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!

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]

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!

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]

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]

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.

These clusters of [tag]religious sects[/tag] all share a level of rejection of [tag]modern life[/tag]. The Amish in particular are by definition an exclusionary group, yet they live within the borders of a first-world nation. They separate themselves from a culture that surrounds them, and they do it peacefully.

To put it more personally, they believe that my way of life, in many ways, is wrong, but they aren’t trying to blow up my [tag]Starbucks[/tag] to prove it.

This is why I respect and admire the Amish and similar sects like them here in America. They represent a level of religious [tag]devotion[/tag] coupled with social [tag]tolerance[/tag] that defies logic. Could you imagine an extremely conservative [tag]Muslim[/tag] population living peacefully in the center of a [tag]Jewish[/tag] or [tag]Christian[/tag] state? Because of the Amish, I can.

The Amish are not stupid. They know what lies outside the borders of their communities. And they live the way they choose. They do not form political action committees to legislate their way of life upon others. They do not kidnap strippers and cut their heads off to prove a point. When someone from the outside commits a serious offense against their children, the response is one of unlikely [tag]humility[/tag]:

As we were standing next to the body of this 13-year-old girl, the grandfather was tutoring the young boys, he was making a point, just saying to the family, “We must not think evil of this man.”
- Rev. [tag]Robert Schenck[/tag], via [tag]CNN[/tag]

So when I say I love and respect the Amish, it’s not because I bought a quilt that I like. These people give me hope for the future of mankind. If [tag]Christ[/tag] taught humility, these people have learned it. And they can teach others how to live it.

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]

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]