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
You may have recently heard that Sedalia’s School District is run by spineless morons, well stories that stupid tend to grow legs on the internet and according to The Riverfront Times, the little T-Shirt Shop that created the shirt is now overrun with orders for the banned nerd-art.
Last week one of the owners of the shop told the RFT’s sister paper in Kansas City that the T-shirts have sold like hot cakes thanks to the online popularity of the ban.
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Last week we told you of our refusal to join the mafia family of Fox 2’s deceivingly effervescent morning guy John Pertzborn, and then over the Labor Day weekend we get this!
Yup, that’s another Fox 2 personality, Kevin Steincross (@KevinStx) trying to spam us in to joining his mafia family!
This means there are two distinct mafia families going on at Fox 2, both run by the most nasty, heartless men in employ there. Don’t let Kevin’s Twitter photo with his cat, or his cries for the return of his lost Qdoba card fool you, this man is a stone-cold killer.
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This week in our apparently on-going feature of long time (and well-paid) Post Dispatch employees getting swept out the door and sending out “They tell me I have to say I’m leaving on my own or they won’t give me that extra money they promised” emails, we feature art critic David Bonetti.
He left the post “Farewell to the Lou” on his “Culture Club” blog Friday.
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According to our tipster and the link they sent us to the DailyKos.com, thats what St. Louis’ favorite perma-fired up, republican, Dana Loesch pundit is trying to make happen with a recent mass email. Why? Apparently some black guy is going to break in to the school and try and talk to her kids.
Snippets from her e-mail:
President Obama’s Address to Students Across America September 8, 2009…
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We don’t want to be rude to Fox 2’s own John Pertzborn, but we are going to have to pass his invitation to join his Mafia family.
Confused? We got the following automated direct message from John (@pertzfox) today:
We had to decline. But not because we don’t love John, and his behind the scenes youtube-ing, but because we just aren’t comfortable owing any favors to the Pertzborn mafia family. Sure he looks nice on TV, but that guy will break your hands for no reason at all, and snap your neck if you give him one. What you didn’t hear about what he did to Victoria Babu that one time? She does radio now…enough said.
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Anyone lose some wigs on Hampton? If you did, that would really make this less of a mystery, but until you fess up, this is some weird crap right here.
According to our source there was an apparent trail of wigs going down Hampton Ave. in the area of the Target there at Chippewa.
Here are some photos:
The first Atheist billboards from the group “Freedom From Religion Foundation” has been put up in south St. Louis (around Manchester and Weidman Road). The Freedom From Religion Foundation is the nations largest group of atheists and agnostics in the nation and are trying to launch an education campaign about the dangers that come with religion.
“We’d like to invite everyone to imagine a world free from religious wars, sectarian strife, and superstition,” said Annie Laurie Gaylor, Foundation co-president.
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The National Football League sucks. Not football mind you, just the league, or the governing bodies to be exact. You can’t celebrate in the end zone, you can play even though you’ve served your court mandated time in prison, and now you can’t tweet or blog before, during and after games.
From PR 2.0:
On Monday, the National Football League announced that it will now limit use of social media and networks during the season. Players, coaches, officials, personnel, third-party representatives, and even the media are prohibited from updating their status, blogging, or tweeting 90 minutes before a game until post-game interviews are completed.
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We hear that Alderwoman Marlene Davis of the 19th ward is trying her damnedest to put the breaks on the Midtown Alley September 26th event. Why? Because she has an axe to grind with developer Jassen Johnson who has been renovating the “Midtown Alley” and at one point opposed Davis as she tried to get the club EXO to get a 3am liquor license. EXO got their 3am license after all, but Davis still has her Johnson voodoo doll and she thinks that shutting down an event that, as we see it, can only help St. Louis is the best way to get back at Johnson.
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You know how sometimes you catch a glimpse of something and you are all like “Oh hells yeah! Where’s a change machine, I need me some singles…did these pants just get tight?” but then you read more and you hear this little drooping sound from your crotch?
That just happened when I saw a news post for a “Parade of Pink”…its what what you think…its way way gayer.
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