Today is basically a holiday for most people, so, you know, we won’t be writing as much. But stick around. We’ll have a few posts today.

Don’t miss your chance to win copies of Bluegrass Treasures and Horse Farms! Enter now. Drawing is this afternoon. [Page One]

Check with your local state park to see if there’s a 4th of July event going on. They’re tons of fun. [Kentucky State Parks]

Matthew Barzun made the Wall Street Journal. [WSJ]

Alice Forgy Kerr’s nephew allegedly lost his state job because she voted against casino gambling. [Bluegrass Politics]

Daniel Mongiardo really should think about the company he keeps. [Barefoot & Progressive]

If you have student loans, you know how screwed your life is. I had a $650 student loan that was sold so many times (during deferment) that it quickly ratcheted up to over $4,000.  But it’s nothing like the $400,000 this guy’s got. [NY Times]

Poor Emily Gimmel.WATB. Complaining to a humorist that she’s gone too far in ridiculing her “serious journalism career.” We’ve got a couple things to say: If Gimmel was a serious journalist, she could handle HILARIOUS criticism of her embarrassing and ridiculous behavior on television (I mean, really, throwing a fit and crying because someone rightly says your wardrobe looks skanky?) If she was a serious journalist, she would have been focusing on nailing EVERY report, not just the first one (at her new hooker job in Las Vegas, where she wore hooker clothes that ripped). If she was a serious journalist, she wouldn’t feel the need to swarm dozens and dozens of websites (as she’s done here), writing each and every writer to beg them to write nice things about her. Fact of the matter is, that whole bunch of “Southern Belles” are flipping embarrassing. From Kellie (whose mother does her attacking for her - ask me privately) to Emily. These self-absorbed, insufferable nutbags need to get over themselves. They’re terrible examples of Louisvillians, let alone southerners.  Also, surprisingly, we like Shea the most. [You’ve Gotta Read This Crap]