*CDADave, the gentle spirit who brings so much to this blog as well as his own, remembers his troubled father who died by his own hand four years ago today here.

*Bayview Herb/Bay Views provides brother-in-law Alan Fournier's version of "You Might Be A Redneck If ..." here.

*Marianne Love/Slight Detour pens a superb essay of more than 300 words about former classmates, like Carley Pfeiffer, as she looks forward to her 40-year class reunion here.

*Omygoodness, Vorfeed wrung an unexpected LOL outtame with a post re: "How to Be Famous in America" here. Dunno how long it's been on her Post Falls Uncensored blog.

*'Tis been awhile since HBO visited Bob Salsbury's "Things You Don't Want to Finger Sweep Out of Your Toddler's Mouth" here.

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