Creepy Shit

I’m sure it comes as no surprise that I absolutely love creepy shit.  Halloween is my second-favorite holiday after of course the tie for first

D-Day… Today

I feel compelled to put up a post about today, the 70th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy

Shit Mama Rants Said – 02

So Mama Rants passed through my backroom office on the way to the first floor bathroom.  Because it’s the damn floor plan.  She overheard

Where The F*ck Is Rants?

I’ve had a lot of kind notes and comments from The Blogosphere asking me exactly what

Random Thought #57

I had an interesting moment with my soon-to-be-ex cat.  Ever had a string

Pride

Every now and then I have to stop and write down thoughts about things that go on in my life, and today is one of those days.  Today is important.  They say pride is a sin but I don’t care. 

Mom

Okay, sure.  Accuse me of bandwagoning here and doing a Mother’s Day post.  But a quick check of my bio-RAM and the old Rants posts tells me I’ve never done one of these before.  So you can think

Retirement

If you’re reading this blog, today should be the 30th of May, 2012. Assuming of course I use the schedule function here correctly, of which there is no real guarantee knowing yours truly, and I wrote this in early March. I also should be somewhere in Kabul, enjoying my second sabbatical in Central Asia. The significance of today is that this will be the final day of

Cookin’ With Rants: Mama Rants’ Baked Spaghetti

It never occurred to me to put this one up, mainly because as a kid growing up, we truthfully ate this way more than was probably advisable. Sort of like meat loaf – which I still can’t really tolerate to this day. I’ll eat it, but I don’t order it or make it. This dish will

Chillin’ With Mom

I’ve been enjoying some days here in Illinois with my Mom this week. As you know, I’m on leave before I head for Afghanistan and then have zero time off at all. Even better, my son is here with us, scooped up in