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

Mayor Slay Found an Almost Dead Guy in South City

 Posted on October 26, 2011  |  The Editor

No, no no. This isn’t some symbolic deal where we say Mayor Slay found the beaten body of a nearly dead spirit of St. Louis on the sidewalk that told him he should probably do a little more about the crime. Mayor Slay actually found the beaten body of a nearly dead guy on the sidewalks of South City. Mayor Slay said he was traveling along South Grand Boulevard near the intersection of Utah Street in south St. [Read More]
beating  knockout  mayor slay  south city 

World Series Game 5: WTF Tony?!

 Posted on October 25, 2011  |  The Editor

The Cardinals lost game 5 (photo from the 8th inning above) in one of the worst performances we’ve seen all year for both the players and manager, which says a lot because this team sucked donkey schlong for a few months there. The team went, and this is just based on our score card so we might be a little off, 1 for 19,832,343 in scoring opportunities, but most baseball folks agree that more than anything, Tony stunk up the joint last night with one of his worst game management of all time. [Read More]
baseball  cardinals  mlb  rangers  world series 

Kansas City Man Runs Naked in to House, and in to Child’s Room

 Posted on October 24, 2011  |  The Editor

Everyone has that crazy cousin right? Well not like these Kansas City folks who probably won’t be inviting their Kentucky cousin back to Kansas City for the holidays after he did some wild stuff. Now sure, this kinda thing might sound pretty reasonable for people in Kentucky, but ’round these parts (yes, even Kansas City), it’s pretty “weird” alright. By “weird’ we mean “molester-ish”. Oh, and by “molester-ish” we mean “seriously 100% messed up and totally molester-y”…seriously. [Read More]
crazy  kansas city  kentucky  naked 

Hey, How Did the Rams and the Cardinals Do in Dallas Yesterday?

 Posted on October 24, 2011  |  The Editor

Not well. Not. Well. The Cardinals were taken to school by a guy who’s playoff beard looks a hell of a lot like the lip fur our old 3rd grade bus driver, Bertha rocked, and the Rams just continued to suck at their usual level. At least the Rams are consistent, and have been all year right? That’s something. That’s important enough for a reward! Awww…that’s nice. Former Pittsburg head coach, and Super Bowl winner, Bill Cowher, thoughts? [Read More]
cardinals  rams  suckage  world series 

Checking on the World Series Coverage

 Posted on October 19, 2011  |  The Editor

Hi! I know we said we were off this week, but we snuck back in to do a quick rundown of some other people talking about the World Series. ESPN’s World Series Predictions Rangers, Rangers, Rangers! Again ESPN doubts the power that is the Cardinals will to survive. It happened in the NLDS, NLCS and now the World Series. SI.com: Rangers-Cardinals World Series has the look of seventh heaven Tom Verducci is pretty sure this series is going 7 games, which would be awesome as we won’t be in town for the first two St. [Read More]
baseball  cardinals  world series 

Holy Freaking Balls: The Cardinals Are in the World Series!

 Posted on October 17, 2011  |  The Editor

We’re doing some traveling, and as such, this was meant to be a week off for us, but how do we not say something now?! Here are some quick hits: – Ha, ha! You suck Brewers! Talk some shit now! – Holy crap!!!!!!!!!! – !!!!!!! – Love that we won the series in game 6 (even though we missed it while on a plane) since it really sets up the rotation for the Series. [Read More]
baseball  cardinals  world series 

NLCS: Game 5

 Posted on October 15, 2011  |  The Editor

We didn’t do one of these yesterday, and we lost. Our bad. We’re back at it tonight though. Doin’ it for Torty (the original Cardinal post-season animal).

1st inning: Quick inning for both sides. Ryan Braun got a hit again, but that’s not news.

Top 2nd: Garcia looks good so far, but it’s all about when he gives up a hit or two. Here’s something else: TBS sucks.

7:26p: John Smoltz won’t ever stop talking.

7:28p: How hard is it to keep the game feed working UVerse? It feels like there hasn’t been a post season game that our UVerse HD feed hasn’t crapped out at some point. Oh and the jumpy Carlos Gomez got thrown out on the bases.

Mid 2nd: Ok, we’re just going to say it, the commercial with the little girl is surprising. We had no idea any black people liked country music…other than Hootie (- the Blowfish).

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brewers  cardinals  mlb  nlcs 

St. Louis Kids Love New Game: Choking Themselves

 Posted on October 13, 2011  |  The Editor

This is what happens when you grow up in a violent place. First you’re scared to even take the trash out after dark, but then you start to wonder “How come no one has tried to stab me lately? Aren’t I cute? Don’t I look white and rich enough?” Eventually that builds and builds and you decide, “If no one’s going to do it, maybe I’ll just choke myself. That’ll show em! [Read More]
choking  kids  morons 

NLCS: Game 3

 Posted on October 13, 2011  |  The Editor

Go Cardinals! The spirit of 1982 is in you! …whatever the hell that stupid falsetto crap means. Nothing like a gayer version of Richard Simmons to sing and sweat you in to playoff success. Trying something new tonight: The Facebook live stream. We have no idea if this is better, but WordPress sucks donkey balls for updating the site like we have in the past few live-blogging of games so we’re trying this out. [Read More]
baseball  brewers  cardinals  mlb  nlcs  playoffs 

Four Bears Just Singing About St. Louis

 Posted on October 12, 2011  |  The Editor

Recently Jon Hamm spilled the beans that he was ready to get the hell out of St. Louis, but we managed to find a few guys that are just dying to get here: four animated bears from the 60’s. Don’t scoff! Tourism is tourism! We watched this over and over again more times than we’d like to admit and then did a little research. The clip is from 1964’s “Hey There, Yogi Bear! [Read More]
song  yogi bear