Southern Beale

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Blogger got buggered again yesterday and I'm so over it. Had to do a bunch of crap to my cookies to be able to access my dashboard. So I...

Of all the tired, old bromides which have worked their way into our discourse, the old “American families have to live within a budget, and ...

When I first read Felix Salmon’s “Ben Stein's Top 10 Lines About DSK” I thought these were humorous “summaries” of Steins’ column defen...

Waaaaay back in 1990 a law was passed that required the Dept. of Defense to get its books in order so we can do a full financial audit, and ...

So, Nashville is in the throes of a 13-year cicada bloom , and normally these weird little critters wouldn’t bother me except my dogs love t...

Thank you, media Villagers, for bringing us constant, breathless reports from assclown Donald Trump, who -- wait for it -- has decided not t...

Mr. Beale and I are making our summer travel plans. We welcome any suggestions folks may have for fun things to do in Seattle, great places ...

[UPDATE] 2: Just looking at the comments I'm ... well, stunned. I simply don't understand people whose default position seems to be ...

Apparently "regularly scheduled maintenance" Wednesday night gave Blogger a bellyache . I’m really tired of Blogger sucking. I’m g...