Insert California Song Title Here

Heading to the West Coast, boys.  For one fucking day.  At least it's a big fucking deal.

Oh the Vanity!

Any of you fine bastards ever order a personalized plate? This is my first. Our upstanding educator can clue us in to the proper pronunciation. I think he recognizes the word.
You have to list three options on the request. [See mine above.] High praise to anyone who recognizes my first option without using the Google.

Do You Like Country Music?

Me neither, but I'm trying. There's an occasional series on a music blog called 'A History of Country Western Music' and I like to download the offerings once in a while. Follow The Plaintive sounds if you wish, there's some pretty good stuff.

Glutton for Punishment

Heading to the Big Easy again this weekend for a wedding. It also happens to be French Quarter Fest. I'm still not 100% from Mardi Gras. Heeelppp....

New Orleans Bound

If I don't check in for the next few days its because we'll be in New Orleans for a wedding this weekend and a couple of days of play afterwards. Not that you bastards would have noticed anyway. I'm extra excited because its been a year (the longest stretch since Katrina) since I've been there. Looking forward to some crawfish, public drunkeness and sharing the streets with basketball players (look it up Jay).
Lurker, you're in charge while I'm gone.

Chile today . . .

Interesting map renaming each state as a country with a similar GDP. Some of the comparisons seem quite apt culturally as well as economically (South Dakota as frozen, teeth-clenchingly miserable Bulgaria; Florida as leather-skinned, half-witted Australia; Tennessee as heavily-armed theocracy Iran, etc.); others less so. Larger version here.