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Chuck!

Chuck wrote the song "Albino Sasquatch" (a great name for a band) which had the judges - Dan at Rule29, Larry, at Wiley, and me - rolling. I'll send out emails to the runners up in the near future so they can choose from the other prizes: ARC of WAIW, Moju Project T-shirt, or writerly advice.

Without further ado…ALIBINO SASQUATCH

Kelsey is dancing to an autobiographical song that he wrote himself. Kelsey wrote the lyrics and Elton provided the melody. He plays it whenever he goes to a new p

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I was walking down the street in Jhalakthi, Bangladesh, when an elephant asked me for a dollar bill.

The elephant's snout was smeared with red paint and two smiling locals sat atop his back.  The crowded streets managed to make way for the elephant. Kids smiled and pointed. Rickshaw drivers piled on the sidewalk.

They all stared at me.  The tiny proboscis at the end of the elephant's trunk wiggled with anticipation.

I reached into my pocket, pulled out some money, and the elephant ever so gently pi

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Okay, so I should have announced a winner last Thursday. What do you want to hear?

1. I should pay attention to my own contest rules and forgot that Thursday was the deadline.

2. There were so many great entries that it's taking awhile and I had to enlist some assistance choosing who should win.

3. I was busy on Thursday and went to the zoo on Friday.

Actually, I'm going to plead all of the above.

I'll announce the winners soon enough. Look, I should just keep the iPod for myself, seeing how the d

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I've been watching/listening/browsing the news a lot lately for updates on Honduras. Usually after talks of Michael Jackson and Iran the coup gets a brief mention. When I hear the stories, I think back to my time in the country in 2005, which I briefly mention in my book, and I see faces.

These are a few of those faces…

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When you write a book about following the tags on your clothes around the world you get a lot of questions.  The most common is "Why?" which acts as a constant reminder that there is a fine line between first-time author and crazy.

At a book reading a woman asked me to check the tag on her bra.  In case there are some fellas that think this might've been a good thing, it was not.

People continually ask me where I am wearing.  I normally know.  I've pretty much committed to memory the countries of

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When I stood at Dracula's grave in Romania my head was filled with one thought: "Michael Jackson was here."

Vlad Tepes is the Dracula of history.  He wasn't a vampire, just a ruler who believed in corporal punishment, namely driving huge stakes through people and letting them slowly die.  For this he earned his nickname The Impaler.  Bram Stoker based his novel on Vlad.

Michael Jackson is Michael Jackson.

Vlad's tomb is famous for two things: it's empty and Michael Jackson visited it when he came t

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Members of Expedition Africa. (Not pictured: All the locals who lug their gear and the camera crew who captures their glory)

Few knows this, but a while back someone asked me to audition for a position as the host of a television series that focused on Tattoo cultures around the world.

I was fresh off my trip to Asia tracking down my clothes - pre-book deal.  I set a camera in a field of corn and talked about where I came from and why I would be a great host for their show on tattoos, even though

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I'm leaving soon to pickup my brother, Kyle, and his wife, Jenn, from the airport. In honor of their visit, here's a picture of Kyle.

Lookout villains of Muncie! Batman is coming to town! (Note to villains of Gotham: run amok with reckless abandon. Live it up!)

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The iPod contest is going awesome. There are some hilarious entries. Some have altered lyrics to existing songs and others have even made their own from scratch.

Obviously we're all having a lot of fun, so…

Why not have even more fun?

Here's the deal: Currently we have about 40 entries, if we end up with a total of 100+ by Tuesday (6/30) at 11:59 PM EST from NEW people, I will perform the winning song.

I'll sing. I'll dance. I'll shake my groove thang.

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Real life pros did this one. Whatchya think?

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