Ireland is the Greatest Country of All Time
Hahaha, because he's short, get it?

Like Thread Through A Needle
Separation by WS MerwinYour absence has gone through meLike thread through a needle.Everything I do is stiched with it's color.

Friday Cocktail Resurrection
I know originally Friday Cocktail was a list of cocktails that were cheap and delicious, and sloe gin is anything but cheap. But seriously, y'all need to drink this. I got it out of a goddamn Martha Stewart magazine of all places, and it's delicious.Drink: The Scorpi

My Head Is Bloody, But Unbowed
Fuck you, I like poems. Sometimes you read or hear something and it's moving. I'm not made of stone! Anyway, this is Invectus, and maybe next week I'll post some cummings or Longfellow.Invectus, by William Ernest HenleyOut of the night that covers meBlack as the Pit from pole to poleThank whatever gods my beFor my unconquerable soul.In the full clutch of circumstanceI have not winced or cried aloudUnder the bludgeonings of chanceMy head is bloody, but unbowed.Beyond this place of wrath and tearsLooms but the Horror of the Shade,And yet the menace of the yearsFinds and shall find me unafraid

Best Of Cannonball 2009
Top Ten, in no discernible order:1. The Brutal Language of Love by Alicia Eran2. Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell3. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlene Harris4. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams5. In the Hot Zone by Kevin Sites6. Revenge by Stephen Fry7. Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson8. No One Belongs Here More Than You. Stories by Miranda July9. Bliss by O. Z. Livaneli10. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerSeriously, read these books. They're fantastic.