Chatting with Wolfdogg earlier this afternoon we were discussing Gustav and the scaled-down RNC and all sorts of current events, because we are cosmopolitan, mature, well-informed adults.
At one point I told him how the National Weather Service needed to stop giving the hurricanes such strict, foreboding Germanic names — Katrina, Gustav . . . [...]

Last night I dreamt that Vodo made me park Ruby and swim to Grumpy’s, fully dressed, while smoking a cigarette. Apparently Grumpy’s had been relocated on the shores of Lake What the Fuck and the blacktop that is usually there in back was turned into some sort of sandy beach complete with volleyball court.
Peabo [...]

Today is Christa’s Birthday. I think she just might be my most favorite person I’ve never met yet. Which is saying a lot. Because I like a lot of people I haven’t met yet including but not limited to: Largehearted Boy, UH, Michelle Obama, Mike Doughty, and everyone who ever appeared on Dawson’s Creek.

CRITICAL MASS: Guest Post: Mark Athitakis on the State of Alt-Weeklies
(tags: writing altweeklies demiseofprintmedia)

Size Matters
Says one anthropologist, rather gloomily, tall men “are generally more successful in life, in areas including salary and winning presidential elections. But this doesn't happen for women. The chances of marriage and children are higher for taller men, but the reverse is true for women.”
(tags: jezebel tallwomen)

kare11.com | Twin Cities, MN | RNC visitors [...]

I’ve been trying to write some kind of post to take the place of the last post all day. But stringing together words was way more work than my gin-soaked brain could handle. In fact, watching reruns of “A Different World” or “Dawson’s Creek” was even too taxing. I spent a lot of time while [...]

I ate a piece of bologna while standing in front of my refirgerator with my pants unzipped. I only stock balogana because my nephew Liam, who is 3, loves it. I ate it because I had one, tow, three too many gin and tonics tonight while FFJ was over at Supergenius HQ. I tell you [...]

Exclusive Excerpt: Stephen Davis’s ‘Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N’ Roses’ — Vulture — Entertainment
(tags: viafimoculous gunsnrose welcometothejungle music books)

I have no idea what’s going on here. This is the third release from Paul Westerberg in less than a month, or is it just over a month? I can’t remember, time means nothing to me. Anyway for those of you inclined to this kind of thing you can download the new album which is [...]

I think most of Shakopee was awakened shortly before six a.m. this morning by thunder. Since the Tibbles and I all live in Shakopee we were all jolted from sleep earlier than we are used to, making us extra cranky. The fact that it’s cold and rainy isn’t helping matters, and is throwing our usual [...]

I used all my writing cells today for things that actually make me money so I got not much left for here
However, I still wanted to tell you that I thought Hills looked damn smart in her orange suit, it looked really good against that blue background
One dude on my twitter commented that she looked [...]

Can’t stop listening to “Who Were You Were Thinking Of” by Jeff Tweedy. Sing it with me, “who were you thinking of when we were making love last night? Was it a good-looking stranger or a close friend of mine. . .”

Beijing 2008 - It's a wrap - The Big Picture - Boston.com
I didn't watch a lot of the Olympics, but after looking at these pictures I feel Olympically fulfilled.
(tags: bigpicture olympics beautiful)

MinnPost - Jim Walsh: From the highs and lows of creativity to the spin cycle
You know I never thought my appreciation of Jim Walsh [...]

While the Olympics barely warranted a blip on my radar, the Democratic National Convention has decided to dominate my attention. I’ve spent a lot of time this evening listening to the speeches and becoming so overwhelmed that I cry. Speechifying makes me cry, so do standing ovations (and marching bands and that underground railroad episode [...]

It can never be a good sign when your response to most everything, on any given day, is Motherfuck! Followed by an I-oughta-had-a-V8 forehead slap. That’s exactly how we’re rolling here at Supergenius HQ today. Matters have not been helped by the fact that I only recently realized that it was not Tuesday but [...]