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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
Tags: humor & satire
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
Tags: humor & satire
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
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
Tags: humor & satire
'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
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
Tags: humor & satire
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
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
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
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
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
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
Tags: humor & satire
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
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
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
Tags: humor & satire
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
Tags: humor & satire
