Wednesday, November 9, 2011

The State of Things



From Fort Smith AK with a modest "A" fill-in that I could have totally hidden if I'd wanted to. NYAH.

Anyway, gee there sure are a lotta pawn shops and prisons and across the fruited plain.

But now it's late and I've eaten too much stuff here and here and here and tomorrow I wanna go here and here and maybe here. My conspicuous consumption will make your country great again, Yankee bastards.
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17 comments:

  1. wileyNovember 10, 2011 at 12:12 AM

    I was going to have clouds put all youse's sadlynaughts links on my blogroll when it occurred to me that I should probably ask.

    O.K. I'm askin'--- can I put links to your sites on my blogroll?

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  2. AnonymousNovember 10, 2011 at 1:47 AM

    Have you met these guys heading in the opposite direction?

    http://youtu.be/5e8fqO245SY?t=27s

    Those Ozark special french toast sure sound goooooooooood!

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  3. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©November 10, 2011 at 5:32 AM

    I give my approval on behalf of everybody, wiley.
    ~

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  4. Dr.KennethNoisewaterNovember 10, 2011 at 5:58 AM

    I've always heard that Ft. Smith is kind of an armpit. I was thinking you were close to where I grew up, but it looks like you would have had to have gone a bit too much north to go through it. Anyway, neat town.

    So was any of the food noteworthy?

    Also, I want Dolly Parton swag. I'm hardly an expert on her music, but--awful songs about girls being hit by trucks aside--I've always found her charming.

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  5. Dr.KennethNoisewaterNovember 10, 2011 at 5:58 AM

    Oh, and the Ozarks are gorgeous. Always been proud of them, even though I hardly had anything to do with their creation.

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  6. Substance McGravitasNovember 10, 2011 at 6:09 AM

    O.K. I'm askin'--- can I put links to your sites on my blogroll?

    I agree with Thundra. Don't ask permission. Add who you like. If you're yakking at their sites, they may yak back.

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  7. Substance McGravitasNovember 10, 2011 at 6:19 AM

    Fort Smith is a small town to be sure, and again there are many empty storefronts and second-hand stores and pawn shops, etc. But the older section of town is nice enough, and there are a lotta students around, and the visitor centre is a hooker museum staffed by volunteers who seem to enjoy dancing around the subject matter. I had fun.

    Rendezvous had the best food of the trip by far, but there has been a lotta stopping based on convenience over taste.

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  8. Dr.KennethNoisewaterNovember 10, 2011 at 6:54 AM

    the visitor centre is a hooker museum staffed by volunteers who seem to enjoy dancing around the subject matter. I had fun.

    HA!! Social club, huh? That must be where you go for the tea and strumpets.

    there has been a lotta stopping based on convenience over taste.

    Yeah, I would think.

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  9. mikeyNovember 10, 2011 at 7:37 AM

    As you can clearly see, nobody down in those parts is heavily invested in living to a ripe old age.

    This, to me, is a prime indicator that the overall quality of life is not so good...

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  10. El ManquécitoNovember 10, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    Glad you had a good time at the Vous. Now that I'm home I found the recipe for recreating those ribs: it is remarkably authentic.

    http://www.amazingribs.com/recipes/porknography/rendezvous_ribs_in_a_hurry.html


    If you're in the Delta for any length of time I could give some recommendations but they won't be convenient or easy. Up around Jackson there is truly remarkable cue.

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  11. El ManquécitoNovember 10, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    Blogger ate the ribs!

    Trying again:

    http://www.amazingribs.com/recipes/porknography/rendezvous_ribs_in_a_hurry.html

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  12. El ManquécitoNovember 10, 2011 at 8:53 AM

    Grrrr.

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  13. Hamish MackNovember 10, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    Hee hee porknography!

    Capcha is fighormo, which more information than I wanted, really

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  14. Substance McGravitasNovember 10, 2011 at 10:35 AM

    Thank you!

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  15. M. BouffantNovember 10, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    Prisons, pawnshops & social clubs.

    As good a summation as any.

    This, to me, is a prime indicator that the overall quality of life is not so good...

    Naw, sounds like life tastes great, & people are determined to get their kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames.

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  16. Big Bad Bald BastardNovember 11, 2011 at 4:48 AM

    Fort Smith features prominently in True Grit. Did you find a place that served corn dodgers?

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  17. Substance McGravitasNovember 11, 2011 at 5:45 AM

    We went to the wrong place for Mexican food in Fort Smith. Ick.

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