Category Archives: 5) Not Quite Sure

Blogs that don’t really fit into one of the other categories.

A Minneapolis Center For Low-Income Housing Asked For Food Donations… Here’s How People Responded

Posted on May 30, 2020 by

This is going to be a very short post… If you’re anything like me, the last week has been a blur of depressing news… And part of the reason for that blurriness has been the tears in my eyes. You … Continue reading →

Posted in 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

This Was A Pool In Lake Of The Ozarks This Weekend… We Are So Screwed.

Posted on May 24, 2020 by

I’m not usually one to believe conspiracy theories, but I’m starting to think white people are trying to make me lose all hope. This was the scene this Memorial Day weekend at a place in Missouri called “Backwater Jack’s.” Initially, I … Continue reading →

Posted in 2) Politics, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Anti-Maskers: It’s Not Freedom You’re Fighting For… It’s Selfishness

Posted on May 21, 2020 by

This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Mt. St. Helens eruption. I watched a documentary about it today with my kids. The similarities between what happened back then to what is happening today with “reopen” protesters and “anti-maskers” was … Continue reading →

Posted in 2) Politics, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Coronavirus And Conspiracy Theories: A Match Made In Heaven

Posted on April 13, 2020 by

Not heaven. Hell. I meant to write “A Match Made In HELL.” Welp, I got “unfriended” on Facebook again this week. I’m sure you are SHOCKED to discover that this is not all that uncommon for me. I’ve actually calmed … Continue reading →

Posted in 2) Politics, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Please. I’m Begging You. You Beautiful Idiots… TAKE. THIS. SERIOUSLY.

Posted on March 21, 2020 by

“If you had to choose, would you rather be smart & sad, or dumb & happy?” That was the question the makers of Cards Against Humanity asked people in 2017 after they asked people to send them $15, and in … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

My Quarantine Theme Song

Posted on March 20, 2020 by

What a very strange time we are living in. My sleep schedule is off… My dreams are all trippy and stressy… On a daily basis, I’m acutely aware of trying to breath my way through my own anxiety… I can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Loving Your Neighbor In A Pandemic

Posted on March 14, 2020 by

This coronavirus has got people SCARED. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen people this scared in my lifetime. Not even after 9/11. I think people are much more comfortable when we can put a FACE to our fears — … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

The Pure, Unfiltered Hellscape That Is The School Drop-Off Line

Posted on February 25, 2020 by

Each morning I visit hell. Not Hell, Michigan, and not some fiery, figurative Gehenna-ish hell that Jesus talked about in the Bible… but the ACTUAL HELL, right here on earth. I load my kids into the car, and I drive … Continue reading →

Posted in 3) Bathroom Humor, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

A Tip That Left Me In Tears

Posted on January 11, 2020 by

It was the last table of the night. These two girls sat down in my section… They looked to be about 20-ish. I suppose that makes them young women. But if I’m telling the story, I’m probably calling them “girls.” … Continue reading →

Posted in 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 17 Comments

5 Analogies To Explain Trump’s Iran Mess

Posted on January 9, 2020 by

Yesterday the moron who is currently the president of the United States of America stood in front of a microphone, and he slurred and sniffed his way through a rambling mess of a speech about Iran… 58 times. He sniffed … Continue reading →

Posted in 2) Politics, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments