Dear besties, Yesterday, my coworker Dan Bolles mentioned to me in passing that GWAR, the scat, sex and sci-fi-loving shock rock band, would be judging the 14th annual dog Halloween costume contest at Burton on Tuesday. Come again? You mean GWAR, of the 3-foot protruding phalluses and gigantic swinging ball sacs? Yes, the very same. [...]
Entries from October 2009
October 26, 2009
Why Do People Hate Safety? Or, How I Spent My Friday Night
Dear besties, Recently, I’ve been asking myself the question in this post’s title. Why do people hate safety? What is so offensive about trying to be safe and not die a bloody, mangled mess? Perhaps I should explain what I’m talking about. For the past couple months, the GF and I have been volunteering for [...]
October 15, 2009
Yar, it be a pumpkin!
Dear besties, If you haven’t seen the video of the Giant Pumpkin Regatta, featuring your very best friend, me, I would encourage you to check it out.
October 12, 2009
The Police Chief Cheated, and other tales from the Giant Pumpkin Regatta
Dear besties, Sunday marked the first time I have ever sat inside a giant piece of produce. It also marked the first time I have ever rowed a giant piece of produce on Lake Champlain. But when you’re a celebrity like me, you participate in quaint community activities like this, if only to give the [...]
October 8, 2009
MTV Looking for Fatties, Gimps, Home Schoolers, Crusaders in BTV
According to the city’s paper of record, the Burlington Free Press, MTV’s “The Real World” is coming a-knockin’ on lil’ ol’ Burlington’s door. They’re looking to cast folks for their 24th season of the “reality” show, considered the granddaddy of the genre, and the longest-running program on MTV, formerly known as the station that played [...]
