Freedom

Happy Fourth of July.  By now you know this is my favorite holiday of the year, far overshadowing both Christmas and

Demasculinization: What The Hell?

As a rule, I avoid mainstream news, and I’d be hard pressed to describe my methods for keeping up to date on things, but somehow I do. In my daily digital meanderings on the web, I’ve noted

Rantiversary

Believe it or not, I’ve been at this ranty, complain-y thing for two years today.  How about

Memorial Day – 2013

Last year on Memorial Day I was stuck in Afghanistan, and the year prior I was not blogging yet.  This year I felt compelled to add a more well-written addition to the constellation of posts I like to

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

Getting From A To B

I am guessing that most of us, when we were small humans, heard one or both of our parents tell us this: “Be careful what you wish for.”  In truth, I did hear “Hold out your hands, wish into one, shit in the other, and tell me which fills up first,” far more often, but I was cautioned to beware my

Surprise!

As I sit here in some temporary quarters pecking away at my keyboard with my forehead, it is the Thursday, the 18th of April, 2013.  For my Rants Army out there

Cookin’ With Rants: Hocks And Beans

Hungry for some really awesome food that will stick to your ribs and put you in a carbohydrate-induced coma?  Try this recipe out, then.  This is pure down-home comfort, and surprisingly easy

Random Thought #50

Always step lightly through BrainRants’ garden. You have no idea what is just under the surface.

Random Thought #48

Any of you out there kind of hoping this Mayan thing happens?  This would save me an unholy amount of asspain once I get home if it happens.