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

Jay Mohr Says Pujols is Worth It…and Agrees that Jason Barrett is Creepy

 Posted on February 4, 2011  |  The Editor

In this clip from 101ESPN (WXOS)’s Superbowl media coverage, Bob Stelton interviews Jay Mohr and just before Stelton does the most obvious thing ever and asks Morh to do his Christopher Walken impression for the 23 Millionth time, Mohr gives the Cardinals some advice: Mohr: [Thankfully interrupting Stelton from whatever boring thing he was saying…] Are they going to pay Pujols? Stelton: Yes they are. Mohr: They have to. [Read More]
101espn  jay mohr  wxos 

This is Probably Why Security Guards Just Carry Flashlights

 Posted on February 4, 2011  |  The Editor

The Chesterfield police were dispatched after a 911 call reported an “active shooter” on the premises of a local office building. False alarm! The building’s security guard dropped his gun and it shot some guy in the leg. A security guard dropped his gun this morning and it fired a shot, hitting an employee of an insurance company in the left leg, police say. [Lt. Steven Lewis of the Chesterfield Police Department] did not identify the 64-year-old security guard, nor did he name the man, 34, who was shot. [Read More]
chesterfield  morons  security guard  shooting 

Some People Really Want Free Chick-Fil-A

 Posted on February 3, 2011  |  The Editor

This morning at 6am a new Chick-Fil-A, the chicken-centric fast food chain, opened in Des Peres to a line of a few die-hard fans that camped out last night, in the bitter cold, to be among the first to enter the restaurant. This is all the proof we need that fast food rots your brain. A group of four college-age students from Arnold showed up outside the store at 5 this morning with a tent to be the first in line. [Read More]
chick-fil-a  des peres  morons 

Local News Confirms Their Weather Delusion to Gail Pennington

 Posted on February 3, 2011  |  The Editor

A lot of you wrote in to us with the same sentiment: “Do we really need around the clock local news coverage about the ‘storm of the century’”? Apparently the general St. Louis audience, or at least our readers, thought that if they had to be stuck at home, then they could at least watch some TV. Ha! Nice try St. Louis, but local news won’t let that happen. Not on their watch. [Read More]
kmov  ksdk  ktvi  local news  weather 

D’Marco Farr Accused of “Being a Complete Dick”

 Posted on February 3, 2011  |  The Editor

Former Ram and current 101 ESPN host D’Marco Farr went to dinner last night while in Dallas for the SuperBowl and he had to pee really really really bad. He parked in a lot to run inside and…well…it turned out to be a valet lot, so that made the little valet guy angry. Cue TMZ’s cameras! This morning we heard that Bob Stelton stood up for Farr saying that he offered to pay, which honestly seems fair, but after watching the tape, maybe he could have offered to pay a little more nicely. [Read More]
101espn  d'marco farr  superbowl  tmz 

Governor Nixon Says We’re In an Emergency

 Posted on February 3, 2011  |  The Editor

Governor Jay Nixon asked President Obama if he can officially call an emergency for all 114 Missouri counties so we can all get some federal money. Nixon’s office says the governor submitted the request to President Barack Obama on Wednesday as Missouri began digging out from the blizzard and severe winter storm. Nixon says the record or near-record snowfall that hit much of Missouri has burdened local jurisdictions and the state with “tremendous” costs. [Read More]
blizzard  emergency  jay nixon  missouri  snow 

Photos From Your Snow Day

 Posted on February 2, 2011  |  The Editor

You didn’t go to work today did you? Did you “work at home”? Yeah, sure you did. Here are some things you would have seen if you had left your house. Only a few loaves of bread left at the O’Fallon, MO Shop-n-Save. Probably wheat bread. (via KMOV) Blueberry Hill had a sign out to tell all the zero people in the Loop that they are in fact open. Great move. [Read More]
blizzard  ice  snow 

The Democrats Like Charlotte, North Carolina Better Than Us

 Posted on February 2, 2011  |  The Editor

It became official yesterday morning, the prize that St. Louis had been chasing, the chance to host the 2012 Democratic National Convention, slipped through the city’s fingers like so many murders and car thieves. The convention, and the people, attention and tax money that come with it, are taking their talents to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012. The Mayor had this to say in his official statement: The Democratic National Committee has announced that Charlotte will host the party’s national convention in 2012. [Read More]
charlotte  democratic national convention  north carolina  obama 

Mayor Slay is Here to Help

 Posted on February 1, 2011  |  The Editor

In case you forgot the way to get help via the phone that most of you grew up ingrained in your minds, Mayor Slay is here to help with a perfectly timed tweet reminding you all about 911 for all your Snowpocalypse related emergencies. Where the hell was this kind of helpful tidbit in November when the city seems to be in the midst of a race against 2009’s death toll? [Read More]
911  emergencies  mayor slay  social media  twitter 

Three MetroLink Trains Stalled Due to Power Outages

 Posted on February 1, 2011  |  The Editor

Updated with comment from Metro! (See below) Three different MetroLink trains had to evacuate their riders yesterday when they lost power due to the “historic” ice storms hitting the city limits. When ice encases the power line that runs across the track, then the trains aren’t going anywhere, but at least all the riders could easily be evacuated… The biggest problem happened on the Shrewsbury line around 5:30 Monday evening. [Read More]
ice  metrolink