Sordid Blog

Let’s face it: it would never, in a million years, have occurred to me and Michelle and Shane that this past Saturday was the start to Ramadan when we decided that the best way to welcome the new academic year in was to have a pig-pickin’ as the department welcome back party.  In hindsight, that [...]

How do you not like a blog that starts that way?  I know I couldn’t … Tomorrow is our departmental back-t0-school party at Michelle and Shane’s.  A couple years ago, they started hosting the fall start-up event, and each year, it gets better.  Now, Michelle and Shane have fenced in the back yard, cleared the [...]

This semester is now fairly officially drawing to a close and while I adore my students I couldn’t be happier to be finishing this one off.  So much to do and every just means I’m that much closer to a week with Jackson and the Baby Mamas, my nephew’s HS graduation, and three weeks in [...]

Tonight, my graduate students are coming over for dinner and turning in their final projects.  So I’m starting the joyful cleaning of the house.  These are the moments when I ask, “Why do I not have a maid?” And then I remember that I’m poor and live in a townhouse, so ostensibly, I should be [...]

First, I should thank all my friends who showed up yesterday for my b’day party that Michelle & Shane and Brandy threw for me. It was a good time, even a colleagues son beat me at bowling … he had some illegal hook action that resulted in multiple “strikes” … inappropriate! Of course, [...]

And his moms, too, of course. It’s taken me a while to get pictures together and to get a moment to think about what a great week last week was. Susie and Rachel flew down last week with Jackson so that they could all have some quality North Carolina winter weather. Several [...]

Last night, some friends got together and we decorated pumpkins … I mean, sure, some people didn’t bother to come … they’ll remain nameless, I suppose, but they totally didn’t come. And I’m not talking about Megan and Lil’ Bucky, who were legitimately sick … [...]

There are few people more deserving of love and affection than Bucky & Mree. Last night, Wanda, her family, and I were able to host a little party to celebrate the nuptials of Bucky & Mree. It’s hard to believe that 30 years together and you can still looks as young, energetic, and [...]

“Dans le monde réellement renversé, le vrai est un moment du faux.”
— Guy Debord
These are days … DDDtM asks what Will did for his 35th, and it seems to me that the time has come to tell all, to publish the sordid details of this weekend.
Which, of course, are not that sordid at all. [...]

Not that Shelby reads or comments on this blog anymore, but whatever … Today is her b’day, so show her some love. Last night, she threw herself a tremendous party to mark her [bleep] year on earth. Her invitation included words like hedonism and debauchery, so you know it was bound to be good.
On [...]