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Mamma Mia opens today, so, I give you U2 covering Dancing Queen originally recorded by ABBA.

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Friends, I’m in need of a little help. The National Lampoon’s Jones Family Vacation 2008 has crossed the midline, and I haven’t put together my Shoreline Sunset playlist yet.

Can you help a brother out? Please drop a comment below, and share your suggestions for me Jose and Juicy Lucy to enjoy the last few nights on the beach.

I’m out of words now…

This part of the world is known as “The Redneck Riveria” and some days that name seems completely unfair. Then there comes a day like today, and you think “oh, yeah. totally earned.”

Sarabeth’s little oasis of solar recharging was invaded today by OPT (other peoples tunes). The tunes came with a crowd that hailed from Tennessee, and I think that they take a little Tennessee (circa 1985) with them wherever they go. Gold chains, man. They were wearing gold chains. One dude confidently sported white trunks… I guess they did go with his gold chain.

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The dude’s golfing prowess was again on display, today. My father-in-law was kind enough to let me whack away until the ball landed in the cup on each and every hole. That’s significant, because in the past, he’d say, “that’s enough for this hole, why don’t you pick it up, and we’ll try again from the next tee.”

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The annual family vacation has begun. I’ll post more about it here, but I’m tumbling a ton more of it across the street at wholebrevitything.tumblr.com.

Briefly, let me say this, after spending most of the day, driving through Mississippi… Thank God for Alabama! We’ve landed here for the night, with Destin in our sights for lunch tomorrow.

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Through the magic of the google, last week I re-connected with one of my oldest and dearest friends, Mark Austin. Shaggy (a.k.a. Mark) and I had not been in touch in about 5 years, and I totally take the blame. How sad is that, Shaggy was my best man, but I let time and 700 miles get in the way of our friendship.

I met Shaggy in 9th grade, and looking back, I can’t really remember my high school years without thinking of him. We were always connected. When I wasn’t living out of my Blazer, I lived at Shaggy’s house. Whenever Johnny-Law needed to correct some inappropriate behavior, Shaggy was detained right along side me. Tight. Always.

When we were sophmores, we were both diggin’ on two freshman hotties, Lauren Wood and Kelly Quartaro. What are best friends to do when they can’t decide who would ask who out? Yup… coin-flip. Mark and Lauren ended up dating for the next three years, while Kelly and I dated off and on for three. Mostly off. Ok, we dated for about four months, and then there was just this weird tension for two years while she dated other guys, and I didn’t date much.

So in honor of the flip of the coin, here’s e.s.l. covering Girls originally recorded by the Beastie Boys. (you can listen to the original here)

I am out of words now.