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when you vote early, you feel like voting again and again and again. it’s kind of like riding a roller coaster. chicago mel and i got our vote on this afternoon … mel showed initial signs of not being able to hang: but she pulled out of it and we made it to the louisiana [...]

arguably the best part of a new oasis release is the interviews. these two are telling, both in their similarities and their differences. both love football and clothes. liam loves himself and people in general, while noel’s hates are nothing but people (except for certain weather combinations.) interesting … yet it’s pretty clear who’s driving [...]

cause our kids from manchester put out a new one recently and i almost missed it. dig up your soul. i still think these guys are the coolest. they just have at it, every time. no bull shit. they look fucking cooler than any band in the world, noel still gets off his ass to [...]

first we had joe the plumber. never mind joe wasn’t a licensed plumber who owed back taxes (no wonder he’s worried about them being raised) and never mind mccain asked him on the stump after that info was revealed. next, palin starts talking about ed the milkman. in what part of the ‘real-america’ the governor [...]

this is actually the most eloquent commentary of our moment in history that i have heard, and i think it is the definitive final word on this election year. if you haven’t seen this, please take seven minutes and watch it.

it’s been cooling down tremendously here. the last few days have been extremely comfortable by any standards, but particularly when compared to the thick funk of louisiana august. i must be feeling slightly better as my nesting tendencies have picked back up. bought a recliner yesterday at st. vincent de paul for $25. immediately realized [...]

if it was a boy, the name was going to be strom wallace thurmond. from our friends at the associated press: Baby named Sarah McCain Palin ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) — A new father has secretly named his baby girl Sarah McCain Palin after the Republican ticket for president and vice president. Mark Ciptak of Elizabethton [...]

sometimes you have to go back to the text. charles joyner’s book shared traditions: southern history and folk tradition is an academic text that does not steal your soul. he’s a bit of an essentialist (i think i am too … too much postmodernism has made me sadder. make a claim. believe in it. let’s [...]

this post has a festival acadiens soundtrack. the original version, performed by mr. belton richard. i escaped my life for a few hours to head over to lafayette for the festival acadiens. i actually passed lafayette on the way there. you’d think lafayette would be somewhat noticeable from the freeway, but it’s just a few [...]

our old friends the coynes of flaming lips category took a break from what seems like an idyllic life to do a little interview with the nytimes. click on the happy couple.