by Shannon Turner | Mar 6, 2011 | Blog
This is a story I told at The Moth in August 2010. I didn’t write it down – just got up and told it on the fly. I’m a little embarrassed by its scandalous nature, and yet still compelled to archive it here. I hope most people who read my blog...
by Shannon Turner | Oct 11, 2010 | Blog
[You can hear me tell this story live at The Moth here.]In my family, we have this long-standing tradition of being staunch United Methodists. It’s almost as if it’s encoded in our DNA. We don’t just worship in the church; many of the men were or are ministers. My...
by Shannon Turner | Jul 26, 2010 | Blog
For this post, I experimented with a new form. You have the choice either to read the story below, or click here and listen to me read it to you (as well as look at a few pictures along the way). This story was written in preparation for this month’s MothUp on...
by Shannon Turner | Jun 20, 2010 | Blog
Recently, I went to an Atlanta Braves game with my family as they came to visit me in the big city. I’m not much of a sports fan, but I thought it would be sort of campy cool to catch a live game. Unfortunately, we sat and watched as the Cincinnati Reds ran up the...
by Shannon Turner | May 27, 2010 | Blog
I blame it all on Cliff D. Cliff D. was a local celebrity at Emory & Henry College for one reason. He had an outrageously over-the-top conservative talk radio show on our local college station. His job in life was to piss people off. And he was basically very good...
