With the help of volunteers, a Jefferson County program ensures that area indigents receive a respectful burial.

Which means that, for this writer, Derby (hopefully) will end sometime this morning.

Once the show starts, barge workers head into a container — like a transport container you’d see on a train — and close the doors. They never actually see the show. All you hear is thumping. It sounds like a war zone.

I never invite people to Derby but have accepted the fact that if you live in Louisville, they will come. Actually, I’m not convinced my out-of-town friends realize Louisville exists when it’s not Derby Weekend.

You think I know when I’m going to fall off a horse? No, sir, you’re absolutely wrong. If I knew it was coming, then I’d prevent it from happening. When I’m falling, the first thing that happens is a feeling of shock.

You sweat like you’ve never sweated. If you’re sweating out a pound, well that’s a pound of sweat. A pound is a pound any way you look at it.

Show features singing, dancing, preaching and a bra that shoots fireworks

During KFC Yum! Center show, Lady Gaga turns the unconverted into "Little Monsters." If they tell you otherwise, they're lying.

In anticipation of Lady Gaga's show, I interviewed the biggest "Little Monster" I know: my younger sister.