All this talk about Chet Edwards caused me to recall a very fun interview with/story on John Cougar Mellencamp.
If you want to interrupt all the tension here (who will Obama pick?!!) with some laughter, read the exerpt below.
Just a hilarious little tidbit of a story.
Here's the linky!
http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/...
"The first time I was married, I was 18 years old. And the father of the woman I was married to was in his early fifties. His name was Chet. Lovely guy. Lovely guy. Big fat guy. His hair was all gray. Chet would eat and he would sweat. Ever see anybody sweat when they eat? That's bad. I was living in their house. I had no job. I was in a band. I was married to this guy's daughter, had a kid with her. Mooching off these people. And Chet treated me so good.
"Anyway, I used to see Chet get up in the night and smoke. Hack around. And I told myself, 'I'll never do that. If I ever do that, I'll quit.' Now I get up in the night. No shirt on. Just a pair of underwear on. And I'll sit on the couch and smoke and think, 'I'm Chet, man. I'm (bleepin') Chet.'"