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I did this for Facebook but you can enjoy it too.

(Also, in writing news, my short story “Seeing Red” was accepted into the P&W Speakeasy anthology which we members are putting together as a fun project so we can all read each other’s work. I’m a co-editor but I edited the poetry.) 2010 The Year in Review 1. What did you do in 2010 that [...]

Updated list of nicknames for CGR

AKA: Big Blessing Big Cat Big Face Big Guy Big Kitty Living Big Kitty Nights Big Pants Big Poppa Biggun’ Catbearpig Catbutt C.G.R. Chairman Meow Dr. Lounge (because he has a PhD in relaxology) Fat Rounds Fat Times at Ridgemont High FatBeth Fatticus Finch Fatpants Fatty von Fattenburg Featherbelly Featherbritches Featherchest Firebelly Fluffy Britches HMS [...]

Tile your basement.

Nashville had a little rain over the weekend – about 13 inches, a record for a two-day period – and some of it made its way into our basement. At its peak we had two inches of water in the basement. Luckily the plumbing continued to work, so we were able to bail a good [...]

The cat wants the dogs balls. That can’t be right.

My roommate’s cat Can’t Get Right, who suffered a traumatic head injury as a kitten, likes to lie on the washer and look out the windows at the birds and squirrels which grace our backyard. I was out there on Sunday throwing balls for the dog and I heard a thunk behind me as the [...]