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

Rams Kicker Josh Brown Gets Cameo in Jackass 3D

 Posted on October 15, 2010  |  The Editor

The new Jackass movie comes out today and it has an unlikely St. Louis connection via a cameo by Rams Kicker Josh Brown. Brown, the Rams kicker since 2008, took some time out of his busy schedule of kicking and then being made fun of by his teammates for being the kicker to hang out with the boys of Jackass and play a role in on of their painful little stunts. [Read More]
Entertainment  field goal  jackass  josh brown  kick  rams 

You Missed Clean the Lou 2010! Here’s the Recap Video

 Posted on October 14, 2010  |  The Editor

“Clean the Lou” 2010 is in our review mirror, but if you weren’t aware it was the first annual event of forming teams and cleaning up different areas of St. Louis. On Saturday, September 25, we held our very first Clean The Lou. More than 30 teams and many others across the metropolitan area worked tirelessly to clean up streets, alleys, parks and more. We made some great progress but there’s more to do. [Read More]
clean the lou  social issues  trash 

Reddit User Creates iCal Calendar for Forest Park

 Posted on October 14, 2010  |  The Editor

mjschultz, a user on the popular news sharing site Reddit, that happens to have a pretty great little St. Louis section, decided to put together a handy little iCal Calendar for easy importing in to whatever it is you use (Google Calendar, Apple iCal, your 5 year old flip phone) so you won’t miss any of the cool stuff that goes down in Forest Park. I’m not sure how many people are interested in this, but I’ve made an iCal calendar file from the official list of events in Forest Park. [Read More]
calendar  Entertainment  forest park  reddit 

Update on The Beautiful Kind’s Coming Out Party

 Posted on October 14, 2010  |  The Editor

We had a tip slip by us when we had already written our original story on The Beautiful Kind’s announcement, but it’s worth of an update. Our friends at the Riverfront Times have released an in-depth story with lots of interesting childhood details that’s worth reading — NSFW: The St. Louis mom behind sex blog the Beautiful Kind is outing herself Go for the story, stay for the classy photos of her dildo collection. [Read More]
kfns  riverfront times  sextastic  the beautiful kind 

PETA: The Circus Elephants Have Arthritis!

 Posted on October 14, 2010  |  The Editor

The Greatest Show on Earth, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus have come to town, to the delight of children everywhere. God we really hope someone can take something as simple and joyous in these troubled times and make it all so annoying that we don’t want to deal with it, thus strangling the fun out of one of the last few things that inspires childlike wonder. We see you over there PETA! [Read More]
circus  elephants  PETA 

Maybe the Public Hot Tubbing with a 10-Year Old Was Too Much?

 Posted on October 13, 2010  |  The Editor

We remember going to the St. Peters Rec-Plex back in the day. They played on song seemingly over and over again all day: “The House of Stone and Light” by Martin Page. You know the song…the one with the thing and the guy singing. Yeah, you got it. Anyway, great place for a kid though despite the constant repetition of one-hit-wonder mid-90’s Stonehenge anthems. The ice skating, the big water slide, basketball courts, having 29 year olds with Amish beards getting to second base with 10 year olds in the hot tub…. [Read More]
molester  rec-plex  st. peters 

Why So Serious? Police Catch World’s Greatest Criminal Mind in East St. Louis

 Posted on October 13, 2010  |  The Editor

After 2 shootings, an armed robbery, and a car chase than ended in him rolling his car in to the woods, the fiendish plot of the greatest criminal mind since Lex Luther came to an end. If you were thinking about taking over the world by getting buck naked and shooting and ramdon people, think again! Stick to the basics: Death rays or creating your own Justin Bieber to infect the minds of the young with lesbian hair and horrible music. [Read More]
east st. louis  shooting  super villain 

Morning Wood, Free With One Dozen Donuts!

 Posted on October 13, 2010  |  The Editor

St. Louis is buzzing with the news of a place to get a donut from a hot broad! Prepare to start living…really living! Opening in Soulard “soon”, there aren’t much in the way of details about the “Sultry Donut”. Their website has a bunch of nothing and this: The Sultry Donut and Café is opening up soon!! Check back for latest renovation pictures, future menu items and pictures of our staff. [Read More]
food  sulard  sultry donut 

Lincoln County Girl Lost in Woods for Seven Hours Comes Home to Weird Dad

 Posted on October 12, 2010  |  The Editor

10-year-old Rachel Wilkerson is back home after following her dog deep in to the woods of Cuiver River State Park and getting lost for roughly seven hours Friday. After leaving to walk the family dog Rachel said “Manger” ran off after some squirrels and after chasing him she couldn’t find her way home. The dog did though and when he came home without their daughter mom and dad called the police. [Read More]
cuiver river state park  lincoln county  lost 

St. Louisan Andy Cohen Doesn’t Want St. Louis Housewives on Bravo

 Posted on October 12, 2010  |  The Editor

Andy Cohen, he of every Bravo reality show “wrap up” special and native St. Louisan, was intereviewed by the New York Times on the 8th specifically about Bravo’s “Real Housewives” series. The next season is all about Beverly Hills so that’s exciting. Tell us Andy, what will be different this season? Will the women have laser guns? Is it a double elimination gladiator-style fight to the death? Will they not be total bitches forgetting about everything else in the world, instead choosing to complain about people wearing the same dress as them to brunch? [Read More]
andy cohen  bravo  Entertainment  real housewives