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Eddie Can Fix Anythingnew

All my local friends are far too fed up with me, or just too generally useless, to help me renovate a whole house, but from the start Eddie was unfazed.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Hollis Gillespie  |  01-19-2006  |  Comedy

My Burning Bednew

The fire started with a cigarette -- but whose?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Hollis Gillespie  |  01-12-2006  |  Comedy

A Smoky End to the Airlines Gignew

Working for the airlines was a great job while it lasted, but it has taken a total toilet spin.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Hollis Gillespie  |  01-05-2006  |  Comedy

The Kidnappers Had Their Trunk Opennew

It's not as if the columnist has ever been in tons of danger, unless you want to count the times (there have been a couple) that people tried to kidnap her.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Hollis Gillespie  |  12-15-2005  |  Comedy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'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

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

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