Category Archives: current events

Last week we went to my mother-in-law’s house in Mumfordville, KY. Unlike most other times, this trip we vowed to find something fun to do in the area. We’d gone to Cave City when we visited on spring break and found a few things that looked fun, like Gunsmoke Mountain, and we knew Kentucky Down … Continue reading

I have recently been made aware of your recent smear campaign story about romance author Judy Mays, who also happens to be a 10th grade English teacher. and quite frankly I feel that you, and the people who appeared on camera should be ashamed for yourselves. Seeing as you’re already deleting comments from your Facebook … Continue reading

If you haven’t heard by now Borders is in bankruptcy and my store is one of two being closed in the Louisville area. Besides the obvious this sucks because I was in the process of applying for a scholarship so I could go back to school as I’d planned last fall. I’m no longer eligible. … Continue reading

So Wesley Scroggins, an associate professor of management at Missouri State University has declared war on what he sees as “filthy books”. About a much lauded book about a teen girl who is raped and struggling to deal with all the issues that this causes her Scroggins says: One such book is called “Speak.” They … Continue reading

College and I have always had a tenuous relationship. I grew up being told that I HAD to go. That I would be an utter nobody, never able to hold a good job, relegated to the shanty towns of *gasp* poor people, if I didn’t go to college. To become *someone* you HAD to go … Continue reading

This is a racial-themed post so skip it if you aren’t ready to see my one-sided attempts at continuing this discussion. I’m putting it behind a cut too, for good measure.