Straight From the Hip

Turkeys deserve to be eaten.  Forget for the moment that they are delicious; they also lack pleasing personalities to make up for their clea...

The N family (house to our left) was there when we moved in 13 years ago.  We barely saw them.  We know there was a married couple with two ...

E tells me I need to stop reading the pet ads on craigslist.  Maybe he's right; more often than not, reading the ads on this site exaspe...

So I was 'net surfing last night about reconstructive surgeries and came across a procedure known as labiaplasty.  As in, vaginal labia ...

Nearly every year for the past 10 years or so, I have emailed a question for my good friends to answer.  Their responses help me to select t...

So I've been back at work for 3 whole days now.  I have taught my classes, answered some email correspondence, attended a faculty meetin...

Though it may sound that way to some, this is not a pity party post (how's that for alliteration!).  Rather, it is a slightly mournful c...