The world stopped spinning today. For me, at least. I was working in my office when I got a call I've been expecting, but not looking forward to. My mom had been ill, her health fading for a few months. Last weekend, her kidneys shut down. Both of my dad's sisters showed up and have been taking care of him all week, with Becky lending support as ( Read more... )

For those of you who are looking for something to do Saturday, my band, Atlanta Kitchen Party, is playing at Boxerstock at 12:45pm. There's a great lineup of acoustic folk and singer/songwriter types, and it's all in support of Atlanta Boxer Rescue. If you're interested in either the music or the cause, check out the link.

I apparently went a little further into some deep moral delimma arguments on traceroo's journal commentary than she's comfortable with moderating. (These things can get sticky, that's for sure.) I'm a sucker for deep debate about these things, and she quite politely asked her readers to abstain from that line of commentary in her comment thread ( Read more... )

Hey madwhistler, you sure have been in showbusiness for a while. Dig that crazy hat!

(Seriously, the human singer in this video bears more than a passing resemblance. And the video's the pinnacle of all that's awesome. I'm serious.)

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( Stupid quiz stuff, but damn funny )

These really are interesting times. The economy is circling the drain, there's two wars still on (one looks like it's winding down), liberals and conservatives are staring across no-man's land from their respective trenches, with their eyes filled with bitter hate, and a black man just got elected president.

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I saw this link today on an otherwise sane blog, that was mainly making the point that haloween crap is getting silly about the 'sexy' women's costumes - now, don't get me wrong, I love to see good looking ladies having fun, but I really prefer a well made costume that has had love and care put into it than your just-bought-from-the-costume-shop- ( Read more... )

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