Archive for ‘November, 2008’

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Nov25

Ron Rash Reading from Serena

by Rusty on November 25th, 2008 at 2:05 am

Ron Rash read­ing from Ser­ena. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhs7gHOE9_g&hl=en&fs=1]

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Nov22

Redneck White Trash Cheater Cheater

by Rusty on November 22nd, 2008 at 9:37 pm

This is the most chip­per song I've ever heard about adul­tery. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmqIsnIp5uc&hl=en&fs=1] It's also inter­est­ing to note who exactly gets the moniker 'white trash ho.' It's not enough, in this song, to call your man's girl­friend a ho. You have to add 'white-trash' as an adjec­tive, mak­ing the woman even lower than low, like efflu­ents […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Nov16

W. Virginia town shrugs at poorest health ranking

by Rusty on November 16th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

I'll be damned. Poor peo­ple don't eat well, and get fat as a result? Who woulda thunk it? HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – As a portly woman plod­ded ahead of him on the side­walk, the obese mayor of America's fat­test and unhealth­i­est city explained why health is not a big local issue. "It doesn't come up," said David Felin­ton, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Nov05

More Carolyn Chute

by Rusty on November 5th, 2008 at 5:34 pm

Link cour­tesy of End­less Emen­da­tion: PARSONSFIELD, Me. — The nov­el­ist Car­olyn Chute doesn’t have a work­ing phone, a fax or a com­puter. She writes on a washtub-size elec­tric type­writer that was prob­a­bly state of the art in the ’70s. Ms. Chute (pro­nounced CHOOT) and her hus­band, Michael, live in a small com­pound at the end […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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