Longtime Denver Broncos kicker Jason Elam is exploring his aesthetic side these days and has penned a new novel in collaboration with his pastor, Steve Yohn. It’s called Ulysses and takes place over the course of a day in Ireland. No no, that’s the other greatest book of all time. Jason Elam’s is called Monday Night Jihad, and it’s a “pro-football-themed spy thriller about fighting terrorists.” Coincidentally, that’s exactly how Fred Thompson is pitching his foreign policy approach. MORE »

* “Barack out with your cock out.” [Catch Up Lady]
* New bar on 7th street, same owners as Buffalo Billiards. And a couple reviews of M’Dawg Haute Dogs. [metrocurean]
* Shot Argonaut bartender is back, DJing to raise money for other victims of violent crimes. [Frozen Tropics]
* The Truman Show comes to Gallery Place. [Gallery Place Living]
* It’s been a while, but DC’s No. 1 web novelist SethJ is back: “The same girl who was staring at the cash is now stealing glances at the hitchhiker. He lies back in the clam and lets the powdery, femme-spritzed air wash over him. It has the greasy undercurrents of skillet-fried food, but they can’t entirely override musk of female flesh, ripe for the taking.” [American Night]