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Separated at Birth: Joe the Plumber edition

Separated at Birth: Joe the Plumber edition
Newly minted Everyman Joe the Plumber . . . . . . and TV tough guy Michael Chiklis
by Ian Donnis | Oct 16, 2008 | with 4 comment(s)

File this under "TMI"

File this under "TMI"
Maybe the Floridians are spending too much time in the sun (h/t Dirt Dogs ): The latest style to sweep the west coast, home of the Rays, is a bikini wax. Mohawk style. Try waving that around at a game! Michelle Foster of Skin Deep Spatique says she was...
by Ian Donnis | Oct 09, 2008 | with no comments

Spam subject lines of the day

Spam subject lines of the day
It was fun while it lasted: the Sox won the first 10 games I went to this year, although the hot streak at home came to an ignoble close with Beckett getting hammered yesterday. In the mood for some levity, N4N was not disappointed to find the following...
by Ian Donnis | Aug 18, 2008 | with no comments

Vote Republican -- get what you deserve

Vote Republican -- get what you deserve
In keeping with our occasional spotlight on satire of various political stripes , check this out, sent along by an old colleague: I'm voting Republican
by Ian Donnis | Jun 24, 2008 | with no comments

Faces in the crowd at Fenway

Faces in the crowd at Fenway
There I was, bunked in section 162 , near Fenway's leftfield sideline, during last night's game against the Rays, when I spotted a familiar face sitting a few rows away. It took a moment to sink in, but I was sure it was the guy who played one...
by Ian Donnis | Jun 05, 2008 | with no comments

The ProJo has a sex survey

The ProJo has a sex survey
Following its publication of a story about a woman who pledged to have sex with her husband every day for a year , the ProJo wants to know whether its readers like the concept (64 percent said, "Yes!"): Could you handle sex every day? Yes yes...
by Ian Donnis | May 23, 2008 | with no comments

Steampunk: rebelling against soulless design

Steampunk: rebelling against soulless design
The old Victorian homes that dot Providence and other New England communities convey the beauty and worksmanship of a bygone age. (As James Howard Kunstler has observed, there's no small irony in how when this country was less prosperous before WWII,...
by Ian Donnis | May 15, 2008 | with no comments

Literal-mindedness knows no bounds

Literal-mindedness knows no bounds
Some years back, when Phillipe + Jorge picked up on a report in the Onion about anti-semiotism at Brown University , some readers failed to get the joke. Now, as Boston Magazine reports, the Boston Herald has had its own problem with taking things a bit...
by Ian Donnis | Apr 15, 2008 | with no comments

Clemens called most unsexiest man of 2008

Clemens called most unsexiest man of 2008
The Phoenix is back with a new list of the 100 unsexiest men in the universe . Check it out.
by Ian Donnis | Mar 27, 2008 | with 1 comment(s)

Roberts wins Follies ad competitition

Roberts wins Follies ad competitition
Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Roberts won the ad competition during last Friday's Providence Newspaper Guild Follies, rolling out a witty spoof of how Governor Carcieri's office didn't let her know -- a story first reported here -- that he was leaving...
by Ian Donnis | Mar 04, 2008 | with no comments

Steve Laffey + Greg Palast's curious similarities

Steve Laffey + Greg Palast's curious similarities
Don't just take my word for it. Check it out : Published an anti-establishment polemic last year LAFFEY: Primary Mistake: How the Washington Republican Establishment Lost Everything in 2006 (and Sabotaged My Senatorial Campaign) , published by Sentinel...
by Ian Donnis | Feb 14, 2008 | with no comments

Is your heart a chew toy?

Is your heart a chew toy?
Just your routine Valentine's Day roundup: -- Writing in this week's Phoenix, Amy Littlefield describes the making of a sexpert . -- Daily Dose plays both ends against the middle, sponsoring an anti-Valentine's bash tonight while also reporting on the...
by Ian Donnis | Feb 14, 2008 | with no comments

Separated at Birth: post-Super Tuesday edition

Separated at Birth: post-Super Tuesday edition
Clinton and Obama would love to land the endorsement of former presidential aspirant Bill Richardson. But maybe that of SNL funnyman Horatio Sanz will do.
by Ian Donnis | Feb 06, 2008 | with 1 comment(s)

Yes, we do love our license plates in RI

Yes, we do love our license plates in RI
Letter of the Week , courtesy of today's ProJo, but WTF? I have Rhode Island license plate 5588. This license plate has been in my family for 98 years and has been used by three people. It was issued in July 1910 to my grandfather and he drove with it...
by Ian Donnis | Feb 05, 2008 | with 1 comment(s)

The Cuteness Surge

The Cuteness Surge
Writing in the Phoenix, Sharon Steel describes how, in a time of global upheaval, many Americans are turning to Hello Kitty, Lolcats , and Juno, among other elements of what she dubs the cuteness surge . “We’ve had manifestations of this cute business...
by Ian Donnis | Jan 31, 2008 | with 2 comment(s)
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