Category: General Ranting

It’s an annual tradition as familiar as a Christmas ham or a Labor Day taffy pull. (What? You never had a Labor Day taffy pull? Me either, but it sounds like a great tradition. Let’s...

Yesterday my family and I embarked on a fun-filled 9 1/2 hour road trip. And by “fun-filled” I mean “looking for the nearest cliff to drive off if a certain nine year old asked ‘how...

Hey gang. I’m back from a brief six-week blog sabbatical. I’m going to jump right in with some new… Editor’s note: Wait. What? You can’t just “jump right in.” Explanation, please. What gives? Huh? Editor:...

We’re too doggone busy. We max out our schedules, stay too long at the office, try to cram too much in our off hours, and microwave our pop tarts. But nowhere do we exemplify “busy”...

There’s big news coming ’round these parts on Sunday. Huge. Ginormous. Nope, I’m not going to be on the next American Idol (especially after my “Unchained Melody” remix didn’t wow them at tryouts). Nope, I’m not...

I’m a sucker for lots of sappy stuff. Hallmark commercials? They get me every time. Bridge to Terabithia? Cried like a baby. And every once in a while, some of those America’s Funniest Home Videos aren’t...

Something tells me that if I ever gained an audience with an internationally-known figure, I’d try something like this. And also fail miserably. Now if he really wanted to get the laughs going, he should’ve...

Dear Harold Camping, The next time you decide to speak on behalf of all Christians… Don’t.

It’s Friday, and you know what that means on Connective Tissue: the last post before the apocalypse. No, really, it normally means nothing. Friday is just one more day of merriment and mirth and pseudo-information...