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I packed my carry-on with all the catalogues of the 2010 swim season and nearly broke my arm transporting it home.
Miami is amazing to me. I am a people watcher and South Beach is a rainbow of self-entitled beasts and beauties. Seersucker tailored rhinos and brown swans in pale dresses swagger down the street in soft herds. Breathtaking decadence knocks the wind out of me, and I stand in line for the next punch. Continue reading
Adam: Pop Salvation: A Novel by Lance Reynald
Phew, I learned my lesson with this one. The old adage about not judging a book by its cover? Well this one had a pretty cool cover. 
Dazzled by a cut-out Gen-X ruffian in the center, adorned in aviator sunglasses, leather jacket, and converse high tops; the word Continue reading
Adam: “The 2009 Book of the Summer”
Okay, you can stop reading books this summer. I’ve found it Continue reading
Meet Mr. Twitter: They Tweet, he Bleats & issues the Heat
The KCTwitic follows and critiques the Twitter messages from public figures in the Kansas City area, so you don’t have to.
Check it:
DanaKCTV5 you think my shampoo is weird? pisano keeps a full pedicure set in the mens’ dressing room.
DanaKCTV5 also. someone at work STOLE MY SHAMPOO over the weekend. it turned up in the breakroom FREEZER. very funny.!!!!!!!
DanaKCTV5 just learned we’re getting a gunea pig. any bets on how long we can keep ‘taffy’ with us? kids’ track record not so great in that regard.
KCTwitic: Grammatical and spelling errors aside, KCTV5’s Dana Wright has some of the more entertaining (albeit pointless) Tweets around. Too many local newsies send out regurgitated retweets of whatever breaking “news” their station is currently covering. Wright, on the other hand, lets us know about various newsroom pranks and her children’s inability to care for small, domesticated rodents. Definitely more interesting than the latest car jacking in Midtown.
JoCo_Emergency Our Facebook page can now be viewed at … Come be a fan!
KCTwitic: As much as I am a fan of government entities embracing social media, I’m not so sure about this one. Is it OK to be a fan of Johnson County emergencies? I mean, the next time a tornado wipes out a Kansas trailer park, should I click Facebook’s thumbs-up, “I like this” link? Continue reading
Adam: Clancy Martin
As the familiar saying goes, we Continue reading
Adam: Denis Johnson’s Meth-Infested Rat’s Nest Comes Alive in ‘Nobody Move’
Have you ever been to Bakersfield, California? I have, and I wouldn
Adam: Listen to This – Manchester Orchestra’s Newest a Success
It’s not too often that critics like a popular band. Or that a popular band becomes so critically acclaimed. Maybe Radiohead, but we’re not talking Rolling Stone Magazine. I ended my relationship with RS after they put Clay Aiken on … Continue reading
Adam: Palahniuk’s Pigmy; Broken Words = Lost Reader
I love William Faulkner. I learned how to read him in college. Not to be pretentious, that
Peregrine: Urban Delight Tonight at West Eighteenth Fashion Show
I wonder if anyone has ever turned to designer Vivienne Westwood and asked of her fashion show, “What
In Love and War: David Benioff’s City of Thieves
Currently buzzing off of bookshelves and onto ‘take-a-look-see’ lists is literary newcomer and Hollywood screenwriter David Benioff’s City of Thieves
Peregrine: Working Around the Bills
First Friday stories are endless and categorized by the idiotic or generous behavior of the general public.
Danielle Meister has taken on her role as junior partner at Birdies and she has begun to recognize patterns and catch phrases with customers. Over mussels at Pizzabella, she quips, Continue reading
Peregrine on Baby Butts…Nuff said?
My mother-in-law, Judy, has a great sense of humor. She has been in retail forever so we always swap stories. Mark and I suggested family breakfast at the Bluebird Cafe because Walt Bodine and Gina Kaufman had seduced us with … Continue reading
Peregrine on Panties: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? No Way!
In the beginning… Mike Miller left the Pitch to start an independent art publication in 1997. He asked me to name it, make a cover, and produce a monthly image with text. I was hanging out in Cincinnati, Ohio with … Continue reading
