PUNCHING KITTY: 2009 - 2013

Punching Kitty was a writing project for the city of St. Louis to have a little fun and try to get everyone to stop taking themselves so seriously…and hopefully highlight some critical issues along the way. Not everyone liked it (it turns out people don’t love being made fun of) but we converted a lot of people and I take pride that the site was truly well read. From the local media, to area police departments, Punching Kitty truly became a source for news and entertainment for St. Louis.

We had a lot of fun, but all good things need an ending and ours was on March 13th, 2013. When we closed up shop the news made local radio, TV, and even the front page of STLToday (The St. Louis Post Dispatch’s website) where we were the top story over a new pope being named. Wild stuff.

While we will no longer actively write, the site will stay up as an archive for St. Louis.

- The Editor

Photos: Lady Gaga Hits St. Louis

Did you hear that Lady Gaga came to St. Louis recently and brought one of our personal favorite bands Semi Precious Weapons?  Well it happened! Do you know what went on there that night?  If you guessed zany costumes and smoke machines, you are 100% right!

Here are some photos from the show thanks to a nice concert goer that allowed us to post them:

Greenbaum to Giving Tips About How to Handle New Media?!

You really can’t make this stuff up.  I tried to make up something as crazy as this once but it ended up no one thought it was all that funny, we had to land the plane in Colorado, and I’m pretty sure I’m on the no-fly list now.

If there ever were doubts about whether the public has opinions about the news, the arrival of online reader comments has dispelled them. They do, and they aren’t afraid to post them online, usually anonymously. Sometimes those views are insightful, but sometimes they’re insensitive and occasionally they’re downright offensive.

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McGwire to Everyone: “Oh THOSE Steroids! Yeah, I Took Those. Sorry.”

In a story about as shocking as the day Rosie ODonnell came out of the closet, today St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach and former home run champ Mark McGwire confessed he took steroids during his major league career, including 1998.  Which of course is the year that JD Drew first played major league baseball…oh and he and some crazy black guy hit a bunch of home runs.

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Missed Connection: Clark Kent Loves the Big Ladies

Oh Missed Connections, you are always there for me when the news, like the road outside my house, is all frozen over.

My Sexy Clark Kent… J.S. – w4m – 48 (Florissant)

J.S… I sure will miss you. You have no idea how perfect you were……. how nice your Gorgeous TOOL was……. You smelled wonderful EVERY time…….. you are very special to me and you ALWAYS will be…. We had the most wonderful times…… and you always made me comfortable… being a bigger girl can be uncomfortable…… you made me feel wonderful… I thank you so very much for that. J.S… I do want to see you again……… I already miss you… Sex was crazy good with you… even our age difference was nothing for what we had and what we did. I dont want to call or email. im afraid of what will happen………. maybe its time to move on…. maybe its time to end it while it was FANTASTIC!! Thank you for making me feel GREAT!!!! you’ll always be my Clark Kent!!

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St. Louis Has a Yo-Yo Expert

Checkout this found video of some guy going off with his yo-yo in downtown!

He’s like one of the Smothers Brothers, but shorter…and younger…and asian.

Anyone know this guy?

Fredericktown Police Captain Likes Little Boys, Little Boys Not Big Fans of Him

A Fredericktown, MO police captain and local Boy Scoutmaster has been busted for being…you’ll never guess…a sexual predator! Three cheers for stereotypes!

Kenneth Tomlinson II, 42, a police captain in Fredericktown and Boy Scout leader, has admitted having sex with young boys and destroying videotapes he made of the sex, court records show.

After 16 counts of sodomy involving two boys, ages 12 and 14, Tomlinson should be ready for a little sodomy of his own, but first the worst punishment of all…

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The Vital Voice is Out, Go Get a Copy

We missed the launch party last night because of the weather and various other reasons, but we wanted to spread the word that the Vital Voice’s first issue back is out!

Check it out!

Also if anyone has any photos of the event, we’d love it if you would share.

Does SLU Basketball Coach Rick Majerus Poop In Towels?

Deadspin posted a few lovely stories about our big fat basketball coach at St. Louis University, but one just stood out.  Here’s an excerpt (emphasis mine):

“Rick was always a jerk to the managers. Every season he went out of his ways to never learn their names. They were only referred to as ‘manager’. One day, Rick was drawing up a scout in our team room about 2 hours before tipoff. Things were going well, considering he was fully dressed and we hadn’t been referred to as cunts yet. From the white board he started yelling ‘manager, manager, bring a towel over here!’.

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Greenbaum Returns! STLToday’s Comments Under Hilarious Attack

New year and all is forgiven?

After laying low for all of December, the now infamous Kurt Greenbaum has returned to his blogging duties on STLToday.com…in a post about responsibility.

I-R-O-N-Y!

The comments on the post were shockingly on topic, but all I could see what the first page of them.  Clicking the “Next” link broke STLToday.com for me.  I know, totally shocking huh?

Also not shocking is the fact that social news site Reddit has already picked up on his return and the link has reached the front page with, at the time of this writing, 785 votes and nearly 300 comments.

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