A fellow blogger, Zach of New England, just found out he has roots here in the deep south and plans on checking it out. Basically, it’s Alabama as the dark continent.

I don’t know if you know me, but if you don’t, I am from the North. Not even the wussy North (e.g., Philadelphia is not the North). I am a New England Yankee. I eat pie with every meal, vote for George McGovern, officiate at gay weddings, listen unironically to Jonathan Richman and the Standells, say “wicked” and drop my r’s (when I’m in the mood), drive on Route 128 like a psychopath, go to town meetings, reinforce the existing class structure, curse, and take salvia at Dispatch concerts.

He picks the perfect year to see Alabama in true form as 2008 is apparently the Year of Alabama Sports. (Is this our version of the Chinese zodiac?)