Oh, halle-freaking-lujah.

The end is near. Saturday is looking to be a fantastic day. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday can kiss my hot sweaty ass. Bring on the football weather. Bring on the do-me boots weather. The cute little scarf weather. The turtleneck weather. The pumpkin spice weather. Chili weather. Changing leaves. Crisp air. Clean lungs. Chilled ears. [...]

Sunmageddon 2010

The Headline: The forecast: The question: Am I the only one that doesn’t consider low-nineties to be “excessive heat?” Come see me when it hits 100 degrees in the shade or when people’s eyeballs start cooking, otherwise, I call low-nineties … “summer.”

You say “bawk”; I say “bock”

Remember how I said that once we launched That’s Church that I quit checking my blog hits/stats? I was dead serious. I hadn’t looked at a hit counter in well over a year and there is a wonderful, wonderful freedom in writing and not having a single clue about how many people are reading. I [...]

Mad. We’ve all gone mad.

It’s hot these days in Pittsburgh. I love it. 94 degrees today and the A/C in my car is dead. I drive around in 94 heat with my windows down, letting the nice soupy air blow in my face, scalding my lung tissue. Today, I swear, my kneecaps were sweating. I love it. I’m hoping [...]

Dear Mother Nature,

I live in Pittsburgh because in addition to loving this city, the climate is mild, and the chance of catastrophic natural events is much smaller here than in other cities. I don’t have to worry too much about tornado activity (not like Tina Fey in Texas who has been known to call us all, “So, [...]