September 21, 2008
The Associated Press announced Friday the union, for the creation of an innovative new radio program, of two seemingly disparate organizations: National Public Radio (NPR) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), formerly the World Wrestling Federation.
The program will be called “The Wrestler’s Notebook”, and will feature WWE stars like Christopher Irvine (”Chris Jericho”) and Paul Levesque (”Triple H”) discussing life in and outside the ring. Professional and aspiring wrestlers alike will also have a chance to write in with their stories, to be read by host Garrison Keillor, or to call in with comments, questions or death threats.
More, HERE.
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September 14, 2008
PRAGUE – The mayor of Prague, Indiana announced Thursday that he intends to submit a bid to the US Olympic Committee for the 2048 Summer Games. The decision was passed by the city council late Wednesday night.
“It was a tough decision. But in the end we decided, hey, why not Prague?” Mayor Bill Dobbs told reporters.
The town, pronounced “PRAG-WAY”, is home to sixty-seven Hoosiers . . .
More, HERE.
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September 8, 2008
Just a couple rough sketches of the Striking Out illustrations to whet your appetite. Kerry LaPrees has been working hard to bring the story to life in pictures.
The full COLOR gallery will be available this fall, both here and at the Striking Out website!
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August 27, 2008
In her World Wide Web debut, this week Agnes helps a henchman see the truth about his dubious employer.
Dear Agnes,
I am a henchman for an international businessman in the import/export business. It’s a great job and I get a lot of exercise, but lately I’ve been wondering if maybe my boss is a bad guy. And I don’t just mean a grumpy fellow or whatever, I mean a BAD guy, if you catch my drift. Short of asking him to his face (that would make him grumpy!), how can I know for sure?
H. Smith
Read Agnes’ response, HERE.
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August 21, 2008
Temperature
You will be darting at darn near the speed of light from your section to the kitchen and back. You will feel that if you don’t dunk your head into a bucket of ice soon you are going to vomit on someone. If you are a sweater, it will be worse, as every time you leave a table your guests will look up and wonder why they came to a place with such obvious roof problems. They will not understand the moist back phenomenon because they will be perfectly comfortable and will have come to you out of hunger rather than a desire to empathize with you . . .
Smiling, Bussers, Managers – complete the list HERE.
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August 17, 2008
You Are Always Wrong
When a guest tells you he wanted a Coke, but your memory and your notepad and perhaps even everyone else at the table (the ones not paying the check) tell you he wanted iced tea, the iced tea you brought is wrong. Shame on you.
Tipping Out, Groceries (which you cannot afford), Children and Their Parents . . . read all ten HERE.
And get ready for the sequel, “Ten MORE Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Be a Restaurant Server”, coming soon!
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August 11, 2008
Yes, if you were looking for readmattbloom.com, you are in the right place!
We were having some difficulty with the previous design, and this one works nicely. WordPress calls it “Contempt”, but please don’t read into that.
We’re all love around here.
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August 11, 2008
The following are excerpts from a message trailing the final chapter of Striking Out, at strikingout-story.blogspot.com:
Readers!
For those of you who have been with us for the long haul, thanks for reading Striking Out! We hope you have enjoyed Matt Bloom’s little comedy.
If you are new to the site, don’t worry! The complete novella will remain on this site indefinitely, so you have plenty of time to go through the archive and enjoy the story . . .
Coming soon, [strikingout-story.blogspot.com] will develop a whole new look as it features original illustrations by Kerry LaPrees. Look for his artwork on strikingout-story.blogspot.com this fall.
Special thanks to Amanda Briggs, Matt’s sister and editor.
Thanks to all of you, and happy reading!
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August 7, 2008
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August 5, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A congressional oversight group chaired by Sen. Arlen Specter released a press packet Monday describing its discovery of a “furnace-god” beneath the White House Office of Management and Budget.
“We walked into a dimly lit circular room where we were surrounded by eye-level candle stands, the remains of mutilated animals and evidence of the systematic destruction of US paper currency,” Specter recounts in the report.
More, HERE.
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