Obama looks to turn Montana blue in the fall
By MATT GOURAS, Associated Press Writer 52 minutes ago
HELENA, Mont. - Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. news.yahoo.com
good fucking luck
must see!
Hollywood smiles once again on local author Chuck Palahniuk. In the wake of David Fincher’s bombastic Fight Club adaptation, writer-director Clark Gregg seems to have delivered a low-key, faithful treatment of the author’s 2001 novel Choke.
part of the reason I didn’t sleep
Last night, one thunder clap set off my car and my neighbor’s car alarms…and they never go off! It was quite an impressive show last night!
Lightning strikes 600 times
Posted by Helen Jung, The Oregonian July 03, 2008 10:56AM:
Who needs fireworks? The weather provided its own explosive light show with some 600 lightning strikes in 10 hours around the Portland metro area.
because I’m a big Talking Heads fan…
…I must let everyone know that if they don’t buy their MP3s at Legal Sounds, they should pick up The Best Of Talking Heads
current consumption
Movies I’ve recently watched:
Fur - An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Super High Me
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Books I recently purchased:
Crazy Love
Self Storage and Other Stories (MVP)
New Sudden Fiction: Short-Short Stories from America and Beyond
Stump: A Novel
Books bought as a gift:
The Columnist
Hear that sound? That’s the sound of relief.
After waiting 28 months from the time I first applied, a letter came in the mail today notifying me that I’ve been APPROVED for Social Security Disability! Oh, I can’t wait to see the retro check as well as my monthly payments!!
books read and not-read
(via kbuxton’s book log, but slightly modified)
In bold are the titles read from Entertainment Weekly’s list of the New Classics, italics are the books I attempted but didn’t finish for whatever reason…
correction
If you’re going to post a sign in a dorm full of writers, you really need to watch your grammar and punctuation! 
