"I grew up in a meatpacking town. My mom died when I was young. My dad was a truck driver."

"He lost his job not too long after my mom died for a while and he got promoted later to dispatcher. My brothers and sisters couldn...

Bob Dylan turns 70.

Thanks for staying alive, Bob! IN THE COMMENTS: Shouting Thomas said: "Well, shit, Althouse, I was expecting a more expansive Dylan Hul...

At the Cheese Café...

... bask in the glow of warm yellow cheese.

Storefront.

Monroe, Wisconsin.

Tornado.

Audio. From a Fastrip walk-in refrigerator. ADDED:

"Amazon.com Inc.’s one-day, 99-cent promotion of Lady Gaga’s highly anticipated second studio album..."

"... 'Born This Way,' is resulting in downloading delays on the Internet retailer’s website due to high volume, the company sai...

"I’m Barack Obama, from the Moneygall Obamas."

"And I’ve come home to find the apostrophe that we lost somewhere along the way."