The Podcast I listened to yesterday that really caught my interest was this one…
Tiny Texas Cafe Fills Up After Barbecue Award : NPR
All Things Considered, July 18, 2008 · Barbecue is religion in Texas.
Every five years, Texas Monthly goes on a quest for the Holy Grail — to find the best barbecue in a state [...]

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The Rural Life - Editorial - Summer’s Night - Editorial - NYTimes.com
The last couple of nights I’ve stood at the edge of the pasture watching the fireflies. They rise from the grass, flickering higher and higher until one of them turns into the blinking lights of a jet flying eastward far above the horizon. I [...]

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I saw the notice in my email first thing and as I worked my way down the list I was trying to formulate a post. Then I read John Scalzi’s…If you are or were a Carlin fan go read John’s short tribute.
Whatever » RIP, George Carlin
He was my favorite comedian to come out of the [...]

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And the conservative will discount the numbers because of the source…But come on, can’t we expect a little bit of research from the speech writers?
Fact check
John McCain:
Another of my disagreements with Senator Obama concerns the estate tax, which he proposes to increase to a top rate of 55 percent. The estate tax is one of [...]

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