For those who tuned in the other day, you know the story.

This cat shows up everyday when I return home from lunch. It has no tag, so it has no name.

You can post your suggested names in the comments section below, or you can email them to me.

Here are the name proposals I’ve recieved so far:
Sarge
Polly
Mr. Anderson
Busta
Spanikopita
Mr. Blonde
Rosie
Mr. Diddy
Blogger

This is your last chance to propose names. When all the names are recieved, I will post them all and let you vote.

The person whose name is chosen gets their name posted on the blog (woo-hoo) and $10 Apple iTunes gift certificate.

I feel a little awkward blogging this, as if I’m some type of self-promoter now.

But I’ve been instructed by a few of you to “notify” you of when I will be singing next… whether it be weddings, church programs, alone in the shower, etc.

Two dates are all I have in the upcoming weeks.

I’ll go dig through the Howell Family Photo Archives and find an embarrassing picture of me singing when I had buck-teeth to make up for this shameless/shamefilled notification.

Mississippians remained atop the list of most charitable citizens in the annual study conducted by Catalogue of Philanthropy’s Generosity Index.

And sadly, New England states (which is actually my favorite area of the country) favored last… again.

New Englanders remain among the most tightfisted in the country when it comes to charitable giving while Bible Belt residents are among the most generous, according to an annual index.

Mississippi has always been known as ‘The Hospitality State‘ (not The Magnolia State… though Mississippi does have quite-a-few), and Mississippi actually has a Miss Hosptitality Pageant.

That’s what I love about the south. We can come up with a pageant for anything.

New Hampshire Is Named Most Miserly State via Yahoo! News

I swore I’d never eat it… until I did. Now, I can’t stop.

Which begs the question: Can I make sushi on my own time?

Now I can. German design studio Wunschforscher has come up with its own ‘SushiRoller‘ for the Japanese-food-crazed of the world.

The cost? 39 Euros.. a mere price to pay for raw-fish-goodness.

AL.com has all you need to get ready for the big game…

Iron Bowl History

Gameday fact sheets:
Alabama
Auburn

A few folks have asked me lately about which blogs I read. As others have mentioned before, there are multiple “blog trackers” out there. Bloglines and Kinja are two that I use. However, I prefer Bloglines.

While I have provided quite a long list (which you will find to your right on the page under ‘blogroll’) I’ll try to narrow/sort some out for you.

Here are some suggestions, divided by category:

Advertising:
Ad Jab
Adrants

Cities:
Austin
Boston
Chicago
London
Los Angeles
Paris
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington DC

Entertainment:
Defamer
TV Squad

Food:
Slashfood

Friends/Associates:
A Tale of Two
Chi Omega Girls
Clinton Administration
Edward Sanders
Magnolia Report
My Take
Telle’s Tales
Snyder News

Gadgets:
Gizmodo
Engadget

Life:
Download Squad
Lifehacker
LifeHut
Luxist
Post Secret

New York:
Gawker
Gothamist
Overheard in New York

News:
The Note
Public Eye
Sploid

Political:
Captain’s Quarters
The Corner
Cox & Forkum
InstaPundit
Little Green Footballs
Michelle Malkin
The Political Teen
Powerline
Red State
Townhall
Wonkette

Travel:
Gadling
Gridskipper

This is a pretty funny article posted on College Humor back on November 2. Read the whole article to get the full effect, I only posted pieces to stay in-line with copyright laws.

Again, not-so-familiar with this Facebook thing, read more here.

Do not put up a picture of you shirtless

Do not try to friend your entire high school

Do not put up a picture of you drinking - You enjoy alcohol, we get it. You’re in college: this is not uncommon.

Do not forget to insert a picture – If you don’t have a picture loaded, you will be considered ugly by default.

No, magazines do not count as books. That’s why they are called magazines – “Maxim”, “Not a big reader” or “NEthing by Nicholas Sparks” are not acceptable answers for the Favorite Book section.

Do not friend random people

Having a truck-load of friends doesn’t automatically make you look cool - You may think that your 341 friends makes you look awesome, but we can see right through that to the pathetic little person you are. You’re not fooling anyone.

Never include “Whatever I Can Get” in your dating status – Unless you’re really ugly, then I could understand for settling for “whatever you can get” which usually translates to a drunken freshman even uglier than you are.

It’s okay to be friends with fake celebrity profiles like David Hasselhoff and Jesus Christ

Do not overload on the corny quotes - “..Dance like no one’s watching, sing like…” Stop. Just stop.

Do not dedicate your Facebook profile to your girlfriend or boyfriend

Facebook Etiquette via College Humor

Now I really wish I coulda made the trip.

Thursday night, the Mississippi College Choctaws (Division III – no scholarship) pounded the cross-town rival Belhaven College Blazers (NAIA – scholarship) 56-16 in front of 2,113 at Robinson-Hale Stadium.

Not a bad way to celebrate the $1.1 Million Sprinturf and track investment.

