At left: Tonya Harding talks to Geraldo. (Ohhh, she talked to everybody .) Like every dedicated, connoisseur-level scandalmonger, I ...

My mother's home state. Too true! (You can click to enlarge)

... was my grandmother. I have no idea when or where this photo was taken, but it was probably in Pittsburgh. Her eyes were so black, y...

... and I imagine we will be hearing some scary stuff now. It was already plenty scary while he was alive! Swami Bhaktipada, Ex-Hare Kri...

Some Tuesday tunes to bum you out and then pick you back up again. If you are already bummed out, you can jump to the last two. ~*~ Listen...

I'm so behind in my reading, I didn't know Joe Bageant , patron saint of rednecks, had passed. (on March 26) I can't improve on...

I haven't had as much time to blog, because I've actually started hiking again . I started slow, and I am now up to about an hour a...

No, you are NOT expected to listen to all 7 minutes. Offering this as Exhibit A, in my efforts to prove to people that revolutionary talk w...

...was an expression employed by this blog's namesake, my grandmother. She did not mean it as a compliment. My grandmother dripped co...

The biographies either emphasize what a mild-mannered fellow he was, or how crazy he was; fire in the eyes. I would like to have met him, a...