I wasn't born in a small town...

...not really, but I mostly grew up in 'em (although my small town became a big suburb and then one of those new-fangled edge cities). The Brilliant and Beautiful Bride of Upper Left is the real deal, though, a Nebraska-bred product of a one-room schoolhouse. And both of us were dancing around the living room like giddy teenage delegates when John Mellencamp rocked the Convention.

John Kerry is really, really, really the Democratic nominee for President.

Damn I feel great today.