From the Big Tent mailbox (Fighting Sioux edition):

I Have been feeling a bit homesick here in the European Community, so today I ran to the nearest music shop for some medicine. Mellencamp and Springsteen were the obvious choice, and to my surprise both were at clearance price (2.99 Euro for Springsteen and 4.99 Euro for Mellencamp).

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In other news from Europe, McDonalds has introduced the battered and fried chocolate ball. That's right - fried chocolate - A little bit of Europe wrapped in a heart-ceasing American shell. A rip-off of Chef's chocolate salty balls perhaps..?