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Learning Lessons From a Catnew
It can't be a good sign if a cat can knock a Christmas tree down.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
12-08-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
Daniel Now Has L.A. Gallery Despite Corn-Starched Hairnew
Daniel marched into an L.A. gallery with his head looking as if it had been assaulted by bobcats and then walked out with representation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
12-01-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
Who is This Stranger Sipping Cappuccino?new
Returning to your city of birth offers a different perspective -- especially when that city is L.A.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
11-23-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
Hollis Gillespie's Day Offnew
Hollis Gillespie's column is due at noon Friday. Last Thursday, she sent a message to Creative Loafing Senior Editor Doug Monroe and her usual cast of characters. The following is their e-mail exchange.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
11-17-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
Taking Mr. Big Smile to Meet the TV Peoplenew
Paramount had requested that Hollis Gillespie pick a representative from what the writer describes as her "band of retarded blow monkeys" to come in with her so the TV people could "see the chemistry."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
11-10-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
A Side Trip to Tijuananew
When a friend calls from outside a Tijuana quickie vasectomy clinic, the columnist notes her daughter's dear little face on her cellphone. The sight fortifies her conviction that, let's face it, not everyone should propagate.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
11-04-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
She Was a Decent Whorenew
At a restaurant where everybody was fucking everybody, it was a surprise to find out that Becky, the quiet one, was fucking the boss.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
10-27-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
The Mattress Is Ready for Guests Who Never Comenew
Since when do mattresses matter so much? Because all of a sudden, it seems like every single person the columnist knows is a complete mattress pussy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
10-20-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
Daniel Wants to Hook Up His Wires to His Catnew
When Hollis Gillespie's friend Daniel jokes about the wires connected to his heart, saying he's going to take them off himself and put them on his fat house cat, and let the doctors decipher that, panic creeps in.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
10-13-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
Moving From One Extreme to Another, Coast to Coastnew
Knowing what she knows now about colds and cabin pressure, Hollis Gillespie is surprised that the first time she flew at age 7 her little head didn't explode like a frog with a firecracker up its ass and splatter the entire cabin with snot.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
10-06-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
'Before I Grew the Crab Shell Around My Heart'new
A writer is completely appalled by herself at age 27. She cared about all the wrong crap and let important people slip from her life and somehow, at the same time, she believed everything.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
09-29-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
Who Gets to Be Us When the Cameras Come On?new
A writer's friends contemplate who should play them when her book is turned into a TV series.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
09-22-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: Paramount
Unbearable Memories of Grace in the Emerald Citynew
At the New Orleans airport, a writer expects to see a makeshift morgue, and then she's distracted.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
09-15-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
The Worst Way to Break Upnew
Just because the writer doesn't date a certain bartender anymore doesn't mean she can't continue to go to his bar and act as if she owns the place, telling everyone that all drinks are on the house.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
09-08-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
There is One Thing To Be Taken From This: Addicts Lienew
In an alleyway, friends find a friend who had become a meth addict and lost everything dear to her, and bring her to treatment.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
09-01-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
