Category: sheer awesomeness
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Hellbenders Fighting In My Back Yard
There is a nice article right now in Rolling Stone on a historic and heroic struggle that is happening just a few miles up the road from me. A while back, a big corporation came to a tiny little community and said, “we’re going to dump all our pollution here.” A lot of the good…
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Why “Spank The Monkey” When You Get The Monkey For…
In Oregon, a man was recently arrested for paying a hooker with money from a stolen Girl Scouts fundraising jar in his pet store, then tipping the industrious Professional Intimacy Facilitator with a exotic primate. Because nothing says “lets do it again sometime” like a creepy little exotic mammal.If I were the girl, I would…
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The Black Swallow of Death
I know, you’ve missed me–I’ve been buried in real-world work again–but I’m swimming towards the surface. In the meantime, here’s a transcript, with some additions, from a Facebook post that’s making the rounds–a story too fascinating, exciting, and (sadly) unsurprising to not share with you. Do you know who this is a photo of? Chances…
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Skiing Santa
Have you been to Driggs, Idaho? If you have, then you’ll know this is pretty much run of the mill stuff. I pinched these from my friend Teresa, who lives there. The name of guy on the skis is Jesse Cooke, and right now he’s my hero. These pics will go viral momentarily…
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What In The Blazing Fires of Hell Is This?
This British guy with a big waxed mustache made this show up on my personal facebook page just now. We’re supposed to be friends, but–now I’m not so sure. I showed it to my wife and she said, “Well, if I had to have a penis that one would be pretty cool.” But the question…
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Tunesday: Jill Sobule Wants “Our America Back”
Jill Sobule always brings the goods. She’s funny, she’s cute, and she’s crazy cool. She says a bad word in this song, too–fair warning. She does THE BEST concerts, too.
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Neko Case At the Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh
Playing around with a new camera…we caught the sound check (lightning bolt guitar strap) in the afternoon before the actual show at 7:30. It threatened rain all evening, dark clouds swirling around, but we only got a few sprinkles just before Neko, Kelly, and the boys took the stage. Perfect evening despite the douchebag behind…
Old Road Apples 