While peeling through a book last night at Barnes & Noble, I was sitting beside a man in his mid-forties who had been waiting on wife to pick out a book for a good hour.

The Husband: “Hey,” he said as he popped up from his book on Native American history, “did you know that Indians can’t grow facial hair?”
Me: “I think I’ve heard that before… I wish I couldn’t grow facial hair. That would save me a lot of time each the morning.”
The Husband: “Yep… it’s like how my wife always wants me to shave in the morning, then shave in the evening just before bed. But then she gets all mad when I ask her to shave her legs. You married yet?”
Me: “Not yet.”
The Husband: “Well… let me give you one bit of advice a man handed down to me.”
Me: “What’s that?”
The Husband: “The one word you always need to remember is ‘love.’ Because there are days I love my wife to death… and there are days I’d love to kill her.”
Me: “Kinda like right now?”
The Husband: “Woman takes a d*** hour to pick out a cup of coffee.” [Calls his wife on his cellphone] “Hey… you planning on closing this store tonight, or opening-up for them in the morning?! I’m kidding sweetheart. I’ve got a book on Indians. Take your time.”

Just in case you didn’t catch this story yesterday…
Articles like this tend to get buried by the “unbiased media”.

GORE MANSION USES 20X AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD; CONSUMPTION INCREASE AFTER 'TRUTH'
Mon Feb 26 2007 17:16:14 ET

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization committed to achieving a freer, more prosperous Tennessee through free market policy solutions, issued a press release late Monday:

Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.

Gore’s mansion, [20-room, eight-bathroom] located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).

In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.

The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average.

Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.

Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.

Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.

“As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk to walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use,” said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.

In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006.

For Further Information, Contact:
Nicole Williams, (615) 383-6431
editor@tennesseepolicy.org

A list of stuff I’ve bookmarked at my favorite “hey guys, spend your paycheck here” site.

I TiVo’d (spelling?) Saturday Night Live the other night, but I got a chance to catch most of it on Sunday.

If you are a fan of The Office, you’ll love this.

This would have been the coolest toy to have as a child.

I grew up 90 minutes from Talladega, yet my entire life I swore-off NASCAR as a redneck event. It was stupid… cars going around and around in circles? That’s not a sport.

That all changed when I attended my first race in October 2001… I’ve been addicted ever since. If you ever go to a race it will happen to you too. You’ve been warned.

Question:

Who is your favorite NASCAR driver?

“Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience…without God there is a coarsening of the society; without God democracy will not and cannot endure…if we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”

- Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States

The OC went out last night with a whimper. For the 2 of you who still watch the show… well… I’m just sorry for you.

But on another note… there’s this show you may have heard of during lunchtime in the high school cafeteria. It’s called The Office and we’d love to have you on board… as soon as you get finished chatting on AIM and throw away your slap bracelet.

…in theaters tonight.

Just in case you haven’t seen this yet…

The sun set last night at 6:30. Just a few weeks ago it was dark at 4:30.

Spring is fast approaching.

Question:

What’s your favorite song at the moment?

I’m starting a list of questions that people at work (or any people I encounter, for that matter) ask about the South. I love answering these questions… they always make me smile. Feel free to add any you’ve encountered when in the presence of Yankees, Tree-Huggers, and/or people from Atlanta.

This is a video of me as a child.

I was really into Rubik’s Cubes, and Spiderman. I was also Asian. Enjoy.

The Mississippi College Choctaws host the 2007 ASC Men’s Basketball Tournament this weekend. They finished 22-2 on the year… their two loses coming by a combined total of 4 points.

On another note, the MC Football Team ranked 8th in the nation in attendance for Division III: 4,108 per game

Don’t laugh… your team lost to Maine.