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My Cat Trixter: A Morality Talenew

A writer decides that if he could just live with a cat for two weeks he could build up enough immunity to beat his allergy.
Dig Boston  |  Seth Reiss  |  10-06-2005  |  Comedy

Remembering 9/11 ... Batman Style!new

Here's why any 9/11 film by Oliver Stone or anyone else should -- nay--must! -- include Batman.
Dig Boston  |  Joe Keohane  |  10-06-2005  |  Comedy

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

Help Is On The Way!new

Ray Nagin to Miss Ernestine: "Your jokes are tired. If something doesn’t happen now, I’m gonna get rowdy, loud and BLACK! You feel me?”
Jackson Free Press  |  Ken Stiggers  |  09-29-2005  |  Comedy

'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

To Whom It May Concernnew

Dear F.E.M.A.: This is Brotha Hustle applying for a job with your organization. I figure if Mr. Brown can get a job with ya, so can I. Please check out my resume!
Jackson Free Press  |  Ken Stiggers  |  09-22-2005  |  Comedy

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

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

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

Planning to Kidnap a Friend We Haven't Seen in a Whilenew

I was definitely wearing the wrong clothes for a kidnapping, which is funny, because as a matter of course I'm usually outfitted pretty well for felonious behavior.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Hollis Gillespie  |  08-25-2005  |  Comedy

It Ends Not With a Bang, But With a Lasagnanew

One writer details how relationship-wrecking one dish can be.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Hollis Gillespie  |  08-18-2005  |  Comedy

Bring Back the Hustlenew

I’ve come to realize that we live in a society of racketeering. Gone are the days of Hustle-Utopia (a.k.a. legitimate hustling society), a time when people made equal exchanges with each other, such as a product for a service.
Jackson Free Press  |  Ken Stiggers  |  08-11-2005  |  Comedy

Sometimes You Have to Do It With Stylenew

One writer describes her most embarrassing ass-bearing incident on a date with a frat boy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Hollis Gillespie  |  08-11-2005  |  Comedy

On Being a Metal Godnew

A trunk full of ticket stubs and autographs; crates of vintage vinyl; nights spent with liquor and strange women in trashed hotel rooms. These are the makings of a VH1 metal expert -- and one writer is overqualified.
Boulder Weekly  |  Vince Darcangelo  |  08-08-2005  |  Comedy

Poor Kids' Hoop Dreamsnew

Underfunded schools in poor communities anticipate the elimination of athletic programs, which could disable a student’s ability to advance in today’s society.
Jackson Free Press  |  Ken Stiggers  |  08-04-2005  |  Comedy

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