Countdown to the Rapture, NGM Edition – Day 6

So God, because I’m Not Gonna Miss Your natural disasters – call the Rapture on May 21. And stop trying to pick up the seven-ten split with a brace of mobile homes.

Countdown to the Rapture, NGM Edition – Day 7

Despite all the good things that will end too soon come the Rapture, let’s face it, you’re Not Gonna Miss cheap beer.

Weekend Road Trip, Part Deux: Friday and the Rush to Easter

By lunch, I mean “the entire caloric intake of an extended family of 20 in most of the developing world.” Dandelion Deb is serious about her passions, one of which is trying to eat Organic: “Have you fertilized your lawn this year?” That answer being Not Yet, I went with her to hand-select and pick the sweetest, juiciest dandelions from the yard.

Thinking About Today

We’re all stuck on this rock together. Make the best of it.

Easter

In theory, we’re celebrating a somber occasion marking the anniversary of the death of Jesus and his eventual resurrection. In practice, we’re dying eggs that come from chickens with inks that come from plants and telling kids they come from rabbits. Then we’re hiding the eggs, waking up and pointing out where the eggs are to those same kids so they can “find” them, and eating roasted pigs and chocolate candy.