Yesterday I was perusing the aisles of my local Home Depot, looking for some sundry items for my job. I passed a section of the store containing power generators, pamphlets and a video describing the newest, latest and greatest home generator system. The voice on the video was talking about how comfortable you would be while your neighbors would be wallowing in their own filth, surrounded by heaps of rotting meat and food from a powerless refrigerator or freezer, sweating, freezing, out of ...

Hello, dear reader, it's been awhile. That's been entirely my fault and I accept full responsibility for the lack of my own. I noticed I haven't kept in touch in about seven months and that isn't good. I've missed my catharsis, my release, my joy at creating something of my own doing. I've needed that, especially these past months, believe me. I promise not to shirk my responsibilty to my vast audience of readers, many of whom have been on pins and needles since my departure in early sp...

I'm listening to Van Morrison, "Tupelo Honey", and reading some of the stuff on the site. My wife's been gone for a week now, visiting family. I've been working, that's what I do. Not much for vacation, I tend to get antsy if I'm not working. Every time she leaves it hurts more when she goes. We've been married now for almost seven years, known each other for almost 9. For those of you in love, or have been, I have a few questions, so please bear me out if you will. 1. Do you still ...

I think I miss my youth. I got drunk for the first time when I was 12. My uncle, my mom's little brother, let me buy my own beer to drink. I bought Miller of some sort. I killed the six pack and a couple shots of Jacque Daniels and the next two months became a dream. It took me eight years to drink a beer again. I feel like I'm dreaming again now. My wife took a week off to see her family, well earned after the last month (read my last article). When she did, the world tilted on s...

R. Kelly is leading Billboard's American Urban Radio Network R&B/Hip Hop Awards with eight nominations. Why? Hell, I thought I hit rock bottom when rock died, but this is even more dismal. Jay-Z is a close second, with seven nominations, followed by Alicia Keys, Beyonce and Outkast with five apiece. What sane parent would let their children listen to the musical garbage that is now R&B? R. Kelly is a pedophile, having once been married to Aaliyah when she was 14, and most recently videot...

In a news article released last week, of which I had heard of months before, the SAT tests will undergo some changes. For the better, as far as I'm concerned. There will be a new addition to the college entrance exam, one which many people will fear and loath. It concerns the use of English properly, and a writing utensil not containing keys. It will be a "raw writing" section. This involves essay style responses to questions. Scoring will be judged by style, vocabulary, spelling, punct...

My wife left me today. I saw it coming a mile away. Actually, I saw it coming four years away. I think I'm going to miss her. A little. Who's going to clean the house now? I met her in '96 while in port in Turkey. A couple shipmates and I got lost while exploring and found a little, and I mean little, sex parlor in a back alley. She was waiting tables and occassionally dancing. She didn't dance very often because she only had one leg. She had lost it, I think, in a collision w...