural. People have more than...
View ArticleSeeing Red: Starbucks, the Evangelical Fringe, and Ephesians 4:32
Marketing, which is essentially communicating a message effectively, is an ever-evolving artistic science, especially at this time of year. (Y’all noticing that “this time of year” seems to sneak up on...
View ArticleRodalena Recipes: Apple Pie
It’s quiet now. We’ve eaten our way through a ridiculous amount of sugary fattening things we attempt to avoid religiously the rest of the year, and had a marvelous feast on top of that, which included...
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