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‘The blues at gunpoint’

Last night as I was leaving work I saw two rockabilly dudes with tight jeans and plaid shirts and slick black hair peering into the windows of Sun Studio, taking pictures through the glass because the place was closed. It made me smile. I get a kick out of living in a place that’s a mecca for a lot of people searching for some cultural roots. My co-worker David wrote this this morning and it’s…

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Mississippians, I do not envy your ‘choice’

The race for Trent Lott’s Senate seat is hot hot hot. I’ve been seeing fairly nasty ads (my own observation is that most of the nasty ones have come from Ronnie Musgrove’s opponent Roger Wicker and his supporters) for weeks now, like the one where the mean voiceover lady says that “RONNIE MUSGROVE TRIED TO KILL OUR STATE FLAG.” I didn’t realize your state flag was alive, Mississippi, but that is kind of freaking magical…

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I'm posting about my damn cats again

Jack-assery: Part XICIIV

Fig. 1: The domestic cat performs an elaborate dance that means, to his owner, “Scream at me and then spray me with water several times until I run into another room, unsure of what just transpired.” My boy cat is having an identity crisis. He thinks he’s a godforsaken mountain goat. Exhibit A: Once again (he’s done this twice before, and has apparently not heeded my past warnings), he has chewed through the phone cord,…

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Body politic

What a week this has been. I feel like complete crap. I called out sick Wednesday with some head trouble and today I’m at home in my sweats, watching football (it’s a bit more palatable now that I’m on the fantasy football horse), battling the barf monster. This is a real bummer, as I had big plans for tonight. Also, I don’t like hanging around the house, puking. I don’t know what’s going on with…

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In which my roll is slowed substantially

Dear D of Bitter/Books fame recently threw a can of Drank my way because of its sheer awesomeness, and in the interest of science, I decided to document my first encounter with it. I just want to point out how tough it was to make this video while trying not to fall asleep. I think my delirium can be blamed for the silly sound effects, too. Drinking Drank like it’s meant to be drunk from…

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