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Jeff Stanger is an author, fundraiser, and talk show host. His first two novels have been largely ignored by the public, but he's not bitter at all. His next novel is Delicious Fiction and will be released upon the world Summer 2011.
The Indiana State Fair is a special treasure and, again this year, we are offering half-price admission on BMV Discount Day. On Wednesday, August 15, your family and friends will be admitted for $5 each. Simply click this link, print the BMV Discount Day coupon and bring it with you to the fair. Please be sure to print one coupon for each person in your group that will be attending the fair. The … [Read more...]
This week’s letter comes from Mark in Beech Grove: Dear Dating Idiot: I’m never quite sure how to end a first date. Should I always try for the kiss or should I settle on a hug? Dear Mark, This is an excellent question and one that many of your fellow readers want to know. There are basically 4 ways you can end the date: kiss, hug, shake hands, head butt. … [Read more...]
This week's Dating Idiot letter comes from Alan in Irvington: Dear Dating Idiot, My girlfriend dumped me over the weekend and she said she still wants to be friends. Does she really want to be friends or is she just trying to let me down easy? Alan: When a girl says she want to be friends, what she really means is she that even though she just eviscerated your heart, she doesn't want you to … [Read more...]
We here at Godzilla's Citizen Hideout (the Official Home of Carry On, Citizens!) are always looking for ways we can serve the greater good and help our fellow man (and our fellow woman). During today's staff meeting, my pet moose suggested that I write a dating advice column. Now, I don't know what's more preposterous: that he suggested I write a dating column or that you've read COC all these … [Read more...]
I was in a department store today with a couple of friends. I've always sort of viewed the department store as a flyover venue, sort of like New Yorkers view the Midwest. For me, it was that place you walked through on your way to the other place —the place with the electronics, or the gadgets, or the food court. Anyway, there were three of us on this journey, one being female. The female in our … [Read more...]
If you like your events dipped in batter and fried to a golden brown, the State Fair is almost here! The event's organizers are calling this the Year of Soybeans. I wonder if they will try to deep fry them. Let's face it, that wouldn't be the most ridiculous deep fried thing sold there. We had the deep fried Oreos, the deep fried Pepsi (I still can't figure that one out), and deep fried … [Read more...]
Connersville, Indiana made national news this week. And not for a good reason either. It seems they have their own version of water polo and it's illegal. According to a WISH-TV report, a couple was charged for public indecency for having sex in a public pool. During the day. With LOTS of people around! Now, I have so many questions I don't know where to begin. But begin I will, because this is … [Read more...]
... but you can shoot a dead Camaro. Well, except in Arizona, where they frown on that sort of thing. It seems that Lauriano Lawrence Lovato, frustrated by the alliteration of his name and the fact that his car wouldn't start, shot his car. Twice. Both shots went through the windshield and hit the dashboard. … [Read more...]
B-sides, outtakes and unreleased material. Sometimes stuff doesn't make it into an movie or an album. The same thing happens with blogs for whatever reason. I was piddling around tonight and discovered some material that was started and never made it into a blog post. This particular one was from a series I was doing on the history of breakfast. As you will read, it was heavily researched and … [Read more...]
One day, an enterprising young man decided to host a tweetup. He walked proudly into his kitchen and announced to his wife, "I'm going to host a tweetup!" "What's a tweetup?" asked his wife. "It's a social event, where people mix and mingle and tweet for hours. And, they share a hashtag," he answered. "Umm, you're married now. The only person you're sharing a hashtag with is me." … [Read more...]
