November 13, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
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The Land of Pleasant Living beckons you. Round 2 of the Natty Boh Bottle Caps Game features No. 85 . First to post will have their name immortalized on this post and in InPraiseOf’s soon to be published Mr. Boh … Continue reading
November 12, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
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Thought it would be fun to try and document every game that is published on the bottom of National Bohemian’s bottled beer caps, the choice of malted beverage in the Land of Pleasant Living. We start the game with No. … Continue reading
August 28, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on G. Hunter’s What’s On Netflix-True Stories, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Night of the Iguana
Now that work has let up a bit, going to get the blog going again, both in long and short form posts. To catchup, here’s a few movies I’ve watched in the last few weeks via my Netflix. 1. True … Continue reading
July 8, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on InPraiseOf: Rewind – Joe Bob Briggs’ “MonsterVision”
Note: Busy busy at work right now, though hopefully I’ll get to an original essay soon. Anyways, here’s a piece from my backlog, about an old late night TV hero of mine: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRACxPTaX3E&hl=en&fs=1&] If you were a loner like me … Continue reading
June 15, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on InPraiseOf: A Honfest Rewind
I attended both days of Honfest this year. This is a revelation for me, since for the past decade and a half I’ve protested this event as a classest exploitation of a dying culture. Now, indifference has set in. The … Continue reading
June 7, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on What I Read: Of Federer and Yiddish Jokes
Two good links from me today. For those of you who are about to watch (or have watched) Roger’s Federer’s attempt at his first French Open, please read the late David Foster Wallace’s essay “Roger Federer as Religious Experience,” originally … Continue reading
June 5, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Thoughts on Drinking
I usually don’t drink on Mondays. No matter your tolerance, it’s a rough way to start the week and Tuesday morning hangovers stopped being cute sophomore semester. But my friend J.R. was celebrating his birthday, and I hadn’t stepped into … Continue reading
May 11, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Poem: Plumbing
Worst ever, what I blurted her plumbing didn’t work. I bit my cheek, broke skin. Your plumbing doesn’t work. I am unskilled day labor and the caulk I lay doesn’t hold. Heart palpitations glisten through saline But your plumbing … Continue reading
May 8, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Hurricane Katrina: A Refugee’s Lament
I’ve been ruminating about Hurricane Katrina, and my life, and how the two are entwined together, recently. It’s been roughly four years since the storm hit New Orleans, when the water ripped through the city and ripped the life I … Continue reading
April 22, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Workin’ It: Roundtable Debates
Did you know I did movies? This week in the IL Editorial Roundtable, TF, JB and I discuss the Ivy League’s NCAA Tourney chances. So as I figure out how to embed I will, but you can watch the vid … Continue reading