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Legally Blind Woman, 94, Bowls a 244

You just don't get a headline like this everyday.

You gotta listen to this!

The new Beatles album of mash-ups from the Cirque Du Soleil show "Love" is aces.

Nothing to sneeze at

General Wesley Clark is considering another run at the White House. I still think he'd excel at the job. Cross your fingers he doesn't wear those silly sweaters while campaigning.

I know I've been light on content... but the Democrats haven't screwed up yet in any huge way and there's nothing for me to complain about other than we've still got two years of Bush... and that just ain't news now, is it?

My Old Kentucky Home

I thought I'd post some pix I took from my camera phone during my trip back home last week.

and lastly... a shot of the drag show that Rob and I went to in Lexington on my last night there.

Kevin Alejandro news

For those of you who are fans of my friend Kevin, he's a regular on season 2 of Showtime's Sleeper Cell.

He was also on Ugly Betty the last two weeks and has another episode airing next week (ABC, Thursdays at 8pm)... and he's also shooting an episode of NCSI right now.

Geez... just plug his name into your Tivos already.

Pointless Family Photo

I don't mean to mock, but c'mon, this picture is pretty amusing. I can imagine it appearing as a New Yorker cartoon pre-P.C. 90's.

Also, it's just a great photo...there's alot going on in this shot. I love the eyes of the girl with the denim backpack. You can tell she's thinking "Oh come on, Dad... just take the fucking picture!" (thanks Chris)

Homecoming

Heading home this weekend for the first time since July 2004 when I was there for my Grandmother's funeral. It's odd to be so separated from my family for such a long time and I don't really try to think about why it is that way or what it means. I suppose I'd always had a bit of distance from my family when I was a teenager because I knew I wanted to get out of Kentucky and go someplace that I thought would be a little more tolerant towards the things that make people different.

I'm sure the landscape will be beautiful and I'm hoping to get some writing done.

Feeling a tad introspective and sad today. Let myself fall a little bit in love recently... partly just to know if I still could (and I CAN) and partly because I had no choice in the matter. I was simply overcome by the friendship and sweetness of, and positive energy of, and flattery by this terrific guy. Anyway, this particular object of my affections is leaving town for awhile... til at least January. It's happening while I'm dreamily lost in that 'where have you been til now?' phase -- before the euphoria wears off and you realize that the other person does indeed have faults that bug and annoy you -- so he still seems perfect to me. I think I kinda like that.

Dreamgirls

Ok... so I'm a big Mo cause I want to see this movie. I like musicals, what can I say? Everybody's abuzz about Jennifer Hudson's post American-Idol oscar-worthy feature-film debut... but you gotta see Jennifer Holliday's AMAZING take on it here... from the 1982 Tony awards. My boss, Craig, was in the audience to see this. It's 8 minutes long, but hang in there. I promise it's worth it.

Camper, Sweet camper

A friend just showed me the google maps satellite photo of our campsite at Black Rock City during Burning Man. Our camper is in the center there in the first picture. I zoomed out and took some screen shots so you can get an idea of how big the city is for that week.... and then 'poof'... the whole city gone the very next week.

That darker path that snakes around is where a water truck has just driven through and wetted the streets to keep the dust from kicking up. And that little point, out all by itself, right in the middle of the circle in the last picture is where "the man" stands.