What would Jesus shoot?

I kept getting this sponsored ad all weekend on Facebook:

Our Black Friday and weekend special, purchase any firearm and be entered into a drawing for an annual individual range membership. a $499 value. Also all firearm purchases this weekend receive a range T-shirt. This offer excludes layaways.

Gotta be armed for the War on Christmas, I guess.

Sooner or later, this blogging thing is really going to take off for me

For some reason, Technorati sent me a survey on blogging. It asked how many subscribers I have. First choice: "Less than 10,000."

Let's see ... 12 is fewer than 10,000, right?

Because nothing says "Happy Thanksgiving" quite like a small, grinning child ghoulishly holding a gigantic dead bird

I've scanned every other postcard image I've used on this blog, but I nabbed this one from Clearly Vintage.

Click on the "postcards" label for more.

Be thankful for what you've got

Have a nice turkey day, all.

NEVER MIND THE LACK OF TYLER PERRY SITCOMS!!!! I'M SO UPSET BY THE PROSPECT, I CAN'T TURN OFF MY CAPS LOCK!!!

States With Most Signatures to Secede Took Millions in Federal Money

All the states petitioning to secede from the United States that obtained enough signatures to elicit a response from the White House — with the exception of Alabama — were some of the largest recipients of federal funding in 2010.

Census records show that six of the seven states that amassed more than 25,000 signatures on their petitions to form independent nations in the past week took more than $10 million in revenue from the federal government that year.

Oh, God--what would we do if Georgia seceded? HOW WOULD WE KNOW IF WE WERE REDNECKS, AS WE'D NO LONGER HAVE THE HELPFUL RHETORICAL QUESTIONS OF JEFF FOXWORTHY???? WHERE WOULD WE GET FURTHER EPISODES OF THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA???? WOULD GEORGIA TAKE CUSTODY OF SMYRNA NATIVE JULIA ROBERTS???? WOULD WE NEVER SEE JULIA ROBERTS'S ELECTRIC SMILE AGAIN? WOULD THERE ONLY BE SUBSTANDARD KATE HUDSON ROM-COMS???? NO, GEORGIA, NOOOOOOO!!!

Greetings from Olive and Ed

Aug. 31, 1926
2 PM

Having a wonderful trip through the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge Mts.

Olive and Ed

As always, click to embiggen. Hit the "postcards" label for more.

Quelle surprise!

A friend on Facebook--an Obama voter--posted a query of libertarian friends. I'm paraphrasing, but, basically: "What country with limited government would you point to as a place you'd want to live? Because when I look at countries with truly limited government, I only see failed states." The answer that came back from two people: They like the good old USA, after abolition of slavery up to (but not including) President Johnson.

They are both A) white, B) male, and C) straight.

I guess I should be glad that at least they didn't approve of slavery.

Three things Linda McMahon could have done with the $100 million she spent on her unsuccessful Senate campaigns

--Bought 100,000,000 nail clippers at the Dollar Store
--Eaten 25,000,000 McRibs
--Given it to me

Hey ... this post sounds eerily familiar ...

It's election day at last!

Surely the Interwebs will be abuzz with searches on all sorts of election-related matters!

What's that, Yahoo? First election-related trend comes in at 9, two notches under "Octomom's son restraining order" at 7?

I stand corrected.

UPDATE: It's now sunk to 10, after "Christina Aguilera braid" at 9.

The end of a season means the beginning of a new one. Or something.

Issue #17 of Cashiers du Cinemart, featuring my article on After Last Season, is now available in a number of formats.

Here's a link to the Kindle version, a bargain at $3.99. The print version is available here. (The issue also features articles on Bloodsucking Freaks and the Findlays' Flesh trilogy, so it makes a great Christmas gift.) The print version is $8 and features illustrations not in the Kindle version. I have to say, it really looks great.

The article features much material never used on this blog, including interviews with three of the actors. One of them really dished on the weirdness of making the film. And one of them either thinks it's a good movie or is surprisingly discreet.

(Also, just to refresh your memory, here's a link to a past post on the strangely positive reviews the movie has gotten on Amazon.)