Tales from FAR Manor

I thought we could all use a little non-partisan laugh after the long cat fight… It started in Chicago, of course, but not for the reason...

Mason will be 2 in ten days, but he was quite the little monster yesterday. To be fair, it wasn’t entirely his fault. Mrs. Fetched’s aunt ...

All the other stuff that happened this week… Yesterday came the last step of that little procedure I had last Monday — in other words, they...

My last day off was Wednesday, and a friend of ours (the Evil Twins’ dad) gave a call just to see what was up, and as he admitted, because h...

I’ll be the first to admit it: Planet Georgia’s government is largely a bunch of buffoons in suits. That’s certainly nothing new; they were ...

OK, so most of the country tuned into Obama’s “not-State of the Union” address Tuesday night, and some of us stuck around for LA Gov. Bobby ...

Jim Kunster posted his “Forecast for 2009” on his blog Monday morning. What follows is based on a comment I left in response, with my own p...

Yesterday, Mitt Romney suggested letting the auto companies die . He’s partly right: shoveling money at the automakers is not going to fix t...

In July 2007, James Kunstler wrote a column titled Thuggo and Sluggo , in which he derided the “costume and demeanor of American young men …...

After church this morning, I got accosted by one of Mrs. Fetched’s cousins. “I hear you’re supported Obama,” he growled. “What of it?” I sho...

Even if there was anything good on at the theater, you don’t have time for it… so Weekend Cinema brings the free and fast to your computer s...

OK, yeah, goplets stink anyway. But now I smell fear. Not the manufactured fear of black people, brown people, people wearing turbans, or (G...

In some parts of the country, the financial meltdown was well underway long before the rest of us got the idea. James H. Kunstler, on his bl...

The credit meltdown continues with the occasional temporary break in the action. Looking at the 5-day Dow(n), it looks like the shorts tempo...

Well, the Senate had the bailout vote today, and (along with both Obama and McCain and ¾ of the Senate, dangit), both sinnertors from Planet...

This one’s too important to wait for Friday… I hope nobody actually needed to see this, but just in case!

This brief clip shows a younger Bush-league speaking at a high-dollar fundraiser: “Some call you the elite, I call you my base.” Here, in t...

There are times when living on Planet Georgia has its compensations. And then there are times — like now — when I’m embarrassed to admit it...

The allium is continuing to tantalize us with a verrrrry slow opening. But the color is looking nicer all the time. Given the size of the c...

Iowa Victory Gardener writes an excellent Memorial Day post . No matter how low our opinion of the “Commander Guy,” we must never lose sight...