After inviting myself to Thanksgiving dinner

at my favorite cousin's house, I received this image in my email-















because I have the most delicious recipe for "White Trash Veggie Casserole," if you want it. And, I should warn you at the outset, the term "veggie" is applied very loosely in the construction of this culinary delight. That being said, it is one of those dishes for which there are NEVER any leftovers.

Southern culture on the skids is yummy, people. I'm just sayin.

10 Things that make my whole day better

1) Slings and Arrows
2) My mom
3) Tall Swedish Platonists
4) Fuzzy Texans who participate in stache contests
5) Photo-Shopped Science Fair Projects.
6) Articles about weird cultural and historical phenomena.
7) Boys who grew up in Georgia and are now academics.
8) Not grading.
9) Early morning phone calls from Arizona.
10) This clip:

next to of course god america

This is a picture that M took somewhere in Arizona. And here is a link to the cummings poem, if you're craving some syllabic foreplay...