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My brother says he tried to vote after work but that the polling place had everyone bunkered down and he couldn’t vote. If this thing passes, he might get to go later, but we’re coming up on an hour before polls are supposed to close. I haven’t heard if they’re going to remain open longer. They probably should, because many of them have been busy all day. It’s getting really loud out there…

I didn’t know until reading this that Cafe Francisco, the coffee shop pictured in my blog header, closed in September.

But at least Willie, Herman, Carol and John aren’t out panhandling. Good grief.

The Memphis Advertising Federation’s Pyramid Awards are this weekend, but was the artist who created this image going for something disgusting like this (sneaking it past the committee a la TIME magazine), or something more innocent?

Today is John Wayne’s 100th birthday. Above is a shot I took of his birthplace in Winterset, Iowa, when I was home for a visit in 2003. The house is smaller than it looks from the front; see side view below the fold. (more…)

This was the view outside our door this morning. Er, not. But that’s what the news told us to expect. No snow yet. Not even ice.

UPDATE: Ok, so they were off by one day. I can’t believe they close all the schools for this.

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