Who Died And Made Me Job?

    Someone’s playing a mean, awful, hideous joke on me. I swear, if the producers of The Heather Show don’t lighten up, I’ll produce some drama for this shindig all on my own, and I’m not promising they’ll like it....

Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Arrrrrgh

    I have had a royally horrific week. I’ve found two more tumors (one of which seems to delight in cutting off the nerves to my left arm), I didn’t make it to the finals of an award I was hoping to get, I’m having really garish...

With My Eyes Wide Open I’m Dreaming

    It is 5:30 in the morning. I can’t sleep. I’m bored. And all of my thoughts are random.     Although it still feels like today since I haven’t slept, yesterday I drove my Mother and my Grandmother into DC...

That Ole’ College Try

    I am a grade school drop out. Got to first grade and said, “I’m outta here!” Sure, I studied. I worked. I toiled. But did I go back to school? Did I get my GED? A diploma? Heck, I barely squeaked out a decent SAT score. (ACT,...

Happy Thanksgiving

    “Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their...

Encyclopedias and 2000 Pink Lights

    I just finished reading a book by A.J. Jacobs called “The Know-It-All”. Essentially, the senior editor of Esquire decides that his brain has been overrun by useless pop culture ‘knowledge’, and it’s time to return...