the otherwhirled

Confession #5: After renouncing my faith, I have stood outside on a hill beneath passing thunderstorms with at least one middle finger extended over my head, over a hundred times. I have never been struck by lightning or sucked up into a tornado. Thankfully, since I have to be a responsible example to my children, [...]

Confession #4: Whenever someone says “God bless you” after I sneeze, I feel worse than I did before I sneezed. I have a theory that the “God bless you” is closely akin to “May you have an interesting life.”

Confession #3: In my personal internal dictionary, the word “delusion” is accompanied by the image on the left. And when I think about it, I often wonder how that poor little boy is doing and whether or not he still suffers from the child abuse.

Confession #2: Sometimes I say “Oh my Gawd!” just because it’s easier than saying “Oh my nonexistent mythical overlord!”

Confession #1: Sometimes I type “LOL” or “lol” when i didn’t really actually laugh out loud.