Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Friday, June 09, 2006



At UMKC in the building where my summer writing workshop takes place, they have several vending machines. In the food one, the top two rows are labelled "Better for you." The choices on these rows include trail mix, pretzels, and Andy Capp's Cheddar Fries.

ANDY CAPP'S CHEDDAR FRIES? It's hard to see the fries themselves through the little window, as the grease tends to cling to the plastic. You can practically hear your arteries narrowing just looking at them.

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Finally! THE resource for Goth Dolls!

Can someone explain this banner to me? Post your thoughts as a comment below.

Friday, February 10, 2006

The subject of a piece of spam I received today:
Former President Bill Klinton uses Voagra!

Monday, February 06, 2006

Looking for something to do Friday night?

You could go see MAGIC AND BALLOON ARTISTRY BY GENE HERNANDEZ: 6-9 p.m. at Bob Evans Restaurant in Kansas City, Kansas.

You could participate in the BEGINNER CHA CHA AND INTERMEDIATE RUMBA GROUP Dance lesson 7-8 p.m. at Overland Park's Camelot Ballroom.

Or, you could hear STEVE REVARE READ FROM HIS ALMOST-FINISHED NOVEL, BECOMING KRAUTHAMMER.

It's part of the Working Words Series.

When: 7:30 - 8:30, Friday, February 10
Where: Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

There will be two other students reading as well. We will each read for 20 minutes. Come out and hear what I've been working on for the past 18 months.

Steve

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

I know, it's been a while. Blah blah blah.

Check out the headlines on this Google archive search of James Taranto's "Bottom Story of the Day:"

Some of my favorites:

"Construction Leaves Parts of Downtown Raleigh Dusty"--headline, WRAL-TV Web site (Raleigh, N.C.), Jan. 17, 2006

"Argentina Advances Partial Opening of Squid Season"--headline, Mercopress (Montevideo, Uruguay), Jan. 13, 2006

"Mira Sorvino Made Honorary Pa. Deputy"--headline, Associated Press, Dec. 28, 2005

"(Hillary) Duff's Rockin' New Year"--headline, E! Online, Nov. 30, 2005

"Three Laid-Off Americans Struggle to Find Work"--front-page headline, USA Today, Feb. 16, 2005

"Nike Corporate Jet Makes Safe Landing"--headline, Associated Press, Nov. 21, 2005

"Lynndie England Burned in Prison Kitchen; Soldier jailed for Abu Ghraib abuse suffered grease burn"--headline and subheadline, MSNBC.com, Dec. 30, 2005

"Air Force, Rockers Use Same Earplugs"--headline, Associated Press, Jan. 11, 2005

"Pet Snake Survives Fire"--headline, Journal Times (Racine, Wis.), Jan. 5, 2006