Wednesday photobloggery

Last bits from Houston.
See, I caught a fleeting glimpse, from the freeway, of a giant chicken in front of what I thought was a church. An hour or so and several margaritas later, we found it.

There was a second chicken in the back yard, at ground level. Oddly enough, the people living in the [...]

Sweet deal

I just got the following NYT “breaking news” email:
Candy Maker Reported Near Deal for Chewing Gum Giant
Mars, the makers of M&M’s, was near a deal last night to
acquire the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, the chewing gum concern,
for more than $22 billion, people involved in the talks said.
The transaction would create a confectionery behemoth and
could pressure [...]

Houston (on everything)

The good:
Steve fuckin’ Earle. Crappy venue, spotty turnout, drunken howling audience members but he brought it on every damn song, and and he and Allison Moorer dissed the administration and the Republicans and the media at every available opportunity.
The tzatziki at Niko Niko’s
2 out of 3 margaritas at King Biscuit
Catching up on the Eschacon lowdown
Poodle [...]

Sunday morning comin’ down video: little poodle dog

Mademoiselle Gabby would likely find this most unseemly:

(damn, does Marcia Ball rock or what?)

Good people

Will be seeing Mr. Earle (and possibly Mrs. Earle) tonight, far away in another galaxy.
Travel bloggage, perhaps later.

Moore: “for Obama The Movement”

Here’s why I don’t blog about politics more: because I often don’t notice things like this until a day or two after everyone else does. Granted, the PA primary blocked out the sun for most of the week so far, but even so Michael Moore’s endorsement of Obama was big news [...]

Reality based folk singing

At lunch today, I sat near a table of older professors holding forth and setting the world to rights. The Bush administration was the topic d’jour and there was talk of an impeachment proceeding on the scale of the Nuremburg tribunals. One of the older men there mentioned this song and a younger [...]

Hey kids, who wants crack?!

First-Draft Crack Van rolls into Pennsylvania for the primary slugfest.
Be there tomorrow, 4:30, or it’s [punch3][kitten][chainsaw] fer you!

Where I’ll be today

Pretty cushy volunteer gig.  Stop by and say hey if you’re in the neighborhood, and bring your recyclables for free glass-bottom boat rides.  A free glass-bottom boat ride at Aquarena on a beautiful Sunday, with mariachi music-what could be better?

Sunday morning comin’ down video: “It’s you, you heartless bastard, you’re my one and only”

Too Drunk to Dream
The Magnetic Fields