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A grammar lesson for Fergie

Dear Grown Up Incarnation of Stacy Ferguson, member of KIDS Incorporated (one of my very favorite childhood shows): The least you can do, if you are going to put out a song that will — through no fault of my own — enter into my ears no less than three times a day, is make sure that you get your freaking pronoun/antecedent agreement right. Every time I hear “I’m gonna miss you like a child…

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Shameless self-promotion

If you happen to be hanging out in or passing through Peabody Place Mall and you’ve got nothing better to do, you should go find where they’ve got photographs on display and vote for this one: I didn’t win the actual contest — called “Downtown Alive!” or something — (put on by Memphis Downtowner Magazine), but I’m still in the running for the People’s Choice Award, which would get me a gift certificate to a…

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Memphis Midtown project 365

Day 232 — Anderton’s East

Anderton’s used to be a Memphis institution, from what I’ve been told, but it closed down a year or two ago. I never got to eat there, sadly. A man stopped me as I was taking photos today and wanted to be sure I took notice of the sign that proclaimed this particular location Anderton’s East. He explained that it was built as the eastern counterpart to the downtown Anderton’s. He described a typical day…

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friends project 365

Day 231 — Rebecca

[for Sunday, Aug. 19] The blur is totally intentional. Really. It’s art. Okay, not really. That up there is Rebecca, preparing her backhand to give me a quick smack across the cheek for taking her picture. It’s okay, folks, I survived. Wish her and her two Bahamaritas a happy birthday and pray that she doesn’t strangle me for putting her picture on the internet. Earlier in the evening we (along with Ashley and JD) saw…

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