There are still tickets available for the upcoming Jimmy Buffett west coast tour swing that starts next week. Grab them while you can:

10.16.08 – Chula Vista, CA – Cricket Wireless Amphitheater

10.18.08 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand

10.21.08 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheater

10.25.08 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand

You can also try our Fun Ticket Transfer, where parrotheads buy and sell tickets at face value.

Thursday morning on CNBC, former US congressman Dick Armey mentioned Jimmy Buffett. A BuffettWorld visitor details what was said:

Did you see Dick Armey on CNBC this am? He noted that we are listening to the
wrong Buffett and we should be listening to Jimmy Buffett, not Warren Buffett.
Then he went on to explain why based on a couple lines from Jimmy’s songs. The
CNBC gang asked who gave him the line and verbally assumed he was not a
Parrothead, to which he enthusiastically replied that he was and he knew every
single song line.

(hat tip to Erik for passing this along)

Radio Margaritaville on Sirius Satellite Radio is giving away a trip to Las Vegas to see Jimmy Buffett in October:

Hey all you Parrotheads out there! If you haven’t checked out a Jimmy Buffett concert yet or you’re aching to go to another one, what better place is there than Las Vegas to party Margaritaville style? By entering now, you could win a trip for two to see Jimmy Buffett LIVE in concert in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on October 25, 2008, and backstage passes for Radio Margaritaville’s Live Pre-Concert Tailgate Party! That’s not all — the lucky winner will also receive an autographed guitar and a Sportster 5 satellite radio with vehicle kit and 3-month subscription to SIRIUS. Entrants must be at least 21 years old and a legal resident of the contiguous USA and D.C. to enter. For more details and how to enter see the Official Rules.

Click here to enter!

(hat tip to Brea of Sirius XM Radio for passing this along)

Congratulations to Patti Abbott for receiving the most votes in our first Caption Contest. Here was the photo:

photo by Guillaume Desjardins/IHT

Here was Patti’s winning caption:

“Finally, I found the elusive ATM for the Bank of Bad Habits! Hmmm…now what…….pizzaaaa!!!”

A total of 376 votes were cast and Patti received 122 votes (32%), barely edging out Carolyn L. who had 120 votes.

Here are the full results:

• “For once I get to use the photo booth by myself without Mac jumping on my lap making a monkey face.” – Wayne (38 votes, 10%)
• “Hey! This is pretty cool….a surfboard vending machine!!” – Derek (38 votes, 10%)
• “What…no Junior Mints?” – Carolyn L. (120 votes, 32%)
• “Finally, I found the elusive ATM for the Bank of Bad Habits! Hmmm…now what…….pizzaaaa!!!” – Patti Abbott (122 votes, 32%)
• “H’mm Margaritaville, # B-17” – Dennis Orth (58 votes, 15%)

Congratulations to Patti! And thanks to all who entered! Stay tuned and we’ll have another caption contest soon.

Introducing a new feature here at BuffettWorld: “From Under My Lone Palm”, a monthly column written by Justin (you may know him as Bamafan).

So the last few weeks I’ve been struggling to connect with a certain member of the opposite sex. While I hopelessly try my hand at love, something I’ve always thought I was nowhere near ready for, I’ve looked for several sources of wisdom. One constant source of that for me has and might always be music. I mean think about it, you can always find a song for anything your going through in life. With that in mind, I started thinking about Buffett music and what that had to do with my great struggle for the love of a particular woman. And as I was enjoying the “Fruitcakes” album, I realized that Jimmy has addressed this issue more than you might think over his career.

Read the rest of “From Under My Lone Palm” here.