Dept. of Nance

I f only this man had just gone on to the NASCAR race instead--that's obviously what he is dressed for--but no. He had to stop real qui...

E ver since CNN.com screwed around with its web page format, I have relied more on MSNBC.com as my go-to online News Source. (And do not get...

A nd I am losing my mind. Even though I am On Summer Vacation, the English teacher in me never rests, and right now every single fibre of m...

P ardon me, but it's time to shake out a little Cerebral Residue. I've simply got to get rid of these little clutterbits and oddment...

E ven if this sign were continued on the back, it still wouldn't make any sense. Even if the word "descent" was supposed to be...

D isaster averted at the Dept. yesterday. NEO--for those of you who don't remember, that's the ubercool way to refer to N orth E as...

I could go on and on with the "full of shit" metaphor here, but really, I'd rather let all of you.

W hen Rick and I first married, we used to ruefully call our time spent doing any household cleaning "Marital Blissing." Our littl...

A bsolutely everything in me wants so very much to believe that the little girl made her own sign, but you and I both know that she didn...

M eet Marlowe and Piper. They joined the Dept . on May 29th when we got them from the local APL. Yeah, yeah...I remember this post from las...

I 'm postponing the Prodigy of the Week in order to bring you this worthy delight. About a month ago a student research essay was left o...

N ot only are a spelling error and a punctuation error here, I am also mystified by the addition of the two red stars bracketing the impera...

I n a cruel twist of Irony, I found a paperback copy of The Mill on the Floss as I was cleaning out my storage cabinet at school. I first r...

W hile I attempt to locate my sanity amid the boxes, I've decided to take it easy on myself and start a New Feature here at the Dept. E...

I t's so near the End Of The School Year that I'm feeling stressed out and relieved at the same time. In addition to Teen Wrangling ...

*this is previously posted material from long, long ago when my blog was just a newborn; it contains minor edits* I f the producers and dir...

A s you know, there is no better place to keep up with All Animal News than here at the Dept. Also, I feel confident that I keep you abreas...

N ot so long ago, I admitted my sad, pathetic albeit somewhat passive Television Addiction and, although it has not waned, it has become a ...

H ere are some little Thought Nerfuls that have been nooking-and-crannying in my brain for awhile. Besides, it's time things got a bit L...

R ick and I were in the car not so long ago when a minivan zipped past us at a pretty good clip. I was immediately on alert because I have a...