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Well Crap. I’d intended to post this while I was in San Francisco but it ended up in a drafts fiolder instead. What the hell.

Today was the first day of school here in our county of Tennessee, and my daughter is now in the third grade. When I picked her up, I asked her how it was, and she stated, “Third grade’s really challenging.”

Desperation, frustration, mental illness, drugs; who knows what causes an individual to step outside the bounds of "rational behavior"?

Bridge climber disrupts downtown traffic | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

The Little Red Haired Girl and I went back to

"Are you The Writer?"

The hostess at a trendy restaurant where Hubs and I were celebrating our anniversary last week asked me this question as I scooted into our booth. Quickly, I scanned her face-- Was I being Punk'd? She gazed steadily back at me.

I haven’t had a Twinkie in about 30 years.

But, well, there’s this:

You've probably heard that AirAmerica (yes, it's still broadcasting . . . somewhere) hostess Randi Rhodes has been suspended for calling Hillary "a f***ing [bleep]" in the context of shilling for Barack Obama.

On Sunday I am fixing my first official meal for my in-laws (hmm, at least I didn’t mistakenly type “of” instead of “for”). It seems like a long time – five years – to invite them over for dinner, but I’ve had pretty good excuses until now, including not living in Thessaloniki and not having a proper eating area.