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Ford's Big F---up.

Been meaning to talk about this for quite some time ... Something horrible has happened: Ford changed the tailgate of the F150 for 2010. They took the best-selling Dude Truck in American history and went all fancy on us. Here's the old tailgate:
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Simple, clean lines. This is a truck that means business. There's plenty of room to paint on your construction company's or plumbing company's logo. (I don't like trucks with bed covers like this one, but that's another matter altogether.)
Now .....

It's my birthday today ...

my grandmother's card to me has always said, "Happy Personal New Year."
I'm now 47, but I'm telling everyone I'm 40. Honestly, once I started shaving my head people have been expressing surprise at my age .....So I'm taking it and running with it.
Incidentally, I can now shave my head in under two minutes. And I just did it for the first time in the shower without a mirror. Coming soon in a youtube video!
Other sundry items: I'm reading Eat, Pray, Love right now. I resisted forever because I...

Homeless in Nashville

This city is very unique when it comes to homeless people. First of all, most of them are very clean, and their clothes are clean as well. There must be some church downtown that gives them access to showers and washing machines.
Second, they all have suitcases instead of grocery carts and paper bags. Third, you see a lot of them eating or drinking takeout items they've bought at downtown eateries or fast-food marts.
Honestly, you frequently have to look twice at them to determine whether...

Shock the Monkey

Years ago, my daughter introduced me to urbandictionary.com, which is basically a reference tool for slang terms used by cool and hip folk and sub-cultures you'd normally know nothing about. It seems to specialize in naughty things.
Recently, I read the phrase "Shock the Monkey," and though I thought I remembered the definition I went to urbandictionary.com for verification ... and ... WHOA! ... I learned that the phrase means a whole lot more than I thought it did.
I won't put it here...

A scary thought ...

My wife's iphone has an app that recognizes music -- it can listen to a song playing on a restaurant's soundtrack and tell you what it is ... even if it's instrumental with no vocals. Amazing.
Google and iphoto have software that recognizes human faces. When you upload photos, your computer now can recognize with fair accuracy who the people are, and then label them accordingly.
Okay ... I'm getting a little concerned. How far away is this scenario: An obsessive, scary individual sees you on t...

We already know you're nuts ... you don't have to show us

Have you seen these hanging on the back of some pickup trucks?
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They're called Truck Nutz ... or at least that's one brand name of the novelty. And I'm not sure what I think of them. I don't find the more cartoonish ones offensive, but some of them are too realistic and gross; they look as if they've been yanked off of some poor dude.

They're becoming common enough in Florida, the redneck state I call home, that one legislator proposed banning them by law. I think that's a bit extreme, but...

Lordy, Lord, Lord ... my butt's tired from all that drivin' ... but what a great time I had!

3,521 miles in seven days! If you saw a white tornado going through the South this past week it was me in my F-150. I met and talked with five different Pulpwood Queen book clubs, and each of them have some common characteristics:1. They're all a little crazy, each and every one of them, which is why I understand them so well.2. They're all addicted to fun and laughter. 3. They all tend to be attractive.4. They're all excellent hosts. The Pulpwood Queens of Carrollton, Georgia, pictured...

Lordy, Lord, Lord ... my butt's tired from all that drivin'

3,521 miles in seven days! If you saw a white tornado going through the South this past week it was me in my F-150. I met and talked with five different Pulpwood Queen book clubs, and each of them have some common characteristics:1. They're all a little crazy, each and every one of them, which is why I understand them so well.2. They're all addicted to fun and laughter. 3. They all tend to be attractive.4. They're all excellent hosts. The Pulpwood Queens of Carrollton, Georgia, pictured...

Tailgate Tour 2010: Jefferson, Texas

(For some reason, blogger isn't letting me download and post photos right now, so you're stuck with words, folks. Go to my facebook page for photos.)
The only problem with having a Tailgate Tour in the South in the deep heat of summer is that, well, it's really freakin' hot. But that didn't stop the Pulpwood Queens of east Texas from putting on one helluva party for me in Jefferson.
Y'all need to know that this is Ground Zero for Pulpwood Queens. Kathy Patrick, founder, is the owner of the...

Tailgate Tour 2010: Jackson, MS

Jonni Webb is the hostess with the mostess. She's a potter with a very cool yard and house, which is filled with her paintings and pottery. (JRWebbpottery.com). She's one of those people who radiates with positive energy and happiness and creativity:
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She's also cool because she let me pimp my ride and park it in her front yard. Here's a photo of the B.B. Queens book club (B.B. translates into Books and Booze), posing in my truck:

Not only can these ladies party, they can cook as well.Here's a...