Chezza. Honey.

I don't care if he bought you a 70K watch for your birthday. He's a lying, cheating, whining sack of crap.

Kick. Cashley. To. The. Curb.

This week in "completely unsettling"

Last weekend, nearly my entire family gathered together to celebrate my niece's birthday. Sitting on the deck at my sister's house, my dad regaled my brother and brother-in-law with stories from the flood.

About an hour before the levee broke, my uncle (who was somewhat in charge of prevention efforts), pulled Dad off the end loader he was running, telling him they had to "go check something out up at the river."

Dad called Mom quickly to tell her what was going on, and that he loved her.

Together with my other uncle and my cousin, they hopped on ATVs and drove the half-mile to the levee, where as feared, "dirty boils" were popping up all over. (weak spots where water and dirt were flowing through).

They knew it was over when they spotted them.

At that point, they signaled for the entire sandbagging operation to get the hell out of dodge. Fifteen minutes later, the levee broke.

Why did Dad call my mom before getting on the four-wheeler?

They didn't have enough time to grab life jackets.

If the levee would have broken when they were by it... well, let's just say that I could have lost four family members.

Oh, LILY

Leopard print capris? HONEY. NO.

(your hair remains adorable, though)

God Bless Judy Blume

The voice-of-authority-during-my-formative-years (and now) on men-

I love men, apart from one: George Bush. I'm hoping that with the next presidential election that we will find ourselves in a better era, where sex is not a dirty subject, where puberty is a healthy subject, where we won't have so much book banning in America. I'm hoping, politically, that America is going to prove to the world that we're not all bad.

I realize

that this is from The Scum, but let this be true, let this be true, let this be true.

Rod and Ronnie went for a long lunch on Thursday at Mayfair restaurant Cipriani’s to discuss their plans. And the upshot of their
afternoon on the sauce was an agreement to get back on the road soon.

A source said: “Ron and Rod had a great time reminiscing. They were having a laugh and a joke but there is still a serious hunger to get back in the studio. “There are plans for the band to start recording in the autumn with a tour in the pipeline for this winter.”

A-dorable

Love them, love the album. Cutie pie Northern boys.

Are you similar people? "Yeah," says Miles. "Our families like each other too. They met for the first time when we were on Later With Jools Holland and got on like a house on fire."

"My Mum and his mum have the same kitchen table," says Alex. "When I went back to stay at his I realised his mum had loads of the same stuff. Did my head in, that."

Perfect.

Absolutely chic.

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy on an official visit to Israel.

Summer hedgerows, Cumbria, England

Summer hedgerows, Cumbria, England, originally uploaded by McF_photo.

Porth Dinllaen

Porth Dinllaen, originally uploaded by carl.jones.

Absolutely gorgeous

Amazing shot

IMG_9061, originally uploaded by Kennyb83.

Bouquet

from a wedding we did in March '07.

Hydrangea, Ranuncula, Sweet Pea and Stock with a hand-sewn organza collar.

Random ten

1. Our Lips Are Sealed- The Go-Go's
2. Midnight Confessions- The Grass Roots
3. Nightrain- Guns N' Roses
4. Family Tradition- Hank Williams, Jr.
5. Centerfold- J.Geils Band
6. Living In America- James Brown
7. Some Kind Of Wonderful- Joss Stone
8. Man In the Cornershop- The Jam
9. A Girl Like You- Edwyn Collins
10. Black and Gold- Sam Sparro

Bonus-
11. Teenage Kicks- Undertones
12. California Soul- Marlena Shaw

Awwwww

Two of my favorite junior codgers, Mani and Bobby G.

"I'll be shitting me keks."

Cannae wait for the new album.

I want to be

half as cool as Lou Doillon someday.

'Albion'- Peter Doherty (live at Glasto)

I occasionally forget how good of guitarist Petey is. Clips like this remind me.

I love her

Lily Allen, 23-year-old Britpop starlet and Paste 4 to Watch alumna, has reportedly finished recording the tracks for her second album. The project, tentatively titled Stuck On The Naughty Step according to a recent issue of Rolling Stone, is Allen’s follow-up to her 2006 debut, Alright, Still.

via

Today in

"no shit"-

Steven Tyler has admitted that he entered rehab last month to recover from drug addiction.

Several observations

about this clip of 'Saturday Superhouse' from Glasto '08-

1. Simon's whipping his hair around like he's working the pole at a gentleman's club
2. My God, James has a lot of ink
3. Benny is a damn good drummer
4. Kaz. Is. Just. Going. To. Crap.
5. Put a top on, James. Please, sweetie.
6. The crowd seems to be mad fer it/singing backup/insane and somewhat scary.

I'm ignoring the fact that

Lily's dress appears to be denim, and instead am concentrating on how much fun she and Marky seem to be having.

(the pink hair is growing on me)

'Warwick Avenue'- Duffy (live at Glasto)

Girlfriend holds the note at the end of the bridge for nearly 20 seconds. Pitch-freakin'-perfect.