Okay, so normally I don’t cross-post stuff from my [tag]podcast[/tag] [tag]High Orbit[/tag], but this is too good not to share. I brought [tag]CC Chapman[/tag]‘s sisters Cass and Kim over to the studio to record an episode, and they brought some great stuff with them.

Like, for example, audio tapes of CC when he was 5 years old. And some stories about [tag]childhood[/tag]. And some [tag]college radio[/tag] clips.

Head on over to hear the episode right here, and share it with a friend!

This, my friends, is what happens when you make your bandmate’s daughter the wardrobe manager for a gig.

Many thanks to Geoff Smith for his rehearsal space and his little costume designer, Molly.

I’m finally back from vacation and got tagged by [tag]Chris Penn[/tag] at the [tag]Financial Aid Podcast[/tag] to pick 5 [tag]podsafe songs[/tag] that’d make great [tag]music videos[/tag].

Okay, I’ll recuse my own songs except for one… filling the list with my own stuff would be exceptionally lame. However, I think one in particular would make a hell of a good video. If you had the patience to film it.

Anyhoo, here’s the list in no particular order:

• [tag]Latté Days & Porter Nights[/tag] by [tag]Matthew Ebel[/tag]
• [tag]She Walks By[/tag] by [tag]Mike Errico[/tag]
• [tag]Superhot Lady Cop[/tag] by [tag]Beau Hall[/tag]
• [tag]Sound Scientist[/tag] by [tag]bill[/tag]
• [tag]Hey Hey Sister[/tag] by [tag]Laura Clapp[/tag]

[tag]Stress[/tag] by [tag]Jim’s Big Ego[/tag] doesn’t count since it’s already got a killer music video. See for yourself.

Anyway, I’m not in the habit of “tagging” other people ’cause I normally abhor that kind of practice, but I definitely encourage you to put up your own list on your own blog. Let’s see whom you’d like to put on YouTube.

[tags]Blog Tag[/tags]

…or so I’ve been told, anyway.

Now that I’m measuring my remaining time at my day job in hours instead of days, the coworkers say I’ve got a certain look about me. A patina of “don’t give a flying fungus”, or what some would call a “sh*t-eating grin.”

Whatever. I’m pretty hamn dappy to be self-unemployed once again, and I’m starting it all off the right way. The entrepreneurial way. The good-ole American Spirit way.

I’m going to work my tailfeathers off for a full week, then take two weeks off for Christmas. Seeya!

Oh wait, nevermind, that’s not me. That’s [tag]Jesus Christ[/tag]. My bad. Who’d have thought a white man would’ve been born in the middle east? Must be a miracle. Apparently, we share the same beard, the same skin tone, sometimes the same haircut. Definitely not the same career plans, and unfortunately not the same parents or moral integrity.

Wasn’t there something in the [tag]Bible[/tag] about not [tag]worshiping idols[/tag]? And if this isn’t an object of worship, why make a doll out of your God? Will he come with his own [tag]pink Corvette[/tag] in a few years? I don’t know if I’d call this wrong, but isn’t it a bit… weird?

Ah well, if you want to get your own (I’m not making this up) [tag]Talking Jesus Action Figure[/tag], apparently you can. Just don’t let the dog chew on it. And remember, if you dress him up in your [tag]Barbie®[/tag] doll’s clothes, there’s a special seat in [tag]hell[/tag] just for you.

[tags]CNN.com[/tags]

I really don’t want to get political on my own website this year, but I’ll put it this way–
Anyone remember what the most prosperous part of the Clinton years were? When one party had the White House and the other had the Congress. Maybe now that we’ve got real power-sharing happening, half the country won’t feel like they’re getting screwed with their pants on.

Oh, and we really need a vote-by-mail system in TN like they’ve got in OR. Badly.

[tags]politics, elections, Bill Clinton, White House, Congress, Democrats, Republicans, absolute unfettered joy[/tags]

What are YOU dressed up as this [tag]Halloween[/tag]?

Just a forethought- this has very little to do with the recent [tag]school shootings[/tag]. This is a thought that formulated last time I headed up to [tag]Fort Campbell[/tag] and saw the familiar buggy-crossing street signs.

I love the [tag]Amish[/tag]. I love the [tag]Mennonites[/tag], I love the [tag]Hutterites[/tag], and I love their way of life. I think these people live a simplicity that I am simply not capable of. I can write, produce, distribute, and promote a [tag]podcast[/tag] in my dining room, but I couldn’t build a barn or milk a cow. This isn’t about the mythical “simple life” either, though, it’s about car bombs and beheadings.
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Maybe you’ve heard this one before:

I certainly hope that Hillary is the candidate because nothing will energize my [constituency] like [tag]Hillary Clinton[/tag]. If [tag]Lucifer[/tag] ran, he wouldn’t.
– Jerry Falwell

Honestly, I don’t fault [tag]Jerry Falwell[/tag] for saying what he said. Not one bit. And I don’t think Senator Clinton should be incensed one bit by the remarks.

It says a lot about Falwell and his constituency that they care more about fighting [tag]Democrats[/tag] than they do [tag]the devil[/tag] himself.

[tags]politics, satan, pompous windbags[/tags]

A lot of folks wonder why a lot of people call me “Birdman.” Well, this is why. Even a vicious aerial predator like this [tag]osprey[/tag] just looks so darn cute. Unless you’re a fish, of course, then you’d probably run away screaming. Not that fish could scream, it’s just a figure of speech.

Isn’t she cute though? I love it. I’d want a pet osprey if it wouldn’t try to kill me all the time.
[tags]pandeon, pandion, haliaetus, photography, wildlife, birds, raptors[/tags]