I ain’t sayin’ I’m like Jesus… But I got tired like Him, an’ I got mixed up like Him, an’ I went into the wilderness like Him, without campin’ stuff. Nighttime I’d lay on my back an’ look up at the stars; morning I’d see an’ watch the sun come up; midday I’d look out from a hill at the rollin’ dry country; evenin’ I’d foller the sun down. Sometimes, I’d pray like I always done. On’y I couldn’t figure what I was prayin’ to or for. There was the hills, an’ there was me, an’ we wasn’t separate no more. We was one thing. An’ that one thing was holy. – Jim Casy

Ms. Lou's Chicken and Dumplins

Make a young boy salivate
He asks his memaw if she should mention
All he talks about is your chicken and dumplins
South Arkansas charm
Ms. Oglesbys good time radio
I heard we were visiting from out of town
After church and the stained glass above our heads
All the kids sat at the table and laughed
And ate every bite of what Ms. Lou delivered.

Fishing Hole

I once thought I had everything I need
then I grew up
the swallow picks up the seed
from the tree but it wasn't enough
It ain't as easy
When the southwind blows
just as hook, line, and life seemed
to catch merely a perch out my fishing hole

Moving II.

Style Profile.

CHOW.

The foodie quiz.
Omnivore’s 100 Meme
Instructions:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating, or will never eat again.
4) italicize ones you haven’t eaten but WANT TO TRY
5) Leave the ones you haven’t tried, but are indifferent about
Let’s just say I’ll try any food once and leave it at that. Oh wait but no roadkill. That thing could have rabies. I’m not eating rabies.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile/Alligator
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper -
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar.
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects (
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Impressive.

Floaty lives.

Today.

When your father dies, say the Irish,
you lose your umbrella against bad weather.

So true.

Moving.

Last Day Dream [HD] from Chris Milk on Vimeo.

How the world works...

Scene: Going out on Sat night to meet friends for a nice dinner and drinks. Wife at bottom of stairs. Me in my recliner watching the game.

Wife: Do you want me to wear the pants with the flair leg or my skinny jeans tucked into my new boots?

Floaty: What are the "flair" pants?

Wife: I wore the flair pants to church last Sunday. You said I looked pretty.

Floaty: Wear the flair pants tonight.

Wife: Guess you don't like my new boots...(exit up the stairs.)

My new favorite drink.

Todd Snider. Saw that dude last night. He was good.

Casa de Floaty's House Band Christmas Eve 2008

Eggnog with three fingers of Jager...anyone need a refill?
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Lame Duck.

When The President Talks To God
by Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes)

When the president talks to God
Are the conversations brief or long?
Does he ask to rape our women’s' rights
And send poor farm kids off to die?
Does God suggest an oil hike
When the president talks to God?

When the president talks to God
Are the consonants all hard or soft?
Is he resolute all down the line?
Is every issue black or white?
Does what God says ever change his mind
When the president talks to God?

When the president talks to God
Does he fake that drawl or merely nod?
Agree which convicts should be killed?
Where prisons should be built and filled?
Which voter fraud must be concealed
When the president talks to God?

When the president talks to God
I wonder which one plays the better cop
We should find some jobs. the ghetto's broke
No, they're lazy, George, I say we don't
Just give 'em more liquor stores and dirty coke
That's what God recommends

When the president talks to God
Do they drink near beer and go play golf
While they pick which countries to invade
Which Muslim souls still can be saved?
I guess God just calls a spade a spade
When the president talks to God

When the president talks to God
Does he ever think that maybe he's not?
That that voice is just inside his head
When he kneels next to the presidential bed
Does he ever smell his own bullshit
When the president talks to God?

I doubt it

I doubt it

Thanksgiving 2008 Fried Edition.

I did the exact same thing the first time I saw a clown.

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