TOP CHEF Season 7 Begins!

Last season, I utterly dropped the ball on this one -- didn't watch a single ep. This year, while I haven't yet watched the premiere from last night, I have at least downloaded it, and will do my best to get to it over the next day or so. Meantime, you can check out toyouke's summary, and discuss amongst yourselves here.

She's Got My Vote

If Rachel Maddow had addressed the nation Tuesday instead of Barack Obama.

Pimp Your Stuff Thursday

• I'll have a new song at The FuMP tomorrow. Well, an old song, with a new studio arrangement. Might have something to do with obsession. And mad science. And very fast birds.
• Tomorrow is Duckon in Naperville, IL, and as usual janmagic has a loaded filk track. My own concert is Sunday at 2:00, but that's like the last bite of cake -- Friday night Dandelion Wine is having an album release party, and Wild Mercy and Toyboat will be there, and Lady Mondegreen, and Scott Snyder, and Riverfolk, and Mark Bernstein, and Art & Cynthia Warneke, and Judith & Dave Hayman, and just a gang of folks, and especially best of all Filk GOH Talis Kimberley.
• My old gaming buddy Chuck is part of an unusual and rather fun project, an "energy news comedy" site called The Joule.
• I'm trying to finish up a couple more things before I head off to Duck, but I suspect it ain't gonna work. On the other hand, that means I should have more downloadable live shows ready sometime Monday.

Ready... set... Pimp Your Stuff!

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