Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, Pour a cuppa, and let’s talk. So, Shibboleth… It’s an odd word, a very old word. The Christian and Hebrew bibles tell a story of the word, (actually the ancient Hebrew word Shibbolet, and that’s not quite right, because I don’t know how to get my computer to recreate…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Have a seat shipmate, here have a little ‘shine, in honor of the whiskey rebellion. It’s been said that one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. HORSE SHIT. Now I can’t say that we Americans invented the freedom fighter, the earliest recorded rebellion was…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Hey, pull up a chair, have some eggnog. If you don’t like eggnog, the coffee pot’s over there, and the booze is by the microwave, have some. You know, I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but it seems like every damn year, someone creates an existential…
“Desperation/There’s danger in frustration.” These are lyrics to one of my favorite songs from my all-time favorite artist, Miranda Lambert. She released this album (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) a decade ago and I remember these lyrics unexpectedly hitting me with their meaning years later. I do it all the time, get a new CD, (yes, I…
I am 25, single, and claim to be a Christian. I say “claim” because I fail so often in my spiritual walk, that I don’t want people to look at me and be turned away from God. I work on it, but I am also guilty of being completely lazy, selfish and hard-headed a lot…
I talk a lot to others as well as listen to several newscasters, pundits, politicians, analysts, talk show hosts and the world at large. What has stricken me for so long, which I cannot fully comprehend, is the vitriol and the seemingly premeditated and intentional desire to inflict pain amongst the sides engaged in conversation…