Two Announcements (updated)

1. Check out Chief Jason's post about his encounter with wild dogs (perhaps dogg is more apropos). It's a good little story.

2. I saw this guy's writing in a prominent publication a few weeks back so I e-mailed him and asked him to write here at Coney Island. He accepted. He has won countless awards for his achievements, including perfect attendance, and seems overqualified for a simple blog such as this. His spelling is impeccable and his wit is hardly unwitting. I'm sure you'll make him feel welcome, so give it up for...

Bright Morning Ward

There's something happening when Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, Jim James of My Morning Jacket and M. Ward get together on stage and play. I should say more, but I can't right now.

It's just magical.

Which One Most Accurately Describes You?

Conservative
adj 1: resistant to change [ant: liberal] 2: opposed to liberal reforms 3: avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" [syn: cautious] 4: unimaginatively conventional; [syn: button-down, buttoned-down] 5: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: bourgeois, materialistic] n : a person who has conservative ideas or opinions [syn: conservativist]

Progressive
adj 1: favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools" [ant: regressive] 2: favoring or promoting reform [syn: reformist, reform-minded] 3: (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount increases [ant: regressive] 4: gradually advancing in extent 5: n 1: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going [syn: progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense] 2: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties [syn: liberal] [ant: conservative]