I started at Bardog in the early afternoon, meeting Gross (of Kooky Canuck) and Tony (of lots of places he no longer works due to physical altercations involving people who mostly deserved it) for a few drinks to discuss a project we’re working on (more on that when we get it off the ground). While we were there, an annoying guy proceeded to run up the biggest tab humanly possible, buying all kinds of shit at random, including food for the odd homeless guy that happened by. He managed to get his tab up to about $200, then his card got declined, lol. He of course was “Good for it” and just needed to go meet his brother somewhere else to get the money. They wisely called the cops.

(Our humanitarian is in the brown)

After a short discussion about the pitfalls of ordering an insane amount of shit you can’t pay for, the cops escorted him to jail.

After another hour or so of heavy drinking, we stopped by my place so I could drop my Macbook off, and Gross attempted to attack me with my own antique rifle

(No, I’m still not unpacked, suck it.) Being a ninja, I deftly disarmed him and we headed down to Beale.

After a one beer stop at BB’s, we headed to Blues hall to annoy Jon

and catch some Delta Highway:

Pretty cool show btw. Delta Highway that is, not Jon, he’s a freakshow.

The pictures stopped after that, as my vision was blurry, so I doubt the pictures would have been any good, but I vaguely recall throwing Gross in a cab bound for midtown, having another beer at Blues Hall, and walking home. I stopped in a completely deserted (at midnight or so) Huey’s to grab some takeout, since I hadn’t eaten much of anything all day. Weird seeing Huey’s completely empty at midnight, even on a Tuesday. After a couple of minutes at the bar, it was pretty clear why no one was sitting there, the bartender was a jackass. Oh well, the french dip was good, fuck him.

Overall, an entertaining, if not particularly out of the ordinary night out.

I think I’m gonna hit Kooky Canuck tonight after work, I’ll try to remember to bring a camera or something and document the shenanigans.

Holy shit, what an amazing line up!

Oh wait, it’s 2010, not 1999. Meh. If I want to see a chubby wigger try to rap, I’ll wait for Britney Spears to get married again.

I walked down Main toward Beale noticed the new enclosed patio for Local Gastropub. I walked past it when they were just getting started, but I haven’t noticed it since they finished it. Looks pretty cool, I’ll try to check it out this week sometime.

Then I saw the sign up for the new Lenny’s Location at Peabody place. It’s in the old Blues City Pastry spot right at the corner of Main and Peabody Place.  Seems like a great location, and I love Lenny’s subs. They’re supposed to be open normal hours, unlike the one in the Falls Building, which closes at 6pm.

I wandered over to Kooky Canuck for some food, then down to Beale Street for a few drinks at Blues Hall. Home of goofy bartenders and light fixture graffiti.

I stopped taking pics after that, as everything got blurry fast. Good times though, definitely ready for spring to get here.

(Click for the larger image of course)

TheoGeo mentioned Herenton’s website being terrible, and I finally checked it out. Wow. The Angelfire style website is pretty impressive in it’s own right, but you really have to get down to the content to make a judgment. I mean, “Catch-22” would still be a great book if it were scrawled on McDonald’s napkins, so let’s get down to brass tacks.

First, we’re immediately reminded that this is a grassroots effort, no copywriters here!

The headline I understand, no problems there. The subheading is less than clear to me. I’m not sure if I’m volunteering information or what, but I do know that nothing says “classy” like an ISP email. TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN EMAIL ME AT HOTBOI4U@AOL.COM!!11

Ok, we’ve established that it’s fairly low budget, let’s get to the facts…

Ok, I don’t see how this is relevant, but I guess I’m in for the long haul. Let’s click the “NEXT” button.

(I cut off the last row, but trust me, all of them were white. It doesn’t really matter, it’s probably the wrong picture anyway.) I particularly like the heading; “What’s wrong with this picture?”.  Good question.

What’s wrong with THIS picture?

Nothing, fuck face, that’s why I voted for him. To suggest that people vote based solely on race is just utterly insulting to a nation that elected a minority president. Using Herenton’s idiotic “position”, McCain would have won in a landslide and that waterhead Palin would be vice president of the United States  (*douche chills*). The idea of a modern society is not to vote for the guy that looks most like you, but for the guy that best represents your political positions. If a black guy comes closest to my positions on most issues, I’ll vote for him. If a Hispanic guy is the best fit, he gets my vote. If an Arab woman best fits my ideals, she gets my vote. To suggest people vote along racial lines is, in typical Herenton fashion, a fantastic way to further divide this already divided city.

I would make a case on Herenton’s positions, but he doesn’t have any, other than being black. I can’t believe someone would actually make such a blatant, transparent attempt at racial pandering. I can only hope that it doesn’t actually work.