After Sam’s basketball game this morning, he and I went to the laundromat to wash a rug. Sam brought some coloring books and crayons, and while we coloring as we waited for the rug to dry, he looked at me and said, “I love this day!” I told him I loved it, too.

Basil Marceaux’s latest campaign sign is sort of genius.

Basil Marceaux’s latest campaign sign is sort of genius.

The argument could be made that “The Electric Company” was the hippest kids’ show of all time.

(The Catoosa County Library has a few “Electric Company” DVDs in case you want to see for yourself. And, yes, that is Morgan Freeman.)

Chicken + Bucket + You Put the Chicken Into the Bucket = Win

Sunday’s “Dining Out” section of the TFP features a profile of Chicken-w-Wings, which is one of the most beautifully simple concepts for a restaurant I’ve ever heard.

“I wanted to start something Chattanooga doesn’t already have,” says Tim Bone, who is co-owner with his wife Melinda. He decided to start his own franchise, creating Chicken-w-Bones and opening the first of many locations in November. “I love chicken; I eat it everywhere, but no one lets you put your own chicken in the bucket. I decided to see what we could do if everybody could get all the chicken and fixings they can into a bucket.”

The restaurant’s only rule?

“The only rule is that the lid has to close on the bucket,” Bone says.

Genius. Pure genius.

Owners Tim and Melinda Bone

Thank you, Tim and Melinda. You have inspired me.

rex: Cartoon: Hipster Island [via: newyorker]

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Cartoon: Hipster Island

[via: newyorker]

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Yep, this pretty much sums it up.

“Christmas Time” by Larry Norman.

(From So Long Ago the Garden, 1973.)

A lot of folks are poking at the gentleman in this photo. Sure, it’s sort of awkward for a member of the Occupy movement to be holding an enormous coffee from Starbuck’s while expressing his anger about (I’m guessing) greedy corporations, but I fully support his right to speak his mind. He’s frustrated and he’s venti-ing. Nothing more.

A lot of folks are poking at the gentleman in this photo. Sure, it’s sort of awkward for a member of the Occupy movement to be holding an enormous coffee from Starbuck’s while expressing his anger about (I’m guessing) greedy corporations, but I fully support his right to speak his mind. He’s frustrated and he’s venti-ing. Nothing more.

Right now, people are standing in line to fight other people for a chance to buy stuff that other people are just going to return anyway.

I’ve always wanted to be a votivational speaker for the candle industry.

2011 AltWeekly Awards Finalists for Media Criticism (with Links)

AAN’s 2011 AltWeekly Awards finalists have been announced.

Here are the nominees in media reporting and criticism. Always an interesting category.

MEDIA REPORTING / CRITICISM (circulation 50,000 and over)

• Chicago Reader: “Opinionating Is Cheap, When Hyperlocal Journalism Does Its Job,” and “The Martyr and The Stool Pigeon” by Michael Miner

• Creative Loafing (Atlanta): “Adios, AJC” by Scott Henry

• Las Vegas CityLife: “A Tale of Two Newsrooms” by Amy Kingsley

• Long Island Press: “Destroying Newsday” by Christopher Twarowski and Michael Patrick Nelson

MEDIA REPORTING / CRITICISM (circulation under 50,000)

• Charleston City Paper: “The Case Against Nikki Haley” by Chris Haire

• Fort Worth Weekly: “Aggie Secrets” by Jeff Prince

• Illinois Times: “Watchdogs Flee Springfield” by Rachel Wells

• San Antonio Current: “Remains of the Daily” by Enrique Lopetegui