Author: Carnacki

Crossposted from West Virginia Blue. I read the latest drivel from rightwing “strategist” and former West Virginia Republican Party executive director Gary Abernathy and had the usual reaction: “That’s...

The other day I created a new game for my three children.When we play “soccer” it’s the 6-year-old and I on one team vs. the 9-year-old and the 3-year-old because my middle daughter is very competitive with my...

Crossposted at The Mystery of the Haunted Vampire and West Virginia Blue. There might be no greater joy on the planet than watching a 6 year old chase fireflies on a pleasant June evening. I had finished mowing tonight and was...

About 20 of us – bloggers and family members – met at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. for the third annual YearlyCarnacki. (The first year we met in Harpers Ferry, last year in Baltimore. Next year might be in...

This is a diary about pole vaulting, a stoning, and women. The Washington Post had a story on teenage pole vaulter Allison Stokke. I want to highlight something lower down in the article first: A former gymnast, Stokke had tried...