This could not be more transparent, more pathetic, or more abusive: “White House studying potential oil reserve release”.

There are ten tables, one of which seats six, but that includes several deuces and a bar that seats four. At best, 45 customers at one time is the limit. It’s a small place.

WTF? The Social Security Administration is buying 174,000 rounds of .357 hollow point ammunition? Social Security? ???

Day 2 of 4 done. We’re an hour ahead on the schedule so I’m not stressed about finishing on time. Should get good evals from just about everyone.

Chuck Wagon BBQ on Madison Blvd in Madison Alabama is a weekday, lunch-only place. I’ve been there on business trips to Huntsville for each of the past several years and they’ve never let me down. Expect a crowd, foam plates and plastic dinnerware. Lunch will be more than $10 but less than $20 - there’s a Krystal and McDonalds down the street if you can’t afford it but you’ll get no sympathy from me. This place is worth every penny.

In Arizona, we’d call this an “out of control sprinkler”.

It’s the deep south, East of the Mississippi, the land where I grew up.

“Hey Honey, look what I just learned how to open with my wedding ring!”

I booked an eleventh hour - more like 11:30 PM - hotel room in Nashville last night but when I arrived at the property at midnight, they had no reservation. Worse, they were full, and had been for hours.