I stumbled into this band’s website sort of by accident, but I think I love them:

Q: Is Girl for Samson a Christian band?

A: No, although, many of Girl for Samson’s songs deal with the process of creating, destroying and recycling human sausages.

Internet Muzak…

Fourth anniversary dinner last Saturday night at the very same Denny’s on Blackstone Avenue in Fresno where we had our first date…

I love my boy…

By way of clarification, I’d generally rather shop at Target as well. They have nicer stores and the whole shopping experience is generally more pleasant than at Wal-Mart. But my point — and the theme of the article cited — is that I don’t equate Target’s enhanced shopping experience nor their elevated sense of style and fashion with some false notion of moral or ethical superiority…

Ultimately, Target and Wal-Mart are two very competent retailers who do everything they can to maximize profits. The only siginificant differences are aesthetics and demographics. The fact that Target attracts stylish middle-class urbanites rather than fat, boring low-income rural and ethnic shoppers does not by definition make it more “socially conscious”. It’s all marketing. Period…