Spoil me, please

Growing up in Hartford, Ark., which for most of my days sat at population 721, led me to believe that rich people (by “rich” I mean millionaires) were out there, but that they were few and far between. Like, they lived in a little colony and gave birth to little Richies who all went to [...]

One crazy, two crazy, too crazy?

A couple days ago I saw KBC take the papasan-chair bowl off the papasan stand, put it over his head and then lie on the ground. Like … a turtle. But his head was inside the shell. “Flush! Flush!” he yelled, from deep within his cave. (Insert proverbial arm-pinch here.) Flush then circled the turtle, [...]

Elise tagged me to do this survey, and I can’t let her down: Three things that scare me:Caves. I will never go spelunking. Why would anyone want to go underground when their little entry tunnel could collapse?? They would have to live with bats, and I guarantee cannibalism would ensue. Gross.People. Yes, I am afraid [...]

Join the club

This is where I talk about my tormented elementary-school days. These are the days in which I wore, as the fiance calls them, coke-bottle glasses. These are the days in which I wished I was a boy, because boys didn’t throw stagnant water on you at recess or tell you that you’re not invited into [...]