Tad's Happy Table of Malcontent

A while ago, I posted a little joke about what a horrid sinner I am, and I got some hefty (for me) web traffic when The Slacktivist linked to it. That prompted me to organize things a bit, and create this handy link farm to make it easier to explore my old posts.

Published March 2016,in paperback and on Kindle

Update: now there's a book! Much of the stuff linked on this page has been through an editor (thanks, Joanna!) and published on Amazon.

Since I don't blog on one particular topic, this should give you a nice overview:

Growing Up:

• Fall - an earliest of early memories
• Upstairs - a semi-fictionalized account of a boy realizing he needs to grow up
• Fatman's Lament - On what a jerk I was in grade school.
• Call Me Maybe (Not) - On the origins of my discontent with telephony.
• Damaged Ones - Tale 3, "The Thriller" - On what a jerk I was in middle school.
• Damaged Ones - Tale 1, "The Monkee" - In which I begin my high school love life... with the help of Davy Jones.
• Virgin Oil, or The Fat's Out of the Bag - leaving one's shell is not without risks
• The Horrors of the Little Shop - In which I hit my peak, sophomore year of high school.
• In October - also semi-fictional
• Calling America - Further tales of telephonic misadventure.
• 1993: Crash and Burn - In which I reflect on what a jerk I was in college; a prelude to...

The Air Force Years:

• Part One: How did THAT happen? - On being recruited from retail.
• Part Two: Saying Goodbye - On how well "staying out of trouble" works.
• Fishing With Dad - On how we Callin men are hapless victims of ourselves.
• Six Little Words: Basic Training pt. I - On arriving at U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training.
• Three Strikes; AFBMT pt. 2 - In which failure was NOT the option I chose - but it was what I got.
• Deja Vu Again: AFBMT pt. 3 - In which I learn how to overcome #fail.
• Chicken Poop for Your Soul - In which we discover yet another source of #fail.
• The Drunk - It's about a drunk. Don't overthink these things.
• The Jarhead Who Laughed - On making friends - whatever the cost!
• Politically Incorrect (Doesn't Cover It) - Guess what!  I was *still* a jerk!
• Always In My Way - a sequel, of sorts (and a tale of confirmation bias)
• The Bachelor Party - On hijinks and the sowing of oats.
• In the Moment - A Wedding Song.

Ex Post Servicio:

• On the Road: Driving Man, part 1 - In which I steer back into civilian life - with mixed results.
• On the Road, Again: Driving Man part II - In which we learn yet more about #fail. 
• Kerouac and Ginsberg Grow Up and Get Jobs - In which past and present conspire to distract me from each other.
• Damaged Ones - Tale 2: "Who Saved Whom" - In which I grapple with someone else's spirituality - oh, and find a job.
• The Impact on My Faith - a reflection on a decade after 9/11

Pater Familias:

• Decant the Midnight Lizard - On the joys of toilet training.
• "I Love You Anyway" - In which my son and I teach each other about love (verb; transitive).
• Why Skeletons Don't Have Kids... - A choral arrangement of the mayhem that is parenting.
• The Snip - a Public Service Announcement - In which I close a door on a part of me - figuratively (though the result is the same).
• Pillow Talk Ping-Pong - On staying in love with my best friend.
• When Does Magic Die?  - On what a crappy Tooth Fairy Wizard I am.
• B.S. of America - On first impressions...
• Roughing It Up - ...and on making better ones (with a different troop).
• The Ghosts of Gettysburg - A ghost story.
• Everyone I Love Is Here - a simple album review
• Whole Hearted, Full Throated - In which I sound forth my heart from a rooftop.

Testing Adversarial Discourses:

• Why I Am a None - my de-conversion story
• Going to Pet the Rabbits - on the sinister side of comfort
• You Wouldn't Believe It - an attempt to outline my personal evolution
• My Existence Is Not an Attack On You - a curiously controversial olive branch to non-believers
• Evolving Out of Evil - a discussion, captured
• Alone In a Crowd - thoughts on finding a group
• Search for a Church - a tongue-in-cheek travel-log (using Foursquare)

 There - now you're caught up.  And what's next?  Let's go find out!