Real Life and Other Randomness

Well, it's the end of 2011, and while most people traditionally get rip snortin' drunk, fall headfirst into some highly questionable...

It's been a hard Christmas, y'all.  A hard one.  And it's not even Christmas yet. That's how hard it's been. I'm...

This is my crazy, wonderful friend, Alison.  This happens to be one of my favorite pictures of her because it totally encapsulates our frie...

I didn't want to be a teacher all my life. I didn't grow up playing school house. I certainly never had the craving to wear school...

I loves me some Diet Coke. Loves. Really, a Diet Coke from QT, with some crushed ice is basically my A.M. lifeblood. And P.M. Let'...

Sometimes, you suffer what feels like a soul-crushing defeat.  It feels that every turn of good luck is met with an equally powerful dose of...

Take a look. What might that be?  A clean desk?  No...  A new manicure?  Not so much... It's a pencil.  That's right.  A pencil....