Considering we’re a D3 school, it was a Thursday night, and the windchill was around 35 degrees… we’ll overlook the attendance.

Highlights:

UPDATE: Tailgate Pictures

OK, so… about this cat.

For the last three weeks as I have returned home from our daily lunch/ping-pong tournament (I’m on a losing streak), this cat, almost on-cue, strolls up my driveway at the exact moment as yours truly.

The cat walks up to a particular bush, croutches down, and stares at it as if it left its cellphone there or something.

It has no tag. Therefore it has no name.

So, I’m going to take suggestions as to what I should name the sucker.

You can comment below, or email your suggestions.

Some things you should know about this cat:

So send in your suggetions. I’ll collect all the suggestions and let you (the viewer) vote.

And please, nothing vulgar. Or I will train the cat to kill you.

Some interesting news tid-bits from JND:

There are three things that make me laugh so hard that I cry. One is when people fall… especially in church. Two is small children who try to explain what they want for Christmas. And the third is when Conan O’Brien plays the video clips from Walker Texas Ranger.

If you’ve never seen these clips… prepapre to laugh. Especially at this one.

After you watch the clips… wash them down by reading the Chuck Norris Facts below. Thanks to Kate McIntosh [facebook] for the list-o-facts.

Top 30 Chuck Norris Facts.

1. Chuck Norris’ tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.

2. When Chuck Norris plays Oregon Trail his family does not die from cholera or dysentery, but rather roundhouse kicks to the face. He also requires no wagon, since he carries the oxen, axels, and buffalo meat on his back. He always makes it to Oregon before you.

3. Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead decided to punch his way out of his mother’s womb. Shortly thereafter he grew a beard.
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After my post on wireless Internet on planes yesterday I recieved a couple of emails about other locations you can find an internet connection.

WiFi Connections in Hotels

WiFi Connections in Airports

WiFi Connections in Cafes

Tech Wireless Center from USA Today

The match-up between cross-town rivals Mississippi College and Belhaven College was slated to take place just days after Hurricane Katrina hit.

The game has been rescheduled and will take place this Thursday night.

I’ve been asked if I’ll be attending the game, and sadly I’m affraid I cannot. Since leaving Clinton in October, I’ve already been back 4 times. Couple that with the fact that each trip adds 500 miles to my car, think about the price of gas, and you begin to see that my wallet isn’t very happy with me.

Although our Chocs are slightly better this year than they were last, we will be playing against scholarshiped athletes. But who knows, stranger things have happened at MC.

Go Chocs!

This is a very cool archive of the ‘Top 100 Speeches by Rank.’

Most of the speeches have audio clips of the speeches, many of them in their entirety.

Who does the number one spot go to? Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ‘I Have A Dream‘ of course.

I doubt anyone would argue with that.

Top 100 Speeches by Rank

When I was driving through rural Oregon back in may I had the opportunity to stop by and see a few of the movie locations from the 80′s classic The Goonies.

Which begs the question: Where are the Goonie now?

Blogger Kiddo78 (cool name, by the way) has done his research and come up with a ‘Where Are They Now? 20 Year Goonie Reunion.’

I’ve always had a thing for logos. Alright, I’ll say it… they intrigue me.

So much effort for such a small, intangible item.

I stumbled across a directory of more than 5,000 logos from around the world. Enjoy.

So I’ve gotten alot of emails and calls about ‘Laguna Beach‘ over the last couple of days. However, I ask you not to question my sexuality.

I’m a man baby.

The main question was: “What was that ‘it’s good to be in love’ song they played during the advertisement for the Season Finale of ‘Laguna Beach?’”

C’mon folks… let’s make this a little tougher next time ok?

Frou who? For those out there who have seen Garden State, Frou Frou is the artist whos song (‘Let Go‘) comes in at the very end of the movie.

Rent it… you won’t regret it.

Whether it be in college or on vacation, whenever I tell folks where I’m from, that is the question I recieve.

If you get to know me, you find that I take great pride in the land where I was raised. Instead of blabbing on and on about it (I’ll save that for another time), here a some quick (interesting but not-so-important) facts:

Famous Jasper Folks:

Jasper on Google Maps
Maps & Aerial Photos

This video is quite possibly one of the most amazing dance routines I’ve ever seen.

You may be asking yourself, “Self… how many dance routines has Landon seen?”

We won’t go there.

Her name is Brittany Hine, and she is dancing to ‘All That Jazz‘ from the musical Chicago.

Someone sent this to me a little while back. I’ve been wanting an opportunity to share it. I’m sure that those who are not from Mississippi won’t care about it. But I like it none-the-less.

On a side note, Harvey was recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George Bush on November 9.

Paul Harvey:

Mississippi is still burning. Times have changed, but the incendiaries won’t quit. Mississippi, statistically, could shame most of our states with its minimal per-capita crime, its cultural maturity and its distinguished alumni. But Mississippi has enough residual gentility of the Old South not to rub our noses in our own comparative inadequacy.

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