Congratulations to Joe and Mary Catherine, married this weekend in an exhausting whirlwind of activity. There is no one I would rather be seen scattering rose petals for.

(I did not)
…that this site’s most frequently visited page is the one about how much the matrix sucks? All over the web, lonely, desperate visionaries are typing in “matrix sucks” and finding this site like some kind of oasis, a safe haven, like Casablanca with more swearing. In particular, the Germans love me. I mean, […]

I’m glad to see this troubles someone else, too.

I am the busiest unemployed person who has ever lived. I have a lot of things I need to add here for your edification and amusement, both of you, and so hopefully I’ll have ten more minutes to do that shortly.

…and then, for a long time, nothing happened.

several high-ranking detainees have said they believe that Hussein was afraid to lose face with his Arab neighbors. Hussein concluded, these prisoners explained, that Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and other countries paid him deference because they feared he had weapons of mass destruction. Hussein was unwilling to reveal that his cupboard was […]

Apparently, Missouri is the 19th most generous state in America. I cannot disagree, particularly where highway construction contracts are concerned.
Man, what a bunch of tightwads on the east coast, eh? And apparently the south can’t give it away fast enough.

Seriously, now… forget your Matrices and your Keanus for a moment, and let’s talk about something that is really important.
Chuck Berry is going to die.
Seriously. Chuck Berry is approximately 148 years old. (Or 77.) He is a dyed-in-the-wool St. Louis native. He was the very, very first person to be inducted to the rock ‘n’ […]

County Exec “My Name Was Not Actually Buzz” Westfall, devoted public servant, died the other day of a staph infection, which went undetected because he was already on pain pills.
Hey, kids! Prescription drugs: Yay!!!
(I am a pragmatist. Still, sometimes, I think a heavily customized Christian Science might be for me.)
Idiocy du jour:
Speculation about how […]

Last night, I was at the grocery store taking advantage of ten unscheduled minutes. Three or four people in front of me in the checkout lane, a blonde woman roughly my age or younger, looking like a child of privilege or sorority type, was loudly talking on her cell phone while the bagger dispensed with […]