He is an American icon; his voice as comforting as the American landscape, his songs as familiar as the color of the sky, his face as worn as the Rocky Mountains. Perhaps that’s why Dan Rather suggested, “We should add his face to the cliffs of Mt. Rushmore and be done with it.”

American Masters . Willie Nelson | PBS

So, I’m channel surfing before nodding off, and catch this on CPTV. Fascinating – It’s like “The Real Willie”, complete with replicas of the mid ’90’s Jank – stumbling drunk, smuggling beers, and incapable of a sentence other than “Wow” in the presence of a hero.

Willie’s sober now, solvent, and trying to get back in shape – there was Willie doing Tae Quon Do with his kids, Willie riding a bike, Willie playing with his (Seven!) kids.

I keep waiting for the BioWillie plug, but it’s not coming.

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So, I’ve got a problem. It goes like this: I really, really like shiny things that I can carry around with me. ‘Specially if they’re useful, and I can claim that I’m carrying them around ‘cause they’re useful AND shiny.

This is my latest fetish object: Shiny, useful, and on sale.

Solid titanium, with an advertised crush strength of 2,000 lbs.

So, I could, y’know, run it over with my car, and then still plug it back into my computer and have that file that I’ve got to have.

I feel bad posting such a shameless plug, but I’ve been looking at it and fondling (yep, that’s the right word) mine all day.

Staples, if you’re interested.

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Ned Lamont won the Democratic primary up here, and I’m in the odd place of seriously considering a vote for a Democrat for the Senate in November.

The Democrat being Joe Lieberman.

From TNR:

Lamont may find that the institutional support of his state’s Democratic Party is not such a massive advantage. Connecticut Democrats haven’t elected one of their own to the governor’s mansion in 16 years. (emphasis added)

Will money dry up for Lieberman? His campaign insists it isn’t worried about raising cash. “It will probably be easier,” says a senior Lieberman aide, perhaps a tad optimistically. “There’s going to be a lot of people around the country who heard that appeal about being fed up with the politics of polarization and Washington. Also, there will be pro-Israel money, and the Jewish community will rally to his side in a big way. Raising money is the least difficult part of this challenge.”

Given a three way choice between Lamont, now beholden to the rabid left-wing of the DNC, the GOP, and a guy who thinks for himself regardless of focus groups?

It’s going to be fun up here this fall.

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What he was actually saying was “I hate juice. Juice is responsible for all the world wars.”

—sorry, Becky—