My thighs hurt from playing too much Guitar Hero. How sad is that? I have discovered after playing roughly ten hours of Guitar Hero this weekend (on two separate nights at two different venues) that I have developed my very own rock-n-roll stance, and it’s tough on the thighs.
Unlike my sisters and friends, I cannot [...]

First the bad news, I’ve been without cable and internet access since 8 p.m. last night. I’ve called Comcast so often that they are now avoiding my calls. Bastards. Maybe if they didn’t lie to me last night and tell me that everything was okie dokie I wouldn’t find the need to call them incessantly.
We [...]

It should come as no surprise that my all-time favorite song in the history of songs is “I Will Dare” by The Replacements. I love this song with a passion that borders on creeping me the hell out. I hear that opening jangly guitar bit and my heart immediately starts to smile. Seriously. I can [...]

There are events in one’s life that are so horrific that while they are unfolding you can do nothing but watch it happen. It happened so fast, so quickly that I was stuck to my chair unable to stop the carnage. I knew there would be emotional and psychological damage to repair and yet I [...]

You know how people always post pictures of their dogs and kids? I’m gonna be like those people and post pictures of my guitar, Lucinda, all the time. It’ll be, “Oh here’s Lucinda in the comfy green chair.” “Here’s Lucinda sitting on my bed.” “Here’s Lucinda and Kathleen Turner Overdrive riding around in Ruby.” [...]

Isn’t she glorious? She arrived around noon today. I carefully disrobed her and then spent an hour making sweet sweet love to her, strumming and singing “I love you Darren. I love you Darren. Darren, I love you.”
I thought for awhile that she might be a boy, but I was wrong. She’s totally totally a [...]