Today, they'd call Jennie Churchill a panther, or, "Winston's Mom Has Got It Going On"

"He has a future and I have a past, so we should be alright." - Jennie Churchill on her third husband, twenty-three years her junior and three years younger than her son Winston.

My eyes are temporarily bored and unimpressed.

Is it time for a template change? New colors? New font?

New focus?

All Things Jotted Down

"Fool's Gold" by The Stone Roses still sounds cool as hell.

Jane Siberry, who is now Issa, intrigues me. She deserves my full immersion into her artistry. Too bad her website, crisp and clean, simply confounds me for now.

"Dieting for Dollars" It's the economy, stupid.

"How To Look Good Naked" was on Lifetime tonight. I wanted to watch that. Again, again, again... You're beautiful. Stand proud. You look better than you think. We men don't see what you see. We love you and we don't notice your "problem areas."

I'll hit my local library and see if they have the following:

• The How of Happiness
• The Geography of Bliss
• The Loss of Sadness

Singer Sia Fuller has signed with Starbuck's Hear Music label for her release, Some People Have Real Problems

I need to see if I can find East Village Radio online. (Found it!) DJ Mark Ronson, lover of all things horns and producer for Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen, apparently has a show there. His interview on All Songs Considered with Bob Boilen is beautiful.

Back to Bukowski. "Home Run" from Hot Water Music flows through my veins tonight. I'll sleep when I'm dead.

Rodeo bull thief on the lamb.

Truckload of rodeo bulls stolen in downtown Nashville

Titans, Colts. Collusion?

A friend of mine sent me this link. The Titans knew (or trusted) that the Colts would not use their third time-out at the end of the game, thus allowing them to take a knee to claim victory and so enter the playoffs as the 6th seed.

Had the Titans lost, the 6th seed would have belonged to the Browns. Will Cleveland file a grievance with the league?

Nice work for 19.2% odds for the Titans.

Two weeks ago, the Titans, according to one statistician, faced odds at 19.2% at making the playoffs. The good news is that our defense knows how to handle the Chargers in the first round match up this Sunday. The bad news is that our offense, somewhat woeful already, just lost tight end Bo Scaife due to a lacerated liver injury. Here's hoping that Ben Troupe reproves himself when he steps in in replacement.

Who would look for DB Cooper in Hooterville? Brilliant!

The FBI is still aggressively seeking bank robber DB Cooper.

Newscoma wants them to let it go already. Makes me wonder what her motivation is. Methinks I should ask her where she was on the day of November 24, 1971.

Blue princess, blue truck

Chilly Boxer

Not to be confused with the land of the ice and snow...

...but we here in Nashville we'll take what we can get.

As the dogs play, so should the Dawgs.

I have an English bulldog named Georgia who used to play with a former neighbor dog, a Jack Russell terrier named Zoey. It was always awesome to watch these two knuckleheads play together on the hill just outside our apartment building. Georgia, true to her breed, was all muscle and no speed. Zoey was just the opposite. They'd chase each other around and around, Zoey always getting the better of my slow-mo loper.

Zoey's owner always left the leash attached to her collar while we'd talk and watch the doggies play-fight on the green, green grass. Our Georgia finally got wise and figured out that she didn't have to catch up with Zoey, just her leash. Once Georgia got the end of the leash between her teeth, Zoey's ability to go wherever she wanted to go ended. Watching the dynamics of these two animals, figuring out how to play to their strengths, was always so fun and interesting.

I was reminded of this today while thinking of tonight's matchup between the Georgia Bulldogs and Hawaii's Rainbow Warriors. You've got UGA, who runs first, passes conservatively, and plays smash mouth ball as well as anyone else in football right now and you've got UH who plays a strike-fast, run and shoot offense that is likely to score 50+ points in any game. My unsolicited advice to UGA is this: If they are my bulldog and Hawaii is my neighbor's Jack Russell, then they just have to grab that leash and not let go no matter what. Dictate through strength where they may lack in speed.

LA Times speaks the truth.

"Jamie Lynn Spears is not the first teen to have a baby"

She knows...

She knows who drew on the wall...but she's not saying who.

Before you go thinking I'm the mature sort...

...and because there is a part of me that will always be like the 13-year-old boy who giggles inappropriately in the classroom, I found the first two panels of this innocent strip hilarious.

Resolutions? We don't need no stinking resolutions!

I don't smoke. I don't drink to excess. I'm nice to my family and friends and I give strangers the benefit of the doubt.

Here's hoping that 2008 is a great year for you all.