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I'm just glad this didn't happen around the corner... at least I can claim some distance.

Chattanooga boy, 4, caught sipping beer, wearing stolen Xmas dress

So I actually went to school with this guy's younger brother.

Russell Wiseman, Tennessee Mayor, Assails 'Muslim President' For Pre-Empting 'Peanuts'

Seriously. It is amazing to me the resentment felt toward the president can infect even the most mundane experiences... People are entitled to their opinions, they just shouldn't be surprised when their opinions expose them to the world as arrogant or just plain ignorant... especially if they are a community leader and showin' their ass on the internets. I feel bad for his family.

Hey mom, you over that whole antichrist thing yet?... Cool, yeah sure I'll go to the range with you.

Ok, so this is pretty fucking rad.

Sooo, is ESPN really that far off?

[ TENNESSEE ]

FEMALE. Tennessee is orange crazy. The ice tray in her orange fridge, that freezes the water she dyes orange, is that orange. The party girl cowboy hat she wears is a white and orange zebra print. The tattoo on her lower back is Pantone 3 for that Tennessee orange. The only thing that's not orange is her dog, which is the mascot Smokey. Did we mention she's crazy? A slutty girl who would hang out at the cowgirl hall of fame.

You really can't make this stuff up...

As seen while traveling on I-40 near Jackson TN.

Oh my god, this is scary good.

God... I love Letterman.

It's time again for the MS 150 bike ride. I'm doing the same event as last year, riding from Franklin TN to Lynchburg TN and back again the next day. It's 150 miles total, with several hundred cyclists to help raise money for the National MS Society. They do most of their fund-raising through bike and walk events like this. This will be my third year riding, Candace has ridden the last two events with me on our tandem. Now she's got a Robyn cookin' in her belly, so she won't be riding with me this year (she's volunteering to help with ride support).

I'm trying to reach a fundraising goal of $1000, which puts me in some super duper fund raising club with special perks, a special cool lycra jersey, and other neat bene's on the ride. I'm only $250 or so away. Any donation you can make would be greatly appreciated, $5, $10, $20 (or more if ya like!). You can make donations directly online with any major credit card by visiting my personal fund-raising page. As an added bonus, if you click the link you get to see me in a sweet ass wool jersey and bike shorts!!!

So it finally happened... only took two years of riding the two wheeler to work and home four days a week:

Cruising home on the big bike, aka Big Dummy, I had the pleasure of meeting some high-school students, presumably from one of our local public high schools. I was on Washington Pike, so were they... we traveled in the same direction. In our brief exchange of pleasantries, one of the front seat passengers offered me their cold cola. It was awfully nice of him and all, considering it was so hot. It was a little disappointing that he tossed it all over me, and I didn't get a chance to savor it. We parted ways, and I gave him a good ole' hearty "Fuck you Bitches" while showing him I too agreed the Vols are Number One!

Seriously.....

So McCain... you are either one really cool open minded dude... or just a total fucking idiot...

We'll be having a cookout type thing around 1pm on the 4th. All are welcome to come. Candace got plenty of foods, but if you want to bring stuff, we ain't going to turn it down. I may have some drafts available, but probably a good idea to bring a little beer too.

About 500 Kremlin opponents ranging from liberals and human rights activists to Communists joined Kasparov in central Moscow for the self-styled "national assembly".

It was the latest attempt by Kasparov to unite Russia's weakened and often bickering opposition against former president, now Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his successor President

Kasparov, considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time, accused Russia's rulers of creating a "feudal fiefdom" and lambasted mainstream opposition parties such as Yabloko and SPS, which did not attend the assembly.

As Kasparov spoke a toy penis with wings buzzed across the hall and around him. It was not clear who was behind the stunt.

This just proves I'm a fucking idiot, but this weekend I finally finished my brevet series and I've officially achieved my Super Randonneur.

Here is the info on the Middle TN 600k ride that completed it for me. That's 382 miles in under 40 hours. In fact we finished with just 28 minutes to spare. Nothing like riding a bike to the top of the Cherohala Skyway at 2am!

Just like everyone else, I've been dying to know just exactly what $2000/hr buys a high roller these days...