The Slide 11/4/22

The alcohol was whispering lies into her ear, far louder than my voice as I pleaded with her to stop. She began buying wine by the cases and drinking the vast majority of entire bottles of vodka in a sitting. The alcohol told her that she’s strong enough to control her drinking and control the alcohol. Then it congratulated her on her strength in only drinking when she wanted because, clearly, she could stop at any time.

National Mole Day 10/23/22

Chemistry is behind everything (with the aforementioned exceptions), including abstract concepts. Chemistry is responsible for love, for example. I used to like challenging my students with this concept

Heavy Metal Poison 10/21/22

Being that one of the symptoms of a syphilitic brain was insanity, you would take this silvery liquid metal and drink it down.

Anniversary 9/28/22

Although I usually try to avoid giving names of businesses and movies, towards the end of the movie Joe Dirt, he was asked if the last decade had been a waste. I have to paraphrase here, but his response was no, he met some cool people and heard some cool tunes so it’s okay.

STD 9/7/22

to encourage my readers to get a screening. If you’ve had any lovers since your last one, or if you’ve never had one done, go ahead and schedule the test.

Bigotry 7/23/22

In Texas, bigots are so populous that there is really no danger to even Ten Cruz being kicked out of office. As long as he continues to pander to the base values of these frightened little idiots he’s got a job, so what is the impetus for him to suddenly change? And it’s not just Texas.

21 Shots 7/16/22

Everybody today knows the usual alcohol warnings; don't drink and drive, for women, don't drink anything that doesn't come directly from the bartender and so forth. But it's far less common for people to have really had alcohol poisoning explained to them.

Buttered Garlic Scallops 7/8/22

I find it difficult to cook for just one, so no doubt there will be enough left for a second meal as well, a serving that originally would have gone to her.

Abstinence 6/24/22

The purpose here is not to lay blame. I’m not going to say it’s her fault, or the fault of the school, her parents, or even the church. What I will say is that I don’t believe she was given to tools necessary to protect herself, either physically or emotionally.

Grapes 6/17/22

fruit, like grapes, became my “sweet treat”. Okay, good news first. Yes, it means I gave up processed sugar, and started eating a healthier form of sugar that also has other nutrients. Now for the bad news. It’s still sugar.