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Here's your earworm: Colbie Caillat -- "Bubbley"

Thanks to everyone who came out and watched Hairspray last night. What a terrific, feel-good flick! What a great time with friends!

And, in honor of the messages in Hairspray, go read why Kate Harding thinks BMI is a crock.

Pete Abel has an excellent post about freedom of speech. Also be sure to check out this great post at Tiny Cat Pants. Excellent points all the way around.

There's a really, really great post at alphabitch about the problems and issues in Jena. She equates what's going on there now to what happened previously in New Jersey. She also takes a nice (and deserved) swipe at the Fox News Falafel Boy Wonder.

Sars at Tomato Nation is at it again. This time, we can raise money for charity and force the all-day wearing of a tomato suit... and it will be filmed. Juicy!

If you need some help figuring out all the social networking sites, Waking Vixen has a great primer.

Are any of our readers going to New Orleans?

Iowa's recent shame made it all the way to:

• Tennessee Guerilla Women
• The Carpetbagger Report
• Higgaion
• Total Drek
• The force that through...
• The colossus of Rhodey
• Leiter Reports
• mister pissed
• God is for Suckers
• Liberal Values
• Panda's Thumb
• One Good Move
• The Lippard Blog
• Cynical-C
• Friendly Atheist
• Rhymes with Right