Hey Nathan Lott--Open Your E-Mail!

(Nathan says in his bio that he works right down the street from me--meaning in roundabout terms that he is potentially the next inductee into the Alabama Blog Writing and Truck Repair Consortium, also known as the fearsome Axis of Weevil. He has been sent an official invitation--let's see how long it takes for him to write back!)

WOW! Not long at all... Apparently not scared off by my introductory e-mail, Nathan writes back to say:

Yes, I too blog from the Magic City, downtown in fact. I can't recall how I found your site (as per the norm) but I've really [Editor note--content edited for being too nice by far. Or for being a liar]. Ditto for a few other Weevil sites although I've only hit each a couple times. Can't say as I have a Browning portrait (father-in-law might), but I meet the other criteria (went to Samford and I've been here since; folks are from SC and live in GA). I don't blog too much on Alabama topics, but in part that's because I try to suit a wide audience in my ongoing search for anyone interested. Although I'm not an expert, I think a blog (Alablog.com?) on state politics would be great, just because there are plenty of oddball characters. [Editor intrusion, again--Really?! Gee, I don't know. It seems pretty tame.] Southern culture, of course, has given the world a library's worth of fine literature, so why not a few good blogs. I need to get to at least some work done today (spent all morning in a meeting), [Ed. again--sorry, but work is not an excuse for not obsessively blogging.] but thanks a lot for getting in touch with me. I'll try to post Weevil props this afternoon.

Nathan

Well, now, seeing as how Mr. Lott did not threaten any sort of legal action, it is high time that the Axis of Weevil crank open the hangar door and admit another member. Of course, poor ol' Dirk Benson is getting unceremoniously shoved aside, but such things are not without precendence among us Mayberry Machievellians, so he will just have to make do.

Without further ado, by the power vested in me by the Goldenrod Poetry Council, the Butler County Chapter of the Future Dairy Farmers of Alabama, and Courtney at the Platinum Club, we the members of the Cotton State Blogging and Aerobatic Society do hereby grant FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL membership to Nathan Lott, with all of the power and fungal infections pertaining thereto.

As with all new members of the Axis of Weevil, Nathan will be receiving the world famous Axis of Weevil Gift Pack consisting of Dreamland ribs, a gallon jug of Milo's sweet tea; a G-Lox Wedgee gun rack from Mark's Outdoor Sports for his pickup truck; a package of Bubba's Beef Jerky (according to Dr. Weevil, this is homemade and is available only at the gas station at the end of Highway 82 in Bibb County); a three piece, 24 ounce box of Priester's Pecan Logs; a box of Jim Dandy grits; and a new addition, a 16 ounce bottle of dale's Steak Sauce. (We got a deal--don't ask any questions.) Although I stated otherwise to Nathan, it has just been brought to my attention that we will once again be able to offer a coupon for free Kool Seal for the top of your trailer roof! As some of you may recall, this work had been done in the past by Jimmy, who lives next door and has a "condition" (and is not the same as Jimmy from Human Resources), as a method of expressing his artistic side. Several months back, he fell off of a roof and thought that his therapeutic hobby was over for good, since it made his "condition" worse. But, through much agony and heartache, he is once again able to clamber atop even the largest manufactured homes and do a respectable job of it. So the coupon is back.

So then, go say hello to the newest Weevilite!
posted by Terry at 2:18:00 PM