Let's talk about the election ( Read more... )

Explosive

"What do you need right now?" I say, calmly, staring at the face on the monitor with tears welling in her eyes. That's my default question when I don't know what else to say, which happens rather frequently.

Her answer is one she's given before at similar moments. "Be angry with me." Though I've heard her say this before, I still don't ( Read more... )

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A basketball player, generally acknowledged as one of the greatest athletes anywhere, cramps up with four minutes to go in a playoff game, and he gets ripped by fans and athletes alike.

A horse with a great pedigree wins two incredibly tough horse races, then loses a third by less than a second, and suddenly no horse is ever going to win ( Read more... )

FootprintsStop me if you've heard this one before: I'm a Christian ( Read more... )

"Rubbish!"

Let's see...do I have any stories about things that failed spectacularly? I mean, that I can actually tell without offending someone?

No, that's too obvious. Though I could talk about all that Ikea furniture Dad and I assembled when I first moved into the new apartment...except we got all of that right. Maybe I could fictionalize it ( Read more... )

Those of you who've been following the competition over at therealljidol know that I'm still alive...barely. I don't have the vote totals in front of me, but according to spydielives 's stats, I was in the bottom 15 overall vote-getters through week 7, and this past week didn't do much to help.

Now, I understand that a big part of the game (at least in the early stages) is ( Read more... )