I had new tires put on my car, and some other maintenance done the meanwhile. I waited across the street in the Walmart. The longer I waited, the more went in the cart. Next time, I need a different strategy.

NewMeat comes in comes in to ask for data and he makes obligatory small talk about the holiday. I ask him: “So, did you have the in-laws up for Thanksgiving?” “Yeah. . . all of them. Her brothers and sisters and their kids. It was great birth control,” he says, with a laugh. “Yeah,” I say. I grin, too, but Read More

For the stranger that stumbles onto this, let me clear up several biases right away. I was homeschooled right up through high school, stayed at home until college (when I lived with my grandparents), and have other post-school siblings still living at home. Also homeschooled, if that is not apparent. And I have not regularly attended any kind of church Read More