by Shannon Turner | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog
[This post is inspired by hearing about the teacher rallies and Tea Party protests in Tennessee. You can read about them by clicking here and here. Does anyone else out there think there’s some seriously messed up stuff going on out there? I don’t mean in the Middle...
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...
