Via The Onion:

After receiving the device intended to alert him when his family’s table at the Cheesecake Factory was ready, local father Timothy Reardon traversed the parking lots of adjacent businesses with the pager Tuesday to determine its range. “I’ll bet I can get all the way behind the Barnes & Noble, no problem,” …

Mad Men on Twitter.

(Sorry about the title of this post… it was the best I could do.)

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It was wonderful to walk down the long flights of stairs knowing that I’d had good luck working. I always worked until I had something done and I always stopped when I knew what was going to happen next. That way I could be sure of going on the next day. But sometimes when I was started on a new story and I could not get going, I would sit in front of the fire and squeeze the peel of the little oranges into the edge of the flame and watch the sputter of blue that they made. I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, “Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know.” So finally I would write one true sentence, and then go on from there. It was easy then because there was always one true sentence that I knew or had seen or had heard someone say. If I started to write elaborately, or like someone introducing or presenting something, I found that I could cut the scrollwork or ornament out and throw it away and start with the first true simple declarative sentence I had written.

- Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

In a national study released today, Seattle placed third on a list of major U.S. cities in which Americans would like to live, topped only by Denver and San Diego.

Each time I eat a Southern Style Chicken Sandwhich at McDonald’s, I feel like I’m cheating on Chick-fil-A.

Even if the topic of ‘vampires in 2019′ doesn’t intrigue you, this preview is amazing.

Authorities said a couple got into a fight using Cheetos. The Bedford County Sheriff’s Department said a 40-year-old man and 44-year-old woman became involved in a ‘verbal altercation.’ Somehow, the orange puffy snacks were used in the assault.

Deputies said they were charged with domestic assault. No one was hurt.

According to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, both posted bond of $2,500.

Football field gets a new drainage system.

Remember the good ol days when the stands went all the way down to field level, and the kids would play in the grassy area between the stands and the fence?

For all the fellas who grew up in the 80s.

Our compay golf game didn’t end until 10 PM.
I got home at 11:20.
I will be arriving at the office at 6:30 AM for a conference call.

…goes without saying that I feel nothing like the weird animals in the image below.

Look at Mississippi College representing in the Big Apple. Director of Alumni Affairs, Ross Aven and his wife Brittnye.

That American Idol letdown from Starkville was there as well.

Don’t forget about Robin Roberts.

Full list of pictures from the Clarion-Ledger here.

Feel free to post any link from around the web that interests you.

Only one link per comment (spam filter will think you’re touting male enhancement pills) but post as many comments as you like.

Thanks Barack. A 55-minute speech did not contain one of the following words:

Iraq
Afghanistan
Korea
Pakistan
soldiers
surge
war
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines

Movies. We’re excited to see. Are you? …continue reading

[Son's (in)famous red sign, courtesy of my cellphone.]

I go on spells of rating businesses on Yelp.
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I started rating on Yelp back in 2006 when I was living in Seattle, without a job, and blogging while I interviewed. I found that it helped me keep some connection to home.

Jasper needs some more businesses rated… and you’re just the folks to do it.

Who wouldn’t love you to share of their greasy catfish, mile-high salads, and hushpuppies at Wal-Win (seriously, Wal-Win I miss you every Thursday night)? Shout from the mountaintops the the glory of The Phoenix’s spring rolls. Or simply brag on the job the “bag boys” do at Son’s.

Photos from Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland.

9 months away